This week, we talk about how to let strangers know about your medical needs without oversharing, answering this question from a listener:
"I'm fairly young and look around my age or possibly younger – I'm 28, for reference – I have a back injury that causes me chronic, daily pain, but does not require me to use a cane or other means of assistance to walk. However, walking long distances, standing too long, being jostled about, etc. can cause me a great deal of pain."
"Very often, when I remain seated on crowded public transportation, take a seat in a busy waiting area ... I get some really dirty looks and comments from people around me who don't realize I have a chronic injury, because I don't look sick and I'm taking a seat when perhaps they think others should be able to. I give up my seat for anyone who seems to really need it: older adults, pregnant women, but also feel really hurt, emotionally and physically, when I get dirty looks ... Is there a way to address these looks or comments from strangers?"
Also, we talk about how to respond to texts sent in error to your cell phone.
