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MARTA SINCLAIR
Griffith Business School
Griffith University, Australia
I don’t know when it actually started. Really. e first time I remember,
it was a week or two after I finished first grade. ere was this weird
tingling feeling on the right side of my abdomen: two inches straight
from my belly button, then two inches south, to be precise. It wasn’t
painful or tender, just kind of tensely awkward. You know, something
like if you look down from a twentieth floor balcony and your tummy
gets queasy, your thighs become rubbery, and your calves are tense.
is time it was just my tummy, not the calves or thighs. And again,
it wasn’t painful I assured our family doctor who my Mum took me to
see and who was ready to operate. ...