reading that first paragraph made me realize that there is a sweet comfort to “clinical hands that touch dispassionately” (barber, doctor, masseuse) and no one has brought that to my attention until now. brilliant writing
Wow. I love those gut-punching stand-alone lines that, when strung together, engage the reader’s mind to make the correlations. It reads like poetry. lovely.
At the risk of offering an ignorant suggestion (of which you have likely heard many). Have you tried strength training? It helped me fix my back, or rather subdue the pain from a genetic defect I have. The muscles create a scaffolding around my weak lower back and the progressive overload increases bone density. Here is an article on the effects it can have: https://startingstrength.com/article/barbell_training_as_rehab
reading that first paragraph made me realize that there is a sweet comfort to “clinical hands that touch dispassionately” (barber, doctor, masseuse) and no one has brought that to my attention until now. brilliant writing
Wow. I love those gut-punching stand-alone lines that, when strung together, engage the reader’s mind to make the correlations. It reads like poetry. lovely.
Great writing. I like how you're watching things almost at a distance, with a morbid curiosity, a dreamy gaze.
This is lovely
Beautifully written. So simple. So fragile. Sad. I find in reaction I want to stop the deterioration, hold your spine together.
Beautiful, bittersweet, and even without a chronic illness (at least not physical, as far as I'm aware), I highly relate. Captures the zeitgeist too.
At the risk of offering an ignorant suggestion (of which you have likely heard many). Have you tried strength training? It helped me fix my back, or rather subdue the pain from a genetic defect I have. The muscles create a scaffolding around my weak lower back and the progressive overload increases bone density. Here is an article on the effects it can have: https://startingstrength.com/article/barbell_training_as_rehab
What you said resonates so deeply inside me, thank you soo much for sharing this.