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Story Summary
Every morning for more than 30 years, Tucker Leonard would wake up prepared for his own hands to fight him.
Intensely sweaty palms made most tasks harder for him than the average 8-year-old, which was when Leonard first noticed his condition. He remembers the sound his dad’s hands made when rubbed together but being unable to make that sound himself.
“It started being a factor playing Nintendo with other kids, sharing controllers,” Leonard said. “My turn ended playing Double Dragon or Super Mario Bros. and the person after would go, ‘This thing’s wet.’ ... I dealt with this long enough that if I had to give up a piece of my left ear to fix it, I probably would’ve. It’s a miserable thing to live with.”
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