Last week, I woke up one day and the first thing out of my mouth to my mother was, “Oh no. It’s going to rain today.” She answered, “No it’s not. All of the weather stations say not till next week.” (And we all know the iPhone app never lies, right?) Guess what? She and the weather professionals and even the iPhone app were wrong. At about four o’clock, it stormed.

Since I was little, I’ve always been able to gauge when we would have a front or a major rainstorm move through our area depending on how much my body hurt that day. If you’ve ever had a major surgery or have had any kind of metal (rods or plates) put into your body, you might identify with me. Usually people who have had major bone-related operations will say that the area that they had operated on hurts more on days it rains. I think it has to do with the change in barometric pressure that rain brings. It’s not really a sharp pain, but rather more like a constant dull ache. I think I feel it more everywhere because all of my bones are soft and abnormal. I usually ache all the way from my toes to my neck, wherever there are joints. When I was younger, however, my bones were so soft that the change in barometric pressure actually made them break rather then just ache. It wasn’t odd for me to break a couple ribs or a collarbone every time the weather made a big shift. We think that’s why I tended to break much more during the months of March and October when the weather changed from winter to summer and vise versa, which we not-so-fondly named my “breaking seasons.” At least that doesn’t happen as much anymore now that my bones have gotten a bit stronger! And it’s crazy – as soon as it actually starts raining, my aching goes away. Weird huh?

Ah yes, the joys of living with OI (or any bone issue, really).

I think I’d make a good weather girl. Not only am I accurate, but I’m also cute and personable! Don’t you think?

Note to self: if graphic design doesn’t work out, try meteorology…