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captain queeg

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4. I had a physical therapist following a back surgery who always endorsed pushing thru the pain.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 28, 2021, 05:18 PM

Jun 2021

She was a young woman. I’d tell her that the pain was too much but she’d ignore me. I’m no wimp, finally I could barely walk. After a lot of screwing around another surgery was scheduled and it turned out the previous surgery had become infected. I was in very bad shape before they finally discovered that.

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