There is no pain, just coldness which leads to a lack of sensation. It feels like I stuck my thumb in a freezer.

I am somewhat concerned with this. It felt like I had my thumb stuck in a freezer. I couldn't tell if my thumb was even on the right spot on the ball. It got to the point where I was constantly thinking about it. You can't have that going on.

That’s what having no sensation is like: to be without a body, as if you’re ethereal, floating like a ghost. To not feel alive. "Seeing is believing” is doubly applicable to someone like her.

[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation.

…the pain of neuralgia…she knew what they thought. That she was cold. Couldn't feel. But in fact she felt too much. Too deeply.

It feels incredible. I've got a little bit of a pain right here, (pointing to temple), but it sure doesn't hurt right now.