“Starting from the bottom,” she said. “Ok, ready? My fourth toe on my left foot is either very, very cold or else it’s numb–strangely hard to tell the difference. Other toes feel strange but that one is the outlier. Then, no issues in my leg, apart from the inability to correctly sense temperature, until you reach the hip where there is a kind of electric pain on the left side. It is constant. Torso, good. The pain in my shoulders is also constant. It is nerve pain, not muscle pain. The collar is incredibly uncomfortable and changes the way I feel about myself. Above the collar, I’m good.”

Collar Countdown at 24. Mood: Good to great. Engery: depleted. Attention to detail: low. Energy: quite low.