I’m Not Dead Yet (I.N.D.Y.)

You know, by and large, the medical concerns at Casa Hamburger have focused primarily on me for the last two years (c.f., my daughter’s surgery to have tubes put in and my older son’s ongoing issues with is autism).  MaryBeth (MB), apparently, felt jealous of all the medical attention I was getting and has decided to get some medical attention for herself.  I type this as we sit in the surgical interview office at Gwinnett Medical Center.  Yesterday, MB had an appointment with our general practitioner.  The GP sent her to a surgeon and the minor procedure was scheduled for tomorrow (Friday). Again, this is a minor procedure, so there is no need to worry (beyond the general concern one has one someone is having ANY surgical procedure).

If you have been reading for a while, I have commented on several occasions that it has been difficult for me to be on “this side” of the bed.  I remember it was hard to watch my father go through his LP last summer; I would have preferred to have been the one in the bed.  Similarly, when my daughter had tubes put in, I remember thinking it was hard to watch her recovering from her surgical procedure.

My wife is very similar.  She said (on several occasions) yesterday that she is much better at taking other people to the doctor than going to the doctor herself.  She recognizes the necessity of the procedure, but would prefer if she could somehow find a genie that could just blink and make the procedure unnecessary.   I asked how she would like me to react. She told me that if I was empathetic, she would say I was patronizing her and if I was not reactive, she would just “whine” more.  Thus, by and large, I am just keeping my mouth shut during this whole procedure.

I will be sure to blog about how she is recovering from the procedure tomorrow (again, there is no reason to believe there is anything too serious going on).  However, if you have some extra positive energy, healing thoughts, prayers, or loose change laying around, perhaps you could send it MB’s way.

Thanks!

Merle

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