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How surgical intervention can create new forms of suffering

My knee replacement was supposed to fix everything but the new pain feels different and wrong, like my body isn't mine anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Medical solutions can resolve targeted problems while introducing unforeseen disruptions to bodily integrity and self-recognition.

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“Where Are You with Pain — acute and chronic management?”

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