tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post7842566193412713803..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: from despair to where.....swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-23101762224101335562008-06-19T00:38:00.000+01:002008-06-19T00:38:00.000+01:00Just want to put in a word about the helpfulness o...Just want to put in a word about the helpfulness of grief, sometimes. I know that this isn't something that's easy to grieve about, but the things that you have mentioned are losses for you. It may be that a little grief can help in the long term.spinsterwitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02670515936852776370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-83386798854673541952008-06-19T00:33:00.000+01:002008-06-19T00:33:00.000+01:00This isn't sympathy my friend, its empathy.A f...This isn't sympathy my friend, its empathy.<br><br>A few years back I had my gall bladder removed. Rather simple surgery, extremely common. Within six months I had some extreme pain where the gall bladder used to be.<br><br>As things turned out, I had some scar tissue grow in a way that its sending false pain signals. Of course, it took 14 months and 9 doctors over that 14 months to figure it out and sort of treat it.<br><br>I haven't had a pain free day in over five years, but... it could be worse. I still can do whatever I want, and sometimes I even forget the pain is there.<br><br>Psychologically speaking though, it can mess with me. That's the hard part. Before I had some treatment that got me to a reasonable level of pain, I had many days like the one you wrote about... and on occasion still do.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531414847817210475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-21271525589414469732008-06-19T00:21:00.000+01:002008-06-19T00:21:00.000+01:00No sympathy, then, just admiration for your attitu...No sympathy, then, just admiration for your attitude. Those things do come bubbling up sometimes; that's just part of being human. You're such a strong person in many ways, but nobody is strong all the time.<br><br>Sending warm and bracing thoughts your way.Aravishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766002202567429153noreply@blogger.com