i had a 
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right before my 24th birthday i started to feel a tightness in my hip/butt on (i think) my left side. having done sports before i obviously knew what a strained muscle felt like and chalked it up to that, spending little time or thought on it, and continuing my life like normal. during or around my birthday things got worse. i had ignored the warning signs and could no longer have a normal day because of the pain. one morning while waking up to send kevin off to work my hip,

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I have struggled with mental health for years, and in my teens I was diagnosed by my pediatric doctor, then later my therapist. The...