Word: painful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...limping and had bandaids on [my knees] for days...but it was a good, burning worthwhile pain," he said...
...first Ivy League Alumni Basketball Tournament. Except for an occasional jammed thumb or sprained ankle, I've never been prone to sports injuries, and when both my large toes began aching midway, I did what many athletes are trained to do: I gritted my teeth and played through the pain. By the end of the day, it hurt just walking to the car. When I took my shoes off, I noticed blood under my toenails, a troubling sight even for a physician. Just touching them caused excruciating pain...
These pointers might have helped me avoid my bloody nails. And winning the tournament might have eased the pain. But we didn't win: Brown did, which made the pain even worse...
...Congress is hurrying to ruin the people's work. The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill last week that would essentially outlaw assisted suicides. The so-called Pain Relief Promotion Act sounds hilariously uncontroversial, but in fact it would send doctors to jail for life for prescribing controlled substances with the intent of hastening death. The bill now goes to the entire House. Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden has promised a filibuster in the Senate; the President has taken no stand...
Supporters, including Roman Catholic bishops and right-to-lifers, say the bill would reduce demand for assisted suicide by making clear that doctors can treat pain aggressively without being overly scrutinized; moreover, physicians wouldn't be prosecuted if they accidentally killed with huge doses of drugs. But foes, including patient advocates, say it would be too hard to determine if a death caused by painkillers was intentional or not. So cops will pry into all cases. "If this bill is passed," says Dr. Nancy Crumpacker, a cancer specialist, "doctors will never again be able to treat suffering people without fear...