Chapter Ten
Intimate Measurements
I stood, wavering back and forth, then was escorted to the Measuring Frame. It was probably a good thing that I couldn’t inspect it in detail, for it resembled some sort of modern torture device. At that point the nurses quickly removed my all of my cuffs and the collar and it felt wonderful to be free of the controlling devices.
I was prodded backwards until a wide, padded rest pressed into the small of my back, then, to hold me in place, a wide cinch was drawn tightly around my waist. Next, each of my legs was positioned in a shallow trough, to be immediately immobilized with wide, rubber-covered, woven metal straps at mid-thigh, below the knee, and at the ankle.
My arms fell naturally to the sides, also resting in shallow depressions on padded rests
