Cassandra Disque | December 19, 2008
There are few phrases as ugly as, “Have you been taking your medication?” The query implies distrust on the behalf of the speaker. It implies an accusation of erratic behavior. It says, “I don’t like how you are behaving.” Perhaps worst of all, is that if the medication is being taken but the behavior is [...]
Cassandra Disque | December 5, 2008
if I knew what I wanted to be doing with myself other than sleeping, I think I’d be doing it. I certainly have nothing else or better to do. It’s not fear or procrastination holding me back, it’s just that I’ve finally reached the point where I can say with an even temper, “my health [...]
Since 1996, my life has been a long journey of visiting one doctor after another. I look more or less fine, but I'm not. My daily pill count is like playing the dozens with a hospice patient. One doctor will say I'm doomed, and send me to another for treatment, but the treating doctor will find nothing within his or her area of practice that can be treated.
My life is better than a comedy, better than a drama. Anyone who has done this knows what I mean when I say that you have to not only know the rules, but also play the part in order to be allowed in the game. Most people find what we go through in the medical merry-go-round to be unbelievable, which is why I call it "The Drag of Gimp."
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