“But when it comes to my doctors, not only do I want them to like me—I want them to like me the most. I want to be the favourite patient.”
chronic pain
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Life After Pain
One day, Ge Gao’s right hand stopped working. Then the pain started, and it’s never stopped.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Muscle Memory: A Case History
While healing from a back injury, Mariam I. Williams learns to let go of the ways she has been taught to mistrust her body.
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Dance Me to the End of Love
In this personal essay, Abigail Rasminsky looks back on the youthful days she trained to become a professional dancer — and the injury that put an end to her dreams.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
‘Pain, Fatigue and My New Normal’
A travel writer confronts her battle with chronic pain.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Coexisting With the Void: Simone Gorrindo on Chronic Pain
At Vela, Simone Gorrindo contemplates “the terrible thing that the slowness of pain gives you: time” in this meditation on how chronic illness affects the body and mind.