“What are you drinking? It looks like you’re walking around with a giant margarita,” my physical therapist chuckled. Despite sensing his collegial intentions I bristled, took another sip, and explained that the beverage helped manage my nausea. I was in my third year of living with herniated discs from a work injury that caused muscleContinue reading “A Necessary Beverage”
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What Does Chronic Pain Feel Like?
Dear Humans Unfamiliar With Chronic Pain, What part of yourself do you wish strangers could see? For me, it’s the invisible collection I carry everywhere from chronic pain. The collection began with a shift, an accident while working with a student, defined using medical terms “lumbar disc herniations” and “radiculopathy.” While these words explain theContinue reading “What Does Chronic Pain Feel Like?”