A little under three years ago I fractured my T12 vertebra while squatting in the gym with a 70Kg barbell on my shoulders.  At the time I didn’t know that the bones had been weakened by myeloma (a form of bone marrow cancer).  It was remarkably painful.  They gave me some paracetamol (personal trainers are … Continue reading What they don’t teach you in medical school about pain-killers →