How Pain Affected My College Life

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I come from a household with a gross annual income of £25,000 or bellow, I have been in receipt of free school meals both in school and in college, and I am also in receipt of the 16- 19 Bursary. I attended the Bramcote School which achieved less than the national average of 5 A* to C passes in the year attended. My studies in the past year were adversely affected as I was involved in a car accident, this affected my head, neck and back and have been in severe pain since. I have been taking multiple different tablets such as tramadol, morphine and oromorph in attempt to reduce the pain I have been suffering. This affected my college life vastly... Regardless of the pain I have been motivated to succeed in my education and pursue a degree in

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