kraftiekortie wrote:
You should really have the bloating looked into, Claradoon. Perhaps go to your primary physician as a starting point.
I understand your reluctance to go to emergency rooms and such.
You have such a fine and fertile mind. What’s making you down?
The mind and body express each other together. I look for the psychological basis of physical events. I am more and more disappointed with doctors who stand on the "only physical" interpretation of things.
I think of Sis, years ago, who set out for a job interview when one of our white-out winter storms hit suddenly. She wasn't dressed for a storm; nobody was. She arrived with her long curly hair encrusted with ice. The swirling snow had washed off her makeup and her coat creaked and crackled. The city was shutting down. The boss was astonished to see that Sis had conquered the storm to show up for the interview. I'm talking about interpreting the physical. Sis rightly thought that her appearance was ruined. But the boss saw the kind of determination that he wanted to hire. She got the job.
The storm & ice was her 'bloating', to compare her circumstance to mine. How about we'll just call it Negativity.
You ask what has brought me down. Cancer, bankruptcy, my b'day, Mom's b'day (10 days apart, span of terrible depression every year). My efforts to reduce expenses have resulted in my being disqualified for help I need. I have seizures. Even my cat knows that and she tends to me as best she can. On no day can I say that I remember all of it. And do I have hope? No.
Even my writing has wilted. Even so, I joined a chess club on-line. There's a real chess cafe on the other side of town. But would I dare? (TS Eliot)
22 Sep 2018, 11:03 pm
