I think one of my problems is I don't FEEL pain like others do, or at least that seems like my experience. I'm the girl who didn't know her appendix had ruptured, remember. I thought the discomfort was oncoming menses!

I've broken bones and dismissed it as a sprain until I couldn't walk or the swelling wouldn't go down. I've injured my knee and only avoided surgery after a year of ignoring it collapsing by finally going to a doc and getting major PT and bracing. I had salmonella and dismissed it as a bug until I almost died and the man took matters into his own hands and made me go get checked and I was hospitalized for ten days.
I may have missed signs and symptoms of the MS until I suddenly went blind and got diagnosed in three days by the ophthalmologist!

The new and improved me is trying to listen and accept that something might just be wrong. This is one of those times.