The Porcelain Vampire

And you thought a normal puberty was hard without having EPP.      It was the summer before 5th grade when puberty hit Porcelain like a rock. She woke up one morning with the most horrendous migraine, back aches, cramps ... Luckily her mother made this amazing raspberry leaf tea. It helped with all the symptoms! Eventually, she just became used to Tartarus recreating itself inside her body every month for an entire week. A lot of other things happened as well, such as the need for more protein. Having medium rare beef steaks (among other things) more often became part of the norm. Welcome to being a girl. Oh and contraceptives to help you say? Nope. Not an option with porphyria. It will make symptoms 100 times worse. Hormone therapy of any kind is not safe.      Other things changed as well, like her senses heightened. She noticed early on in life that her sense of smell was a lot stronger than other kids, more so when she reached her pre-teens. She...