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I've been very sick lately. No, not with mental illness, though I do have that. I just do not seem to be thriving after surgery. My doc has tried me on five different pain meds and I'm allergic to all except one, and that one is hospital grade. I can't take Nsaid s . SO...the plan is to sign myself into the car of a hospital tomorrow and heal up there so I don't starve and collapse.
okay, so that's the backstory.
my family are being jerks. One sister called and asked a bunch of questions and hung up without commenting at all. Not even a "be careful" or get well soon. Another sister fussed at me on the phone and then made a smart ass comment on facebook. and my mother seems clueless, commenting that, after losing 20lbs in a month, it would be great if I lost more.
I have another younger sister. She is kind and is a good listener. We fought a few weeks ago. But she had a spiritual can thrown at the side of her head. It was the "maybe beggs really IS sick" can. we had to agree to stay off each others facebook page, but since then we've called each other and she's been really nice. She's the only one I can count on right now. and if she doesn't really have time to listen to me, she'll say so, but she'll say , "I have 1.5 minutes. make it count." so I'll dispense with pauses, and fluff and tell her the important stuff that I think she needs to hear. IE hospital news, hubby news, and if I found a travel deal to could see her.
I know that my family loves me , but their expectation that I POOF be healthy because all their friends were when they had this surgery is ridiculous. I was really ill before they cut on me. I need TLC from the docs. And they are just gonna have to wait.
okay, so that's the backstory.
my family are being jerks. One sister called and asked a bunch of questions and hung up without commenting at all. Not even a "be careful" or get well soon. Another sister fussed at me on the phone and then made a smart ass comment on facebook. and my mother seems clueless, commenting that, after losing 20lbs in a month, it would be great if I lost more.
I have another younger sister. She is kind and is a good listener. We fought a few weeks ago. But she had a spiritual can thrown at the side of her head. It was the "maybe beggs really IS sick" can. we had to agree to stay off each others facebook page, but since then we've called each other and she's been really nice. She's the only one I can count on right now. and if she doesn't really have time to listen to me, she'll say so, but she'll say , "I have 1.5 minutes. make it count." so I'll dispense with pauses, and fluff and tell her the important stuff that I think she needs to hear. IE hospital news, hubby news, and if I found a travel deal to could see her.
I know that my family loves me , but their expectation that I POOF be healthy because all their friends were when they had this surgery is ridiculous. I was really ill before they cut on me. I need TLC from the docs. And they are just gonna have to wait.
For whatever reason, some people have a hard time accepting that different people heal at different speeds. Take the steps and time you need to get better regardless of your familys expectations. It's not their health that's on the line, it's yours.
I hope you feel better soon!