Advice from a small town girl

I feel like a medical marvel today.

Never mind that the medical professionals I spent some quality time with yesterday do this kind of thing all day, every day.

I still feel like a medical marvel.

For the first time in months, I got out of bed and walked, instead of crept, to the bathroom.

When I walked down the sidewalk this morning, I didn’t have to stop and bend over to relieve the pain I’ve been dealing with for several months. I suspect I may have been swaggering a bit.

I just now noticed that I’m not grimacing in public. Or private.

And I no longer feel the need to mutter cusswords under...