The Green Man wrote a good post on the necessity of pain in our lives.
Of course pain does not only arise from physical discomfort. Emotional pain has, perhaps, an even more profound impact on our sense of completeness as a human being. Think back to your first romantic disaster. Would you want to go back to how you were then, I certainly would not. I am much more comfortable with who I am now.
I thought of apologizing to readers for my lax posting lately, but I won’t.
Instead I’ll explain. A few weeks ago I woke up with searing pain in my right chest. After 24 hours of gasping for breath, I trotted off to the doctor who decided to rule out a pulmonary embolism. That was interesting. It takes a quick blood test and x-ray and I got bumped to the head of the line.
I had self-diagnosed pulled muscles or a cracked rib but it really doesn’t matter.
It wasn’t an embolism but whatever it is, I am still in pain and really worn down.
It’s just a part of my life right now, I need to go slow, allow myself to rest and enjoy deep breaths when I can get them. The pain is an acute reminder of my humanity. I suppose acknowledging you are a bit flattened isn’t a sign of weakness.
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Joyful Christian offers up some of the speculation coming out of the North Korean train explosion. Reports say that 500 children were blinded. Initial thoughts that it was a possible assasination attempt against reclusive dictator Kim Jong II are re-surfacing.
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Get better soon!
It’s amazing how easily we take things like breath for granted, then along comes something that shatters our blissful ignorance.
God speed your recovery.
I hope you feel better soon!
My sainted mother in law would say “offer it up” - it took me decades to figure out what she meant. Pain is one of GOd’s ways of telling us to slow down sometimes. You are in my prayers.
Hope you’re feeling much better soon. Prayers going up.
I’m sorry to hear that BD. Knowing the necessity of pain doesn’t always make it easier to bear. Hope the quacks get to the bottom of whatever the problem is, and in the meantime take your own advice and slow down!
You’re in my prayers - God bless
To be frank, I haven’t been back to see the doc.
Don’t have the energy to jump through all the hoops. A lifelong allergy to pain medications tends to make one either pragmatic or good at denial.
Thanks, the prayers are genuinely appreciated, especially by my family. To medicalize my attitude -I can be somewhat non-compliant and confrontational.:^) Blog on!
Bene,
Acknowledging that you are “a bit flattened” is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of strength. We are all frail human beings and accepting this is part of becoming more strong emotionally and psychologically.
Oh, and persist with the doctors. If you are not happy with the one you were seeing find another one. Persistance is a valuable characteristic when it comes to dealing with the medical profession.
I should read this blog more than I do. There, I have confessed. Since I’ve taken to posting my drawings and sketches on onionboy and adding simple written thouhts I have gotten away from really reading other people in depth. I’ve scaled back on my online reading, big-time, but there are blogs worth reading; this blog is one.
thrive!,
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Bene,
Please persist. I know someone who didn’t and, oh me!
Feel better, brother!
I don’t understand pain, and never will. But His ways are higher than my own, and I have to hang onto His promise that the next life will be pain-free!
I’ve been reading C.S. Lewis’ “The Problem Of Pain” and it has been offering some interesting insight…
Bene, I just saw this post. Was away from the computer for 4 days. Please take care. Get well soon.