Well, I had mine chopped out when I was 16.
Coach thought I was faking pain to get out of practice. Nope.
“Coach thought I was faking pain to get out of practice.”
Dad thought I was faking pain to get out of school. (He was a hypochondriac, so assumed everyone else’s mention of pain was made up.)
As it turned out, I DID get out of school — and lived in the hospital for six months after almost dying. Adults dismiss kids’ issues too often, IMO.
These kind of accusations come from people who have done the same and think we are all of the same mindset.