On Being Sick: Part 2

(Scroll down for Part 1 first if you missed it.)

“Hello! Yes, it’s me. Your body.”

“Ok, hi.”

And in response I felt a low watt lightning bolt of dull pain move from my knee and up through my thigh.

My body, excited to have my full attention, whispered like a playful child, testing me.

“You heard that?”

“Yes, body, I hear you.” 

And another bolt. The other leg this time. It became a game. Laser tag? The ball…