If you face increased or multiple barriers your journey may look much different than mine. What I’m about to share may not have been possible or would have been much more difficult without those privileges. I am white, cisgendered, middle-class, able bodied, average sized, have access to transportation, financial resources, and live in a country with free health care. Privileges that likely made the experience I’m about to describe not only easier, but in some cases - even possible. I’m 36, and I just had my first full physical exam.īefore I start this article I want to acknowledge the privileges I have.
