Vividly

� Like an action hero stuck standing � 2002-03-06 � 8:43 a.m. �

I have pain like feral dogs chewing at my legs... clawing at my back...

My body feels stiff... like I've been dipped in molten metal and hung out to harden...

But work calls... with the same brutality that pain keeps me where I sit...

New job... reputation... and I ruin my dependability by having an illness.