I hate stubbing my toe because it hurts like hell. But I also hate that one pain-free second before the shock of hurting myself travels all the way up my body and registers in my brain.
I've always wondered why doctors haven't figured out a way to just cut off the pain receptors in the brain for people who're suffering trauma or chronic pain. Why does the stubbing-toe pain have to be felt at all?
I know it's important to be able to feel pain sometimes - so you can get your appendix out before it bursts and kills you without your knowing that your body is being taken over by poison, for example - but really now. Why can't doctors just pinch a nerve or something until the majority of the pain passes to give some relief?
Well, in Lichtenstein, our futuristic doctors have figured out how to accomplish this comfortable phase for those who most need it - the ones with the serious pain. Because it just makes sense.
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