Posted on 06/13/2012 4:57:30 PM PDT by se_ohio_young_conservative
As many of you know I have been dealing with a lot of health issues recently. I left home for about a month to get inpatient therapy for my knees and shoulders (R.A.). Also dealing with other things (bowels are a huge issue for me now)
I mentioned this to a person whom I thought was a "friend" on Facebook and she called me disgusting and stopped messaging me. I understand it is an unpleasant issue, but it doesnt make someone a gross person ? I also understand that people don't like to hear other people moan and go on and on about their health problems when we all have challenges in our lives of various types. I understand this and im usually a very private person...but I just wish I knew why some people are so offended by such things like bowels ? Is it a matter of maturity ?
i don't know who to trust as far as explaining these problems. and..honest to goodness.. I don't think anyone in my situation could avoid being worried/somewhat obsessed about it. I think thats just the truth...
thank you so much
My wife has a number of medical problems and when we are in a social gathering she sometimes tends to monopolize the discussion with a litany of symptoms and failed treatments. You can almost see people drifting away from the group when it becomes such a monologue, even though they are sympathetic.
I've had to gently remind her a few times to let others be part of the conversation too.....
Everything isn’t for everybody. You’ve been in a bad situation so you have tunnel vision. My uncle has alzheimers and while his care is a major part of my life I realize that nobody outside of the doctor, nurses and my mother want to hear about it. We had to get a stool sample from him last week. The story of how we did it is rather funny in a dark heck-we-got-to-laugh-or-we’ll-break-down-crying sort of way but I wouldn’t tell anybody because complete strangers and aquaintances would be grossed out and rightly so.
why are people so weird and offended by things like this ?
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