Today, as for the past week, I have endured a stabbing pain in my right hip. I have thought, “One more day and it will go away. If I change the shoes I’m wearing, it will go away.” But it doesn’t go away. It only seems to get worse. It interrupts my sleep. It is a dull presence all day. I have always felt that one should not go to the doctor at the slightest provocation. One should not be an imaginary invalid. I dread overmedication and medical procedures that are really not necessary. But I am near capitulation. I am almost ready to submit myself to the full MRI (which makes me claustrophobic). I am almost ready to go through the insurance procedure of first getting an appointment with my general practitioner and then a referral to a specialist. I am almost ready to be impressed once again by the miracles of modern medicine. Acetaminophen alone seems to have met its match.
The Agonies and Ecstasies that daily keep our brains buzzing and hearts compassionate
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