A dose of perspective

[cjsmith]

My cat is diabetic. Today my LJ-friend's cat had emergency surgery to remove a foreign object blockage in the small intestine.

My side effects from The Medicine Too Evil To Name included one loss of breakfast, annoying levels of sleep disruption for a month, and the need to eat more fiber. Other people's side effects have included death.

My idiopathic peripheral neuropathy stops me from hiking, biking, square dancing, and running. I just discovered today that my friend's idiopathic peripheral neuropathy has put her on disability for months, has left her on double-canes and in a wheelchair, and makes it an enormous challenge to navigate such things as curbs, doors, and elevators.

I declare a moratorium on me complaining, for a while. I think I'll count a few blessings instead.

Comments

[jcgbigler.livejournal.com]

Chocolate-covered bacon? That sounds almost as bad as mayonnaise-flavored ice cream, which was the worst a bunch of us managed to come up with back when we were in college.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Was I in that conversation? It sounds eerily almost familiar.

I am betting fish-flavored ice cream would also suck. It would surprise me not at all to discover something like that readily available in, say, Tokyo.