“Hey, Doc.” Dr. Samuelson is leaning against an exam table, studying an iPad. He looks up and offers me a friendly smile. “I wish I could say I’m happy to see you.” I run a hand across my face as I drop into an empty chair in the corner of the exam room. “Yeah. Same.” “Talk to me about your pain, Alec,” the doctor says. “What are we dealing with?” Fifteen minutes later, I’ve been scolded and humbled and gotten both a cortisone injection and an injection of hyaluronic acid—a combination we’ve never tried before. “I can’t make any promises,” Dr. Samuelson says. “But this might buy us a little
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