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    Lindsay Rodgers
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    Chronic Pain
    November 30, 2016

    What a Good Day Looks Like to Someone With Chronic Pain

    In my ongoing battle with chronic pain, I have good days and bad days. Though my “good days” might not be what “healthy” people consider to be good days, my good days are incentive for me to keep getting out of bed and keep focusing on what is important in my life. A good day [...]
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    To My Husband, Whom I’ve Hurt Because of Being in Chronic Pain

    At first, I didn’t know how to start this. How do I apologize for something I have no control over? But that’s a cop-out. As much as I would love to believe that my disability gives me a pass for others to just deal with me no matter what I say or how I act. [...]
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    I Refuse to Let Chronic Pain Get in the Way of My Dreams

    I’ve seen countless doctors who have told me I should consider rethinking what direction I want to go in my life. Since I was going to have pain every day for the rest of my life, and my condition was only going to get worse, I was told that maybe I needed to rethink my [...]
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