I have had a really crap couple of weeks with pain and the rest of it. I’ve been in and out of the hospital for a quick 24 hours of hell, spoken down to by doctors, and had lots of nasty tests.
Out of all of this, I have learned some lessons that are hard but are things I had learned before. Apparently I just needed to suffer more to get them down really well:
1. NEVER TELL ANYONE YOU ARE IN PAIN, ESPECIALLY A DOCTOR.
2. NEVER ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAKE THE DOCTOR LOOK LESS IN CHARGE.
3. NEVER CAUSE YOUR FAMILY MORE GRIEF THAN NECESSARY BY BEING A PAIN IN THE ASS PATIENT AND DOING THE ABOVE TWO ITEMS.
4. GET CLOSE UP AND CUDDLY WITH ANXIETY, PANIC, HELPLESSNESS AND SHAME.
5. YOU WON’T DIE JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE IT.
6. IT TURNS OUT YOU CAN’T ACTUALLY DROWN IN YOUR OWN TEARS.
7. LIFE DOES NOT ‘OWE’ YOU A BREAK.
8. CHRONIC ILLNESS DOES NOT GET BETTER; IT GETS WORSE.
9. DO YOUR CRYING IN PRIVATE.
10. DON’T PUBLISH THIS KIND OF NEGATIVE SHIT IN A BLOG: WHOOPS.