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@ the Veterans Administration in Long Beach, CA.
and after nearly two years of constant back pain caused by several bulging disks and what the half-assed VA's docs have deemed "degenerative disk disease," i've got a chance @ peace.
despite the relative success i've seen lately, my personal life has really taken a turn for the worst.
circling the bowl,
feeling like a malingerer,
another Veteran sob story.
it's amazing how pain works.
how it can dictate one's life.
so goddamn fragile, we humans are.
(big surprise, right?)
but THURSDAY...THURSDAY, is the day.
spinal injections.
steroids injected directly into the spinal column.
cord breached, nerves subdued.
twitching.
and then, happy again.
suspect it's gonna hurt.
hurt bad.
but i'll smile and grin and bear it like a champ...hopefully.
and i'll wince and clench my jaw and feel the relief as the needle pierces the spinal cord...hopefully.
and if you're the religious-type, say a prayer for old pissed off christoff.
because i'd do the same for you...
