Effective next Tuesday, Ottawa Meals on Wheels will deliver their first batch of frozen entrees. They ensure that I get at least one good meal into me each day.

It was all handled over the phone by a woman named Mindy in under 10 minutes.

One minor technicality: They wanted two emergency contacts, which for a recluse is like asking me to walk on water. But because I've been expanding my social circle since the pain started, I was able to provide them with what was needed, including what they said was "good information"; neighbours who lived two doors down with keys to my apartment.

They deliver on Tuesday afternoons between one and three.

It's sort of weird for someone in pain to say they've been expanding their social circle, but with me, that's what's been happening, because I don't like to be alone when I'm in pain.
Usually people in chronic pain isolate severely.

There is a thing more crippling than cerebral palsy: the prison of your own mind.