tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post4112662024679735280..comments2023-06-28T22:58:28.247+10:00Comments on Sixth In Line: The demons lie behind my tonsilsElisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-53558100543835381012010-09-30T18:07:35.281+10:002010-09-30T18:07:35.281+10:00have the words up to that poem you were admiring n...have the words up to that poem you were admiring now - still on monday's post<br /><br />xxNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-85433766271624004442010-09-04T03:47:54.094+10:002010-09-04T03:47:54.094+10:00What an intensity of imagination!What an intensity of imagination!Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-39199822129141156072010-09-04T02:42:00.118+10:002010-09-04T02:42:00.118+10:00Oh, this depicts with such lyrical vividness my ow...Oh, this depicts with such lyrical vividness my own anxieties. There is comfort in such shared madness!Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-73024013588601574132010-09-03T20:27:36.457+10:002010-09-03T20:27:36.457+10:00Thanks, Dave. I didn't want to disparage doc...Thanks, Dave. I didn't want to disparage doctors in general, only particular types - the arrogant ones. <br /><br />It's the idealisation of doctors that bothers me. <br /><br />Idealisation of another tends to make a person feel inadequate in relation to them and how that fits in with guilt is a long story.<br /><br />Thanks, Dave.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-3972979306714771212010-09-03T20:24:47.280+10:002010-09-03T20:24:47.280+10:00I agree, Lorenzo. A ninety three year old visitin...I agree, Lorenzo. A ninety three year old visiting the doctor for the first time Lorenzo is probably a mistake. If your mother-in-law lasted that long, then why bother? <br /><br />Spain has a reputation as a laid back sort of place. I can't imagine any Australians lasting that long without a visit to the doctor or else a visit to the grave. <br /><br />Thanks, Lorenzo.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-13072373004925291652010-09-03T19:17:33.250+10:002010-09-03T19:17:33.250+10:00I'm with Transcend Designs. Absolutely.I'm with Transcend Designs. Absolutely.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-7595861764179125992010-09-03T04:34:37.270+10:002010-09-03T04:34:37.270+10:00Ah, those demons behind the tonsils, Elisabeth. Th...Ah, those demons behind the tonsils, Elisabeth. They must have told the doctor about your dream cigarettes. I got a few good chuckles out of this. Very nicely written. I guess the alternative for avoiding this type of anguish is to do what many people here in Spain do: not go to the doctor until something is seriously wrong with you. My mother-in-law is 93 and she went to the doctor for the first time in her life around 8 years ago. And the only thing seriously wrong with her then was that her three daughters harassed her into going.Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-88056699829810692502010-09-02T23:08:14.663+10:002010-09-02T23:08:14.663+10:00I don't go in for all that Body mass index typ...I don't go in for all that Body mass index type stuff, Fifi. I think it's pitched to an ideal. The reality is that healthy people come in all shapes and sizes. <br /><br />As for healthy living, I suspect you can try too hard.<br /><br />Did you ever see the film, Educating Rita. <br /><br />There's a character in the film, a health fanatic, a young woman obsessed with good eating and exercise who winds up committing suicide. <br /><br />The central character, Rita, is upset to lose her friend, not least because her fried had been so preoccupied with living well but in the end she killed herself. To Rita it made no sense at all.<br /><br />Perfectionism can be such a problem.<br /><br />Thanks, Fifi.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-44669186630415659002010-09-02T23:01:47.486+10:002010-09-02T23:01:47.486+10:00Thanks for the kind words, Little
Hat. More power...Thanks for the kind words, Little <br />Hat. More power to your writing, too.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-18978269405248677422010-09-02T23:00:59.815+10:002010-09-02T23:00:59.815+10:00The history of doctor superiority within the weste...The history of doctor superiority within the western world goes back a long way, Kat, but as you say, doctors are no different from others in many ways. <br /><br />We look up to them because we assume they know things about us that we do not know and therefore we tend to feel inferior. It's changing though, these views of the god like doctor, at least they are here in Australia.<br /><br />Thanks Kat.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-3225656780856642562010-09-02T22:54:06.158+10:002010-09-02T22:54:06.158+10:00Guilt has 'long black roots', as you sugge...Guilt has 'long black roots', as you suggest Erin. The internal fear is written all over your face and in the twitches of your fingers even as you are innocent of all crime. <br /><br />Perhaps it lies in the desire and not the deed. Thanks.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-8169273335346616862010-09-02T20:15:59.640+10:002010-09-02T20:15:59.640+10:00Beautifully written piece. I enjoyed every tantali...Beautifully written piece. I enjoyed every tantalizing word. I have writer's envy.<br />Sod the teeth. All power to your story writingSteve Capelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14838386764407644146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-16825543522281063442010-09-02T14:56:22.625+10:002010-09-02T14:56:22.625+10:00Hello!
