Off The Cuff

It’s Not That Bad But It FEELS Like It

Posted by: From Arkansas in Health Topics, Humor on Sep 13 2008

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I have decided that I go through the typical stages of what everyone else goes through when facing adversity and difficulty. First, I feel sort of let down. No idea why. Maybe because I expected more than I have. I do not know. Then, the next thing is to get mad. That was easy. All of that stuff that went on at the hospital and the run around I got after that, it’s enough to make anyone mad. But after that, I get to the whine stage. I believe I may be in that part right now.

Did I whine over the spider bite? Nope. It wasn’t like that. I didn’t even have the pain that lots of people get so I was just hanging around the hospital. Then came the DVT (blood clot to those of you who have not heard the term….I just learned that one myself since everyone and his brother, sister and cousin was calling it that so I asked what the heck they were talking about). Did I whine over that? No. Nada. Not a bit. Did I do the whine thing over the series of crap at the hospital? Nah. I got mad there. And afterwards, I got to fill out a survey and YES I told them what I thought of them giving them my phone number, name and address.

Next thing. Did I whine when I found out that I would have to take shots of meds twice a day? Not at the time. See, I love spinach and when the docs told me I had to be on coumadin for a while, I hated the idea of giving up my spinach and other assorted green leafies. It was not a pleasant time. But then……you knew there was a problem, right?……but then, I got the mother of all rashes. The various docs thought it MIGHT be from the coumadin but they were not certain and regarded it as dangerous so that I needed to do the hospital again. Ah, but the various hospitals in question did not want a non-specific rash in their midst. So, after much crap and more, we went home. Home, sweet home. Did I whine about all that? Nah, nope. I actually was relieved to be home and mad that no one wanted my personal problem in their little corner of the world.

But, in the course of all things going on, I have noticed a nasty trend for my skin to take on some nasty little red spots. They are growing. If I were a teen getting ready for prom night, I would be devastated to see it. Am I going to whine now? Of course I am. After all I have been through, do I need zits on my face? Absolutely not!!! So, I will get out my trusty acne cream and those zits will be gone. But I must tell you that a certain amount of whining is important to this story, don’t you think? I thought so. Here we go: WHINE, WHINE, WHINE, WHINE. Do I have enough yet? Maybe not. A couple more should do it. WHINE, WHINE. There. That satisfies the injustice part in me. I feel better now. Don’t you?

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