Holding my glass under the tap in the kitchen sink, I filled it up with water.
Popping two painkillers in my mouth, I took a gulp and knocked them back.
I’d been having horrible migraines for a few days – I’d tried everything I could get over the counter, but nothing seemed to shift them.
Back in November 2023, I was working as a care assistant in a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, and had been put down for a shift over the Thanksgiving holiday.
With my family five hours away in Illinois, I didn’t mind.
But I didn’t want to call in sick and let my colleagues down. So powering
