Archive for January, 2011
The Kind of Hospital I’m in
8 days into my stay and I just felt confident and able to go to the third floor cafeteria on my own. I had heard rumours about Jello and when a tiny, toothless cafeteria worker noticed me looking longingly through the puddings she asked what I wanted. I told her. “what kind do you like, [...]
Read More..>>A Slice of a Day in the Life
A young cleaning woman mopped around me as a read yesterday. “Has anyone ever told you that you look like Jessica Biel?”, thinking she must hear it all the time. “No way” she said clearly pleased. “really?” “I think you’d win a photo contest!” “right on!” she said. “thanks!” “hey I just call it as [...]
Read More..>>What the Hell is Wrong with People?
I have to tell you about this older man and woman who come to visit someone in a nearby room. So here I am, in my supermodel best hospital edition robe, clutched at the back, looking like I’ve ridden to hell and back on an uncooperative camel and these folks stare at me. They don’t [...]
Read More..>>Communication Breakdown
If I’ve communicated with you personally consider it the tiniest of miracles. I’m quite sure I’ve sent emails only in my head and really sent others that I can’t remember. Such is life in the whirlwind of medications and testing. This hospital apparently sees cases similar to mine about twice a week but they’re usually [...]
Read More..>>You don’t know sick
I will never again say, I feel like crapo
Read More..>>Liver of Mine (aka LOM)
Part one. So there I was minding my own business last week when I came over all tired-like. Ah, flu! said everybody except me. I slept for 36 hours straight and became almost immediately, insatiably dehydrated. Walk-in clinic on Sunday. Flu! But I don’t have snifflesnans what about this belly pain? Oh just flu. And [...]
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