my story by lauren dobson

My life isnt normal like anyone elses i am living with a heap load of problems, i want people to understand what i go through in life. So far i have had about 17 operations in total and i am only 16. I am living with a tumour and also a shunt which is fluid on the brain, i get treated differently, yeah i cant do most things that people can do like drink and that but i am still just a human being.

i have been bullied all my life since i was in primary school because of the difficulties i have with specific things, i never had much friends in school because of the problems i have because no one thought i was normal? but seriously, what is normal? no one is normal no one is perfect i am a regular teenager i cant do certain things but that doesnt stop me from trying. the first time i was diagnosed with my shunt was when i was three years old and my mum was in tears as she told me, the doctors didnt think i was going to live but i did, they didnt think i was going to walk but i did.