![]() ![]() I'm 46 now and still remember kids picking on me for my shoes. Because of how tight money was for my mom, she, my brother and I had moved in with her parents and instead of me getting brand new sneakers like all my classmates had, well, I had used sneakers bought at a flea market that were gold.Īs you can imagine, all the kids made fun of me. I remember changing into my gym clothes and then putting on my sneakers. Add on top of my sunken condition that my mom had recently divorced and was poor-that created another challenge for me. So changing in gym class was really difficult for me because I didn't want anyone to make fun of me. No surgery or corrective means were necessary for the condition. The medical terminology for the condition is Pectus excavatum and it's more common than people might think-1 in 1,000 births.īut for me, I was born this way and never had any physical health issues related to my chest sinking inward instead of out. ![]() I was a skinny kid, tall like a reed, and born with what my Uncle used to joke a "sunken treasure chest." I used to change for gym and be so embarrassed because my chest looked sunken in rather than a chest like Tarzan with big pecs. ![]() I remember being in 5th grade and going to gym class, dreading it. ![]()
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