Illness is a Cruel Thief

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No one has any comprehension of how terribly chronic illness impacts a human being, until they themselves are inflicted with it.

Everyone of course knows that it “surely must suck”…

But they can’t appreciate the gravity of it until it actually happens to them.

And no one ever thinks such a thing will happen to them.

I sure didn’t.

If I could have had just one day’s worth of what my life was going to be like…a hint of what I was in for, but could change if I made certain changes in my life…

I would have heeded the needs and made the changes.

Of course, life does not work like this.

I won’t claim to understand it.  But from a spiritual perspective, which is of course where one’s mind goes during long periods of suffering (my mind did immediately anyway, having a life-long spiritual focus regardless) there simply has to be a reason for what happens.

Best case, there HAS to be a silver lining.

And I was determined to find it in every challenge I’ve been up against.  Which, if I can whine for a second, is more than my lifetime’s share of suffering.  I did not want it any longer, I do not want it ever again, I don’t want it to completely define me, I do not use it as a crutch or sympathy card at any time. 

I want nothing to do with it, and will go lengths to prevent the issues from happening again.

Because it robs you.  It pits your body against you, having you, fight yourself, trying to find a way out of pain, during every waking moment.  It sucks joy like some kind of vampire.  The body tortures you, in a nearly identical way to the common meaning people associate with the word “torture.”  You struggle to find a way to stop the pain, and manage what it does to you mentally.

It is the cruelest of thieves.

Robbing you of your finances like any robber would, as you try to get better…

…and then takes your body, your mind, and your spirit with it.

Hence the need to prevent these kinds of robberies to begin with.  Focus on health as a priority.

 

“Organic Blue Berries Don’t Give You Loose Stools”

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A fellow at the grocery store tonight, in the organic berry section…a total stranger…kindly told me that the reason organic blue berries are so awesome is that “you can eat a whole half carton of them and not get the wet shits.”

Those were his exact words.

I have no idea who this man was, but he then kinda apologized as he walked away with a “Oh…sorry…was that TMI?”

I laughed and told him that no, it was all good, and I’m glad he let me know.

😉

For some reason, when the warm weather hits our area of the country, people get much more social. 

And with the right blue berries, apparently have much smoother movements.

Happy Drunk Dad’s Day:

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My entire family went on a wine tasting tour via limo yesterday in and around the Finger Lakes region of beautiful upstate New York.

Not only were they tasting wines at the six different wineries we visited, but apparently some of the bunch (the crazy uncle of course) decided to pack along some extra beverages in the limo itself, all bases covered: beer, wine coolers and whiskey to boot.

My goodness.

I was of course the “DD,” designated driver.

Even though I wasn’t driving at all.

😉

I brought my spring water in my usual glass water bottle (a bottle I will reference soon in a post or video).

I also did a Bring-Your-Own snack with some fruit and a healthy-ER sweet potato chip snack for passing around.

The weather was a warm and sunny 85 degrees F.

By the time we reached the last winery, everyone…including strangers…were all waking in quite drunk.

Three strangers approached me and struck up conversation.

One of them was fairly unintelligible.

But entertaining.

And on the way home from there, I sat next to my cousin’s girlfriend in the limo…

She fell asleep.

Then awoke five minutes later and vomited.

On me.

I hope your Father’s Day was vomit-free.