Having pku as a kid.

When I was a kid. It wasn't so easy having pku. I never liked being an outsider. I hated the attention I got from people when it came to eating things differently then others. The constant questions were always annoying. Seems like in today's world kids don't like for others to be different. Luckily my family always made me feel as normal as possible. my dad always tried to cook foods that were almost similar to what they were having for meals. But when it came to school functions like school parties that's when the unwanted attention was there. With so many questions and weird comments. Or any time I had brought my forumla out to drink. The first question I get is... Is that goat's milk? First of all that's gross and second of all why in the world would I carry around goat's milk? Another question I would get is.. is that babies forumla. Honestly NO I hate when people ask that. For any one with pku that's more of a rude comment then a question. Which even when I explained my self what it is. I still got crazy weird looks. Honestly I always wanted to be "normal" just like every other kid. But when I got into high school I realized there's no such thing as normal. and there's not. I rather be different then anyone else. It took a long time to accept that and to be confident about having pku. So why try to hide apart of you from the world just because no one likes others that are different them? I say screw them and live your best healthy life! Live the best version of you! ❤️💙