In winter, I started my first treatment.
When I woke up, I couldn't remember how I got there at all.
The nurse said, "This was a normal reaction."
She took my blood pressure and asked, "How do you feel?"
I said, "My lower back hurts a little."
She flipped through my medical record. "Old spinal injury. Be sure to lie on your side when resting, don't stay flat on your back for too long."
"When was the injury?" I asked.
She glanced at me. "Your file says it was eight years ago."
I tried to remember, but nothing came to mind.
I only knew there was a long scar on my back. My fingers had brushed it when I changed clothes, and in the mirror, the texture of the skin there was different from everywhere else.
Before, each time my back pain flared, a feeling would surge in my chest at the s
