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There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon
The battle against chronic pain continues!
And I WILL win. But not without a few casualties.
Those casualties, unfortunately, will be me. Only in singular. Casualty.
Last week my doctor sat at her computer with her handy book, What Pills HASN’T JD Taken? at her side. [...]
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I Spent 5 Days and 4 Nights at a Luxury . . . Hospital
62 Comments Published by JD March 14th, 2010 in I See Doctors.Yeah, it took some help
With lots of machines, the experts could tell
And here’s what it was like.
My Digs
I had the best room on the floor. Far from the noise of the nurses’ station and set off so that the other patients couldn’t peer into my room when they walked around. I know this, because [...]
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Sooo, you may recall that I was in the hospital for 5 days recently. Why? I was sick. Can we leave it at that for now? Thanks.
Visual Proof of Sickness
Like, I am NOT even faking this. (And yet . . . the hair!)
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If that photo isn’t proof enough for you that I really was in [...]
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And it’s a hospital with pretty spotty wi-fi, so I’ll have to make this quick.
Never mind why I’m here; it’s unimportant. Rest assured I’ll be fine and home soon — and more important, I will have a good blog post for you (Hint: it will include words like “commode” and “syrup-stained gown”!)
Anyway, I’m sorry but [...]
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I Got My MRI Results — and Possibly a Lawsuit
56 Comments Published by JD December 9th, 2009 in I See Doctors.I don’t want to hear it
‘Cuz I know what I’ve done
OK! So I went to see my orthopedist for my MRI results.
BUT FIRST!
Like everyone else, I had to wait. In a packed waiting room. Christmas carols blasting over the speakers and small children running around. A woman hacking WITH PHLEGM into a worryingly flimsy tissue. [...]
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My bed is pulling me,
Gravity
Daysleeper. Daysleeper.
One day, an innocent young woman fearfully climbed into a tube and proceeded to have a panic attack. A disembodied voice politely asked her to “stop moving around in there.” She reacted by . . .
But this is not that story.
THIS story happens to involve that same young(ish) woman, who, [...]
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