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displacedvermoter

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2. Many athletes get addicted to the pain

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2025, 10:46 AM

May 27

medications they take to deal with serious injuries and surgeries they often undergo.

Sounds like she is in a bad place, but there seems to be bit of fundraising associated and some level of hypocrisy with her motivational life story. Seems it would be in her best interests to get completely out of the public eye.

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