My son has Crohn's, IBS & frequent diahrreah. We pay the pre-board fee for him & he doesn't care where in the plane he gets a seat as long as it's on the aisle. He's 6 feet tall & healthy looking & the looks people give him make me glad looks can't kill a person. I feel for you. I have 2 replaced hips & 2 knees that need to be replaced, but, cannot. I wear a knee brace & need an aisle seat so that I can stretch my leg out & get out of my seat to 'walk the aisle' & I cannot climb over the inside seats. When I fly, I wear my knee brace on the outside of my pants so it can be seen, because, I am tired of the 'dirty' looks from SWA employees & passengers alike, that I get when I pre-board. Since I have started making my knee brace visible, everyone has been more than kind to me. It's sad that people are so quick to judge other people as 'fakers, just wanting to get a good seat, etc'.
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