Fighting Chronic Pain as a Teenager

Chronic pain is almost always life altering, but it can be an especially difficult adjustment when it impacts someone whose life is just beginning. Ali Goldsmith was 14 when she started to feel the effects of chronic pain. After surgery to remove bunions, her pain worsened when her doctor struggled to take out the pins that had stabilized her feet during the healing process. In the following months, her legs and feet became increasingly sensitive, so much so that a slight gust of wind could set off spasms of pain.