I've been reading a lot about pain and illness lately and it's remarkably helpful for understanding, communicating and living with my illness. A Life Less Convenient and Opium Eater are personal. Both spend time meditating on the grief loss denial of illness, but I esp loved ALLC for focusing on how illness can affect romantic relationships and Opium Eater for so carefully detailing the agonizing balancing act of medicating pain. #books #reading