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James Delingpole

Extreme pain, of the purest intensity, changes everything

10 February 2018

9:00 AM

10 February 2018

9:00 AM

Since my pulmonary embolism a couple of years ago, I have become something of a connoisseur of pain. The agony — a deep ache of the purest intensity — is caused by the pressure of a blood clot on the highly sensitive membrane of the lungs. It’s so exquisite it’s almost a religious experience.

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