“I wonder if I will miss my headaches.”
“What?”
“Stranger things have happened.
There’s a familiarity to the ritual of feeling the pain begin to gather, of
taking my pills, of going through my routine, hoping they will work, feeling the
pain recede, or else feeling it worsen and having to do more and treat it more
aggressively, interrupt what I’m doing, lie down, cover my eyes, listen to soft
music, touch my body gently, sometimes having to do that all day and still the
pain doesn’t go away.”
“It doesn’t sound that appealing.”
“It’s not, don’t get me wrong. That’s
why I’m getting the surgery. I’m just thinking, if it actually does stop the
headaches, it’s going to be a significant change in my lifestyle. I really am
going to be something of a different person.”
“You know what this reminds me of?
That TV show, The Millionaire. You know it? A mysterious rich guy gives you a check for a
million dollars to see how it changes your life.”
“Oh, yeah. That would be a cool
show: The Pain Taker removes one source of chronic pain from your
life. All of a sudden you no longer have headaches, or carpal tunnel syndrome,
or chronic fatigue.”
The Magic Eight-Ball says: "Go for it, baby."
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