Kurt also had another reason/excuse, chronic, excruciating stomach pain that doctors were unable to help or diagnose. From the first days when we managed Nirvana, Kurt would periodically complain about it. Janet remembers, “We got so many doctors to examine him and no one could come up with a diagnosis. It definitely wasn’t an ulcer.” It was tempting to think that it was psychosomatic, but the pain was real to Kurt and heroin did make it temporarily go away.
