Various Complaints

It is not one thing, but many. Today the neck, tomorrow the stomach. Next week the knee, then heart palpitations, then sleep problems again and a diffuse weakness that runs through your daily life like a thin grey thread. You go to the doctor. They examine you. They find something, or they find nothing tangible — in any case nothing that explains the variety of your complaints. You receive a referral to the orthopaedist. To the gastroenterologist. To the cardiologist. Each one looks into their area. Each one says: in my field I see no serious finding. And you stand there with a body that is speaking from five places at once, and no one hears the whole.