Complains and blessings
First, about the hospital visit.
It went ok, they set my next mammogram visit for December.
My story is not so much about my medical state but more about a woman whom I met there.
Actually I had written about it to JAR so I shall just copy and paste part of it here...
".....Now I must relate to u about this sad pathetic woman who I met at the hospital today.
She was seated next to me and was called in to see the doctors who were in the same room as mine (over here, two specialists share a room when they see patients cos there are so many).
She looks a lot older than me. She seemed so burdened and unhappy.
She was crying and complaining and whining when she saw her doctor, saying I am all alone....I am scared...blah blah blah
Then I felt angry with her. The truth is all of us there had something wrong with our bodies. We were all scared too but we were not making such a drama about it. Later when I was waiting to make my appointment for my mammogram in Dec, she actually approached me and was asking questions about me and trying to compare our operation dates, etc. I did NOT want to spend much time with such an unhappy soul. I left as quickly as I could.
Maybe this makes me not a very nice person but to me maintaining an optimistic outlook is important.
Nobody wants to be with a complaining person.
Things may be bad for u but u just try to overcome it.
Everyone faces challenges - so never think u alone have it bad.
Hehehe....NOW I am complaining to u!....."
See. Sometimes I am not very nice, am I?
I try to be thankful for all my blessings; and there are always so many blessings even when we are being tested again and again.
One of the blessings I felt this weekend is seeing my mom get a lot healthier.
She actually requested that I drive her to do some errands.
We went to her rental property to pick up some bills.
We went to the bank for her to do some investing.
We even did a bit of grocery shopping.
I am so happy to see my mom getting stronger by the day.
She still tires easily but her spirits are up and she IS getting stronger.
After that excitement of driving my mom around, I had a bad headache and spent the rest of Saturday in bed.
Sunday also went well.
My mom was feeling strong enough to join us for our breakfast outing.
It was almost like old times. :)
I went back to my condo and attended an informal meeting with some condo owners.
There is some problems with the Condo Committee and there will be an extraordinary meeting soon.
I needed to attend today's meeting to understand what is going on.
Looking forwards to a great week.
It went ok, they set my next mammogram visit for December.
My story is not so much about my medical state but more about a woman whom I met there.
Actually I had written about it to JAR so I shall just copy and paste part of it here...
".....Now I must relate to u about this sad pathetic woman who I met at the hospital today.
She was seated next to me and was called in to see the doctors who were in the same room as mine (over here, two specialists share a room when they see patients cos there are so many).
She looks a lot older than me. She seemed so burdened and unhappy.
She was crying and complaining and whining when she saw her doctor, saying I am all alone....I am scared...blah blah blah
Then I felt angry with her. The truth is all of us there had something wrong with our bodies. We were all scared too but we were not making such a drama about it. Later when I was waiting to make my appointment for my mammogram in Dec, she actually approached me and was asking questions about me and trying to compare our operation dates, etc. I did NOT want to spend much time with such an unhappy soul. I left as quickly as I could.
Maybe this makes me not a very nice person but to me maintaining an optimistic outlook is important.
Nobody wants to be with a complaining person.
Things may be bad for u but u just try to overcome it.
Everyone faces challenges - so never think u alone have it bad.
Hehehe....NOW I am complaining to u!....."
See. Sometimes I am not very nice, am I?
I try to be thankful for all my blessings; and there are always so many blessings even when we are being tested again and again.
One of the blessings I felt this weekend is seeing my mom get a lot healthier.
She actually requested that I drive her to do some errands.
We went to her rental property to pick up some bills.
We went to the bank for her to do some investing.
We even did a bit of grocery shopping.
I am so happy to see my mom getting stronger by the day.
She still tires easily but her spirits are up and she IS getting stronger.
After that excitement of driving my mom around, I had a bad headache and spent the rest of Saturday in bed.
Sunday also went well.
My mom was feeling strong enough to join us for our breakfast outing.
It was almost like old times. :)
I went back to my condo and attended an informal meeting with some condo owners.
There is some problems with the Condo Committee and there will be an extraordinary meeting soon.
I needed to attend today's meeting to understand what is going on.
Looking forwards to a great week.
posted by akumangkok at
8:01 PM
1 Comments:
dear june..i don't think that you are an unkind person at all!
remember that singapore man that you shared some time with when you were both waiting for your rides?
you lent him an open ear as he shared news and stories with you.
i think the reason that you found it hard to listen to this lady is that you, yourself have such a positive outlook.
maybe after this is all over and people want a little encouraging, you will be of help, especially if the person is not complaining.
you know how happy i must be junie when i heard that you guys went out for meal. your mom is such a sport and has determined that she will get better...how wonderful!
i hope that your headache is gone and now THIS headache is leaving..ha!
hope the condo situation is all cleared up...love terry
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