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When Short Term Gain is Enough. As Least for Now.
I yanked the ice from the freezer, knowing full well that it wasn’t going to work. I know, because I pay attention to OLD WIVES TALES that have been debunked as medical MYTHS, like antibiotics cure colds, and sugar makes kids hyper. And I remember reading in the Science section of the Times that ice doesn’t speed up healing from a burn, in fact, slows it down, but I grabbed a cube, because I was sure it would feel soothing on my hot flesh, and just maybe, the paper got it wrong. (Benefits of the aloe plant on burns are inconclusive.) It reminds me of all those one night stands, and the gut feeling right beforehand that I’d wake up feeling lousy, but forged ahead anyway.
Illustration: Little Aloe girl, 2010, by Sarah Goodreau
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