Amie Balesky

And so people used to think that I have a mask on all the way through.

But that also, you know, deals with your joints because when you're walking, you know, usually your ligaments are holding your joints in place.

So think about when I'm walking, it's going...

Which creates more arthritis, which creates more issues.

I did not.

I knew that I was messed up.

I knew I had something, but I was gaslit by doctors for 10, 15 years, you know, and then I ended up getting really pissed because the only reason why I found out is because my...

Essentially, I was lifting up a pile of laundry and I sneezed.

And when I did it, not even a big one, like very small.

And when I sneezed, my abs ripped from my right here all the way down to my pubic bone and my guts.

It was terrible.

So we went to the ER and they're like, we don't know what what were you doing?

What were you doing?

So I have my entire stomach mesh all the way down because of it.

And then from there.

Yeah, I've had 28 surgeries altogether, including brain surgery.

You name it, the whole nine yards.

But I also, that is where my little freaky gifts come from because I've had four near-death experiences because of it, right?

So I had cancer when I was five.

I had my second one.