That awkward moment when you're trying to gradually return to work because your #chronicpain is slowly improving & your doctor says "There is no way I am sending you back to work now. Take four more weeks of medical leave and then we'll reassess."

Then that awkward internalized moment of simultaneous relief & guilt that the #capitalist ethic imposes even while your hand use is so limited.

#cervicalstenosis #foraminalstenosis #stenosis #degenerativediscdisease #herniateddisc #pinchednerve