Chronically Trying: Six Months Without Painkillers

I completed my challenge and I’m ‘back on the sauce’.

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I went to the supermarket. I knew it was risky. I had already started spotting and the pressure of the seatbelt against my uterus on the car ride over made me nauseous. Normally, I wouldn’t dare go shopping in this state. But — I hadn’t been home in a couple of days and my fridge was empty. I knew exactly what I needed and…

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Activist. Feminist. PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies and Medical Humanities.

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Alekszandra Rokvity

Activist. Feminist. PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies and Medical Humanities.