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Title: Anniversary on the way... Post by PittsburghJoe on Aug 20th, 2004, 1:05pm Wow, it just occurred to me that this summer is the 20th anniversary of the worst summer of my life. The summer of 1984 was a major turning point in my life. SO many things happened. First, I decided to stay in my frat house and work in town that summer. I was just turning 19, and really wanted to face my first summer completely on my own. I was working a telemarketing job with another guy I vaguely knew from school, who I had found attractive for some time. Gradually we got to know each other better, and the friendship turned sexual. I started developing an emotional attachment that freaked him out. He started avoiding me all the time, unless he wanted sex. Really messed with my head, as I was pretty naive at the time and didn't have the self-esteem to tell him to step off. Next, I got word that my older sister had left her husband (who was also 19). He came over to my Mom's house in Arkansas, where my sister was staying, and begged my sister to coem back. When my sister refused, he went out to his car parked in my Mom's driveway, put a pistol in his mouth, and pulled the trigger. My little sister heard the sound first and discovered his lifeless body slumped over the steering wheel. Third, a week or two after the funeral, my mother was tripped up and had her leg run over by a forklift in the factory where she worked. After 3 surgeries, a month in the hospital, and two months in a wheelchair, she finally started to recover. I left my job and went to Arkansas to stay with her for a few weeks while she recovered. Finally, I returned to school a couple weeks before the term started. Not long after getting back, I started getting mysterious pains around my left eye. The pain was like nothing I'd ever felt before, and scared the hell out of me. After a consultation and CAT scan of my head, my doctor uttered the fateful words "cluster headaches." So Happy Anniversary ya fuckin' beast. After 20 years of an on-again off-again relationship, I wanna give you your walking papers while you're resting up between cycles. Anybody know a medical divorce lawyer? Sorry to ramble, it just occurred to me what this summer meant. Joe |
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Title: Re: Anniversary on the way... Post by john_d on Aug 20th, 2004, 1:14pm Well, here is to being a survivor [smiley=me&mb.gif] |
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Title: Re: Anniversary on the way... Post by Jeepgun on Aug 20th, 2004, 1:28pm Right on, Joe. I salute your strength and the road you've walked. May you remain pain-free. |
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Title: Re: Anniversary on the way... Post by Becky on Aug 20th, 2004, 1:31pm (((( Joe )))) I am so happy that you are here with us, it should show you just how strong you really are. Hugs Bec P.S. Ramble all you want, we care |
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Title: Re: Anniversary on the way... Post by PittsburghJoe on Aug 20th, 2004, 1:32pm Thanks for the kind words guys, but hell... Pain and suffering are a part of life, and help us appreciate the better times in life. Good or bad, it is our reaction to the adversity that surrounds us that makes us into the people we are. And all of us here, having survived adversity at its worst, are all the better people for it. We may have our differences, but here we are all one thing: Survivors. And thank (insert your concept of "God" here) for that! Cheers, Joe |
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Title: Re: Anniversary on the way... Post by echo on Aug 20th, 2004, 1:42pm on 08/20/04 at 13:32:12, PittsburghJoe wrote:
After all pain builds character, that's why I think most whinners should be bashed in the head with a shovel. |
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Title: Re: Anniversary on the way... Post by JDH on Aug 20th, 2004, 2:13pm "What a long strange trip it's been" Glad you found us Joe. on 08/20/04 at 13:42:37, echo wrote:
You got that right Echo. [smiley=thumbsup.gif] Jim |
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