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How surgery confronts us with mortality regardless of age

Everyone expects me to bounce back quickly because I'm young but this surgery has made me feel mortal in a way I never experienced before.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The illusion of invincibility dissolves when we encounter the fragility of our physical form.

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