Backaches and Vulnerability
I’m having surgery on Tuesday which, I’m fairly confident, will remove the pain I’ve have had for the last eight months. Before I do, a word about what this experience has taught me. I’ve been thinking a lot about vulnerability since I hurt my back on July 23. Since then, aside from the three-week periods after I got two spinal injections a few months apart, I’ve stood and walked with pain and have had trouble moving around. And that’s left me feeling more vulnerable than usual. That feeling comes most often when I’m near cars. I’m much more careful crossing streets because once in a while the pain gets so bad that I just have to stop for a moment. And while I can pick up the pace for a brief burst, I don’t respond as quickly as I usually do. So I’m afraid of cars coming around a corner… Continue reading