TheBanyanTree: Exhausted

[Pam North]

To this I *must* add....  that Carla-chick????  oh yeah!

She's got a *lonnnng* list of folks she's ready to 'run over'....  and she's
so darn loyal!!  Once they're on her 'run over' list, they ain't never
gettin' off either!!!!  I know a few 'gents' that are relieved she moved out
of town!!

You're right Maria.... she's dabomb!!!!


On 12/1/05, Maria Gibson <mgibson7 at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Ya know...?  If you've scheduled one crying appointment for the morning,
> it's probably best to put the other off for at least a day or two.  But
> me...?  Nope.  Glutton of much including punishment, it turns out.
> Scheduled two crying appointments not only for the same day but back to
> painful back.
>
> Had to go to my doc and explain that, yes, the anxiety is better but,
> no, the depression is not, not so much, doc.  Of course I was at least
> prepared for this in that I didn't wear mascara knowing I'd have to be
> honest and not only answer questions but offer up new info to be taken
> into consideration.  Last time I was there, for something totally
> unrelated, he began the appointment by asking about my life, my
> marriage, my actions of late....blahblahblah and I had to jump up for
> tissue