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Collector of contradictions, student of imperfection, and occasional meditator. Writing from the messy middle with equal parts honesty and humor.
Category: chronic pain
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The medical system is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it has historically, and too often still in the present, been utilized as a means to “fix” that which is perceived as broken; namely, anyone who does not conform to the culturally assumed idealized body. At the same time, medical advancements have proven to…