I too used to smoke but ended it long ago...Hello!<br /><br /><br />I too used to smoke but ended it long ago. I never ever crave it, the smell is awful, my body recoils from it.<br />But have struggled ever after not to eat too much, and had a body analysis done which proclaimed I was 20kg too big for my bones!! HUH!<br /><br />But I am the one who does all the right things, does all the exercise, eats the right things....and here I am told I am way too big. pfft. <br /><br />I do wonder if I will reap the beneifts of my neurotically healthy lifestyle, or whether the years using art materials wil get me in the end.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-1826136530938854102010-09-02T11:58:13.337+10:002010-09-02T11:58:13.337+10:00Excellent. That was a really good read. I know exa...Excellent. That was a really good read. I know exactly how you feel and not because I have been there (although I have been close) but because you did such a great job of putting it into words. <br />Do it more!<br />As for the doctor, I'm a nurse and one of my favorite instructors once reminded me that Drs put their pants on the same way as everyone else, one leg at a time. <br />Good luck with the visit.<br />KatKat_RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008977319279272365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-78125756115745926622010-09-02T11:16:02.165+10:002010-09-02T11:16:02.165+10:00I think of walking into stores and being very obvi...I think of walking into stores and being very obvious with my hands, all <i>I am not stealing</i>, when of course, I am not stealing, because I do not steal. However, I feel I have to be all obvious with my hands because somehow I think it is written on me somewhere that inside of me is the rotten that just might.<br /><br />Is it like that? Does it have long black roots? Does it surprise you?<br /><br />xo<br />erinWoman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-85493430675535515542010-09-01T21:32:09.567+10:002010-09-01T21:32:09.567+10:00I will try to live it up, Reya.
Our bodies are ...I will try to live it up, Reya. <br /><br />Our bodies are like temples, sacred fun filled places. I agree with you, we should be able to enjoy them and to live life to the full. <br /><br />But old lessons die hard - the worst of that dreaded Catholic upbringing again - guilt, guilt and more guilt. <br /><br />Thanks, Reya.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-12265700500831957852010-09-01T21:29:18.805+10:002010-09-01T21:29:18.805+10:00My health as far as is visible seems fine Jane tou...My health as far as is visible seems fine Jane touch wood.<br /><br />The thing I tried to address in this post is my fear of doctors and the neurotic fears generally that prevail when it comes to keeping on side with the doctors and a clean bill of health. <br /><br />Thanks for your good wishes.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-36267075492611250272010-09-01T07:05:05.619+10:002010-09-01T07:05:05.619+10:00This is such a delicious post. You know, in some t...This is such a delicious post. You know, in some temples the celebrants drink wine, feast, burn incense (which they inhale deeply). In some temples people sing and dance around, roll around on the floor, roll around with snakes. Honestly what in the world is that doctor talking about?? Your body IS a temple. Live it up!! L'chaim!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-84525628025689916722010-09-01T01:07:50.825+10:002010-09-01T01:07:50.825+10:00Oh my, I guess the fear of doctors is widespread a...Oh my, I guess the fear of doctors is widespread and when that fear mixes with guilt, it really runs amok. You described it beautifully. I do hope your next visit to the doctor, however, turns out to be a pleasant experience and you receive a clean bill of health.Jane Kennedy Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519340747761460017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-24537656672673955572010-08-31T20:32:48.117+10:002010-08-31T20:32:48.117+10:00Kleinstemotte, I'm sorry to hear about your ex...Kleinstemotte, I'm sorry to hear about your experience of cancer and that your GP missed it. <br /><br />Everything pales to insignificance alongside such life changing events, but I trust/hope it's okay now, at least as far as these things can ever be.<br /><br />Thanks.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-72759779265557752512010-08-31T20:27:32.716+10:002010-08-31T20:27:32.716+10:00I haven't read Time's Arrow Red handed but...I haven't read Time's Arrow Red handed but I checked it out on Wikipedia. <br /><br />It sounds like a terrific book however grim. <br /><br />And as you suggest, things could be a lot worse - doctors in black aprons. <br /><br />Thanks.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-1420399532465848702010-08-31T05:39:16.175+10:002010-08-31T05:39:16.175+10:00Since my cancer thing I have lost the respect of m...Since my cancer thing I have lost the respect of my family doc though I do go for the BP meds. have no choice. here a GP calls all the shots and she failed to get me to a surgeon when my tummy was acting up. Two years later it was the ER that took care of a massive colon tumour. I do not fear her one bit! Neither should anyone really.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-29149797991214047142010-08-31T01:32:47.485+10:002010-08-31T01:32:47.485+10:00If you ever want a different take on doctors, try ...If you ever want a different take on doctors, try reading Time's Arrow, where the smocks are all black leather.red-handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484549762594608774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-3975283695133791532010-08-30T22:01:09.178+10:002010-08-30T22:01:09.178+10:00My second secret vice like yours is drinking wine,...My second secret vice like yours is drinking wine, Christina, but I prefer white or sparkling burgundy. <br /><br />I'm no connoisseur when it comes to quality wine, but I commiserate with you as far a cask wine is concerned. I hope occasionally you can afford to treat yourself to a bottle.<br /><br />There's no one secret to a long lived life other than a complex collection of events, characteristics and experience, as far as I can see. And like you Christina, I'd be happy to live to 100 as long as I can still enjoy my wine - and reading and writing and people. As long as all my bones don't break. As long as I can keep my wits. And as long as the world does likewise.<br /><br />Thanks.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28133718.post-3771659273977892732010-08-30T21:54:19.254+10:002010-08-30T21:54:19.254+10:00Keep eating your dairy products, Marja, in spite o...Keep eating your dairy products, Marja, in spite of their contribution to your asthma. Somehow your body and mind probably find a balance that keeps you alive. At least I hope it does. <br /><br />Thanks, MarjaElisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com