In July through part of August, I lost a full month and a half to pain, loss of work, physical therapy, medication haze, and practical medical apathy. I swore to myself that would never happen again and began to try to moderate, investigate, and resource my diet. One night in late August, as I finished up an evening on the…
At the end of the school year, I had a nagging sciatic pain that wouldn't go away. I saw a doctor who prescribed the minimum, and a week later I wound up in local emergency and a week after that in a big city emergency where finally the problem started to turn around. But I was on my back for two weeks, with a left leg…
