Hi! I was flying recently. I had an accident recently and have sustained shoulder and neck damage. I'm out of braces and things so there is no obvious sign except for some hunching and limited use of one of my arms if you're observing me. Its been hard traveling with a more invisible disability in a few ways.

Our first plane arrived significantly late and we had six or seven minutes to make our connection. We asked the flight attendant on our first plane if she had any gate information or knew if they would be holding the plane. She was fairly rude and told us we could make it and to just run. And of course despite trying to get off the plane quickly, lots of terminal destination people got off despite an announcement asking them to remain seated.

The second flight ended up being a terminal away. I ran as much as possible then sent my husband ahead to see if it was still there and to try and make sure we got on it. I continued to hustle and ran a bit more. At this point I'm in a ton of pain, but we're also flying a weird route so I figure it's better than spending a night on the floor at the airport!

When I arrived my husband was there and said they were holding it for another ten minutes. I start to cry because I'm just so upset and so hurting and would it have killed them to make an announcement stating that? The person at the desk is rude and tell us to hurry up and get going. I start to cry more and fling the tickets down on the desk and say "I have a dehibilitating illness and just ran across the airport."

Do you think we'll be blacklisted or anything? I was scared they weren't going to let me on the flight after I had been so rude, but nothing happened. My husband says I'm being silly and that they deal with lots of disgruntled travelers every day.