Good Day, Long Moments

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Odd thoughts today. First, I had someone picking my brain at length concerning diabetes. He also shared some of his thoughts on it all. I have to be honest in saying that I grow tired of conversing about diabetes. I write about it here because this blog allows me the opportunity to talk about things related to my accident injuries on my terms. I can say what I want to say and then be done with it. Conversations with others, however, grow tiresome. I get sick of having my life be about being sick. Does that make sense?

Second, I had someone at church who is an RN tell me that he had a conversation with another medical professional about my ruptured aorta. Apparently the two of them discussed it to some length and concluded that I should be dead. He spoke about it very passionately, as though he wanted to make certain that I understood the severity of it all. He went on to describe to me exactly what happens inside of someone’s body when they suffer a ruptured aorta near the heart. In essence he described to me the way in which I should have died…in detail. He also gave me a grim percentage of survivors within his experiences.

I have to be honest in saying that perhaps tomorrow I’ll just catch some Spongebob on TV and focus on something other than my injuries. We had a really good day at church today in every service, and I felt a great deal of spiritual liberty in all that I did, but I’m a little burned out on listening to others talk about issues concerning my injuries.

Oh, and thanks for listening.


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