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Posted by obsidian on July 2, 2007, at 22:46:42
a little bit of prose
random thoughts from which I pose...
nothing shocking I suppose
(sigh)
it's late
I wonder
why the T
why the pdoc
why the wanting
why the waiting
why the me
why the you
why the us
the "us" is trouble
the "them" is even worse
too sensitive I say...
every bit rips through me
like shards passing in and out the back and back around
every gesture, every tone, every unspoken but present word
every thing I don't have
(sigh)
Posted by Sigismund on July 3, 2007, at 3:17:31
In reply to all that you can't leave behind, posted by obsidian on July 2, 2007, at 22:46:42
Hello Sleepy
A very hard nosed Australian newspaper owner was dying recently.
He opened his eyes and said
"Am I still here? How long is this going to f*cking take?"
Posted by obsidian on July 3, 2007, at 21:55:48
In reply to Re: all that you can't leave behind » obsidian, posted by Sigismund on July 3, 2007, at 3:17:31
wow...that's, that's...I don't know what to call that??
it was like he was waiting on line in a supermarket or something
why isn't this line moving??!paper or plastic? or do they ask that in Australia?
Posted by Sigismund on July 5, 2007, at 0:39:40
In reply to Re: all that you can't leave behind » Sigismund, posted by obsidian on July 3, 2007, at 21:55:48
I dunno where I read it (true story I think), but this Englishman was dying.
So he said to his mother
'Mother, I'm going to die now. Could you please leave the room."
Posted by obsidian on July 8, 2007, at 12:32:59
In reply to Re: all that you can't leave behind » obsidian, posted by Sigismund on July 5, 2007, at 0:39:40
how terribly "polite" of him
I am guessing that death is a subject that interests you...I do not mean that in a morbid kind of way oddly enough, but some other way
(((((sigismund))))
-obsid
Posted by Sigismund on July 8, 2007, at 21:57:00
In reply to Re: all that you can't leave behind, posted by obsidian on July 8, 2007, at 12:32:59
Death is interesting because normally you only get one go at it and therefore no time to waste.
If you get the last words wrong to the dying person, there's no chance to rephrase.
In my limited experience, I've enjoyed the company of terminally ill people.
What's that saying? Something like 'Being condemned to hang at dawn concentrates the mind'?
Well, people who are dying are normally pretty serious and interesting.Dunno about those two though.
Holding fast to their values perhaps?
Posted by B2chica on July 19, 2007, at 10:58:29
In reply to Re: all that you can't leave behind, posted by Sigismund on July 8, 2007, at 21:57:00
i work with people with disabilities and one group of folks i work with have a specific terminal illness. and its interesting because i too GREATLY enjoy their company. they are some of the best people i've met. i think it does concentrate the mind...but somehow i think it's almost given them a freedom because their personalities (though all deal with dx differently) tend to become light-hearted and use a lot of humor, even about themselves or the disease. they don't seem too terribly serious (till the very very end) but infact tend to take things less serious than they normally would. however, it may be this particular illness. there were a few that took the dx really hard and became very serious, very negative. it was those few that soon quit our clinic didn't receive services, became isolated and very quickly died. although that may not have been such a terrible thing as this illness can be quite harrowing depending on how it progresses, but nonetheless it makes it that much more truly amazing for those that get the dx and seem to become 'better' because of it. they seem to 'enhance' themselves.
just wanted to chime in my thoughts here.
btw, i tend to agree with the aussie. i've thought that on many occasions...without an illness.
b2c
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