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#354 - The Miracle Day

Today was a special day.
For the first time since I left the hospital, I was off medication and felt no pain. But not only that: I had no back pain at all.
The pain has never gone away for four years except when I take my medication, although it is usually not severe.
But today, there was something strange: my mind was clear,...

#76 - Relaxation with intruder

Today was a relaxing day at the spa. It would be fantastic, except that the intruder has returned, for the first time this year: back pain.
But I am stronger and will not let it ruin my day (codeine helps a lot)....

The sequel of the story

In this scorching August, the urge to do something, anything, passes you by at the first drop of sweat.
If you are also on opioids because of the fourth episode of back pain in three years (it happened on 23 July, to remind you), things don’t get any better.

However, writing is perhaps one of the minor sweat-intensive activities,...

How healthcare works in Lombardy

Last Saturday, 23 March, I went to pick up a registered letter that had arrived on 19/03/2013.
Convinced it was one of the (sic) three CUDs for last year, I was instead faced with a surprise: it was the Niguarda hospital writing to me.
“Subject: Access to the emergency department on 02/08/2012....

Hello, back pain, I didn't miss you at all

And so, on Monday evening, while the counting of ballots was still taking place after this disastrous national vote (to say nothing of the regional one), yours truly got her back stuck for the third time in two years.
To make up for it, cortisone and rest. And a lot of swearing.
There are a few things I will try to change in the coming months....

Bad luck is hard to overcome, but we are working on it

As it should be, when you have a jinx, the effects are not so easy to overcome, and they drag on for a long time.
In this case, I’m talking about the back pain, which is still there (not always, just sometimes it bothers me), and for which I still haven’t finished the tests (there is a little visit left to the neurosurgeon)....