Michael Campbell

Terry Johnson has been my best friend since junior high school. Like any good friend, he mailed me a VCR movie of his knee surgery. Without introduction (which is to say, without warning), the movie opened with his raw kneecap surrounded by pulsing red and cream meat....

I can't remember a time in my life when a muscle or bone didn't ache. I just healed up my right shoulder, and now my left one sprung. I didn't do anything to it. It just started hurting. A lot. Maybe I brushed my teeth too hard, or slept funny. I've always had aches,...