Abandoned
“There’s not much we can do. It’s probably chronic nerve pain.” Unfortunately, that was the second time I’d heard those words come from the mouth of a Doctor. Words you don’t want to hear. Words that added to the mountain of disappointments that had slowly crushed my heart over the last few years. In the summer of 2017 I was back the States for my brother’s wedding, and to address some medical issues I’d been dealing with over the last year in India. I ended up getting a sinus surgery while I was back. All went as planned, and the healing process while I was in the States seemed to be going typically. Upon returning to India a month after the surgery, my nose and sinuses were not happy, and they’ve stayed that way ever since… It’s not an intense pain, and I know there are many out there who are in much worse pain that I am. But. There it was. This constant, unwanted companion that I had to fight with every day. Some days it’s not so bad, and other days, it’s a bit more in...