Something I have realised:
Ulcerative colitis; It’s in the past for me now.
Yet people I haven’t seen
for a long time will ask me “… and how’s your . . .” then mouth the word tummy.
I understand that people are genuinely concerned and wishing me well. But I
moved on a long time ago now. Sometimes I even wonder why they are asking such
an odd question. I can even admit to you, dear reader, that I find it slightly
irritating, despite the very good intentions behind the questions.
Gone are the days when I spent
hours worrying about my diet, or even whether I should eat at all. I no longer
worry about where the nearest lavatory is.
OK sometimes I’m a bit
self conscious of my physical form, but even that I can lve with. Before the
surgical removal of the colon and the creation of a stoma I thought it was
something I would never be able to live with. But I can, and it’s alright.
Diagnoses was frightening,
living with it was difficult, treatment was radical and full of fear, but even in
the depths I found there was something valuable to be learned there.
The causes of Ulcerative
Colitis seem to as mysterious as they where in 1997, and the experience, signs
and symptoms are still just the same. I’ve been disembowelled, and I have “moved
on”. It’s in the past; it’s total and complete.
Have I been defined by it?
Maybe a little too much, and it occurs to me that I am complicit in that by,
amongst other things, writing this blog.
I was lucky. I didn’t have
Cancer and this is not so bad by comparison. I feel that perhaps I have come to
the end of my commentary.
So until something that is relevant and worth reporting comes along I wish you health and happiness and, finally, leave a link to another blog that I hope you may find of interest: hypnottik.blogspot.co.uk
So until something that is relevant and worth reporting comes along I wish you health and happiness and, finally, leave a link to another blog that I hope you may find of interest: hypnottik.blogspot.co.uk
Be well.
Roger
