Lundon Calling

Oh yes, sometimes when the bluebird of happiness flies over you … it poops!  And this is why I haven’t felt like blogging lately: I’ve been trying to clean up a little poop from my own little bluebird.  I’m sure this probably happens to everyone at some point and we sort of have to kick back, take a deep breath and see how we can get through all the poop.  We have to work through anxieties, frustrations, ennui, depression and that damn desire to want to become a recluse and just run and hide from it all.

So, you say, what happened to put me into this non-blogging funk?

Well, it didn’t happen overnight; it just sort of crept up on me.  And it all had to do with medical and health things.   However, I’m actually in great health … no cancer, no diabetes, no heart problems … I’m in good shape.  It’s just that I felt like I was falling apart from a bunch of little poops.  You’ve probably been there too … or you probably will in the future; it seems to be a part of our maturation process.

About 5 months ago it began.  I did something stupid for a man of my years and ended up with 4 fractured ribs and a crushed disc.  OUCH!  This began a period of weeks for me only being able to sleep sitting up.  All I could really do was give myself time because time heals ribs.  Isn’t that lovely!  Ha!  I hate moving around like I’m 70 even if I am.

Then the foot problem began and I was walking around in bedroom slippers as shoes were a no-no.  Then, the loss of hearing in my right ear and my eyesight was doing crazy things … and all simultaneously.  My mind was painting pictures of a lame old man who was going deaf and blind.  Anyway, you can see how poop like this can begin to affect a person.  Certainly made me know that I was a real person.

So, what does one do in a poop situation time like this?  It’s “Hello Doctor!” time.  We go to the best possible source for dealing with our specific poop … and THEN!  We try to be patient while they perform their poop-busing job.  Yeah … like patience, my ass!  I want it now!

And so months later … now, the ribs are healing slowly.  The disc?  Well, we’ll see what they have to do there.  And, I’m wearing shoes again after some surgery.  My hearing will never be 100% but some is better than nothing.  And, my eyesight problems are in progress to enable me to see TV/my computer screen/my crossword puzzles/my books, etc. hopefully much better than I have been able to do over the past 9 months.  I have a feeling some surgery might be ahead with this.

Thank goodness for the medical profession and the advances in medicine!!  Now, we just have to make sure it will be available for everyone and not just for those of us who live below the poverty level line … we do have good insurance coverage … but it sucks being in this level.  Keeping in touch with one’s Doctor is so very important though because an ounce of prevention is worth 20 Doctor visits!!

In closing, maybe I should add that since we are what we have been becoming … maybe we all might see what is ahead; might I have forseen the bluebird on its way!??  Of course it is strange that all seemed to poop at the same time, isn’t it!  And maybe not!

There’s always a possible genetic factor too.  However, the time factor may be more of a consideration.  Like – - – WHICH physical health areas are the first affected with the onset of age?  Yup!  Eyesight, hearing, feet problems, and teeth (guess I’m thankful I had falsies put in there a few years back!).