"If someone comes in and can barely move, they put on this big drama, then you see them get up and run out the door, even my youngest son could figure that out, " said Cope, a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Pain Medicines.

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Now, when my girlfriend comes over, I get up and run to the door to greet her like I learned to do from my dog.

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