Pain and the nonsense concept of 'quality of life'

Some complicated thoughts

Hello,

Whisper it… For the last two weeks, I haven’t been in pain.

Maybe that doesn't sound like a big deal to you. But it is to me. Because I've spent about a decade managing a searing pain around the top of my spine and across my right shoulder, that honestly felt like someone was holding a lighter in my muscles. For the first five or so years it would …