hi OC,
I know how you feel. A gal from Ontario wrote and told me it was snowing there. I bragged that it wouldn't snow here until Dec 26 and be gone in a couple of days. Well 2 days later it snowed, is still snowing and I am eating crow's feet.
My therapist was here today and only she can tell when I am in a spine straight position on the bed. She said, "You're not straight." I said, "I am too. It's my daughter who is the lesbian". ha ha........I just laugh at everything, and that is the only way to go, and she just cracks up!
After waiting NINE months from the time I was told I could see a Spinal Cord doctor (Physiatrist) on November 23rd, I was told today that the lawyer's assistant, who was fired some time back, about something else, I guess, never made the appointment. I first replied with
OMG
...then I wrote a real email about passing out and just getting up off the floor!
Maybe I am nuts but that's all I can do about things that "get to me".............laugh them off. The people who know I was injured know and I don't have to dwell on it, but if I can crack a joke, I will, but if someone becomes snarky with me, I will now speak up....like with my sister who came to see me once and brought my 5 yr old daughter in hosital, 1969, After that, it was about 3 years before she came around. and she is the one who came out here last year and did things as a walkie to teach me how to live---- Too late I didn't put her in my spare wheelchair. Now we are in email disagreements, as I think she is jealous of Karla, my therapist.
This was in an email I returned to her. I am in blue.
Sister:I know that you didn't whine with pain when I was there, but you can always tell someone how you feel without whining. (independence) I used to tell Ian (her husband of 50 years)that I had to tell him when I had a headache so he would KNOW, and not think I was just being miserable. (No one could possibly life [sic] up to your perfection, Ruth.) I understand about not wanting to whine. You are not a complainer; none of us is. I guess that there was no need for you to cry when I left; apparently there was a need for me to. (You can cry if you want to.)
OC you beat the cancer and you can beat the N---just go for it.
What do you have to lose?
Think about it! I can do what I want now. I have lost everything and have nothing else to lose, and I find that I am happier, more content.
Good Luck
Skits (ex Izzy)
