Snippets of conversation from a doctor's office in western North Carolina:
Did you have the second back surgery?
It's my C7 through C9.
My son in law had that - says it don't do nothin'.
Yeah, they're puttin' the pain implant in me.
Makes you want to go jump off a cliff sometimes.
It worked for the burning pain down the leg, but not the other kind.
My wife was a nurse - a patient fell on her and broke her back. Hell of a way to end a career.
Medicaid won't cover me for that one, so I get the electric shocks.
I got 4 knee surgeries, the back surgery, carpal tunnel, my hernia last year...
I got that pain thing. It worked for awhile. Now it just makes me sick to my stomach.
Feels better standin' up. I tried sleepin' standin' against the wall.
I got some dead person's bone. They couldn't use my bone.
What'd they say at work? They gonna pay you?
Go outside, run around, do a cartwheel if you can, touch your toes, kick your feet up, be thankful you're not in a pain clinic in North Carolina.
Recent Comments