Oh, God, yes, the hours in the Impala! His knees, and possibly ankles, would be killing him. They'd have to take breaks for him to stretch his legs out, he he'd have to spend a lot of time in the back seat, awkwardly trying to make as much room as possible for his legs.
I can see John and Dean telling him to stop whining or quit being such a baby. But since it doesn't (as far as I know) manifest in childhood or the teen years, it's possible they wouldn't know about it till John was missing and Dean came to pick Sam up at Stanford.
"What's the matter, Sammy, quit squirming so much. You gotta pee, again?"
"No, I'm just...never mind."
Dean would want to know what's wrong, because the last time he saw Sam like that, he was having growing pains. It might take a good long while, and some research, for Dean to understand, if Sam even had a diagnosis at that time. Which Jess would probably have insisted on. :) And John? Not so much with the sympathy, I'm thinking. "Man up and sit still, damn it!" etc.
Yeah, lots of not-fun for Sam, on top of all the pain and discomfort. And let's not forget the fatigue and general lack of energy! Again, it's one thing for people to look at Bobby in a wheelchair and understand why he's not actively hunting any more, but to see someone who looks like Sam, saying he can't hunt any more for health reasons, they're not gonna get it, even if he tries to explain it. Very different from a missing or non-working limb, for instance.
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I can see John and Dean telling him to stop whining or quit being such a baby. But since it doesn't (as far as I know) manifest in childhood or the teen years, it's possible they wouldn't know about it till John was missing and Dean came to pick Sam up at Stanford.
"What's the matter, Sammy, quit squirming so much. You gotta pee, again?"
"No, I'm just...never mind."
Dean would want to know what's wrong, because the last time he saw Sam like that, he was having growing pains. It might take a good long while, and some research, for Dean to understand, if Sam even had a diagnosis at that time. Which Jess would probably have insisted on. :) And John? Not so much with the sympathy, I'm thinking. "Man up and sit still, damn it!" etc.
Yeah, lots of not-fun for Sam, on top of all the pain and discomfort. And let's not forget the fatigue and general lack of energy! Again, it's one thing for people to look at Bobby in a wheelchair and understand why he's not actively hunting any more, but to see someone who looks like Sam, saying he can't hunt any more for health reasons, they're not gonna get it, even if he tries to explain it. Very different from a missing or non-working limb, for instance.