I feel guilty that I’m even considering getting a disability pass for Disney World

So I’m going to Disney World in about a week and a half and I was thinking, “man when I’m done with all of that walking I’m going to be in so much pain. That sucks.” So much pain is an exaggeration though. I have some issues with my joints. All of my joints are hyper mobile and my tendons are very loose. This causes my hips and knees to turn inward. I also have frequent very minor subluxations of my left hip and my shoulder is pretty loose too. I also have impingement of my right hip. The impingement is really the issue here. When I walk around for a long time, it causes the muscle deep in my hip to swell up and put pressure on my sciatic nerve. And the only thing that really makes all of this act up is walking, which I will be doing a whole lot of. Just reading this seems like an ok cause to get a disability pass, but the thing is I’m actually not terribly bad off. Yeah sure I’ll be in pain pain for a bit, but it’s not like it’s horrible. I can still walk and do everything, I’ll just be in a bit of pain while I do it. And my knees turn inward, but that’s nothing a few days rest can’t fix. I won’t be allowed to take pain meds if I need to, which sucks, but I don’t ever take anything strong. I’m just afraid if I get a disability pass I could be getting in the way of people that actually need it, like my friend that has heart issues and severe arthritis. I feel like I’d be taking advantage of the people that give out the disability passes. And I wouldn’t even consider myself disabled, which makes me feel even worse. If it weren’t for the fact that you can’t have over the counter pain meds on this trip and the fact that my knees turn inward even more, making it odd (but not impossible at all, just a slight annoyance) to march (oh yeah it’s a marching band trip btw), then I wouldn’t even be considering getting one. Help?

 

Thank you both. I’m going to get it. I still feel weird about it though. Maybe it’s because I’ve been heathy my whole life and it’s seems odd that suddenly I have a lot of pain. I still think of myself as healthy, so for me it feels like I’m a healthy person getting a disability pass.

 

Thanks for everyone who helped me out here. I just got back and thank goodness I got a the pass. It was much more rough on my body than expected. I actually became pigeon toed from walking and I attempted to wait in a line and partially dislocated my hip. And if I hadn’t had the disability pass I probably would have been in a lot more pain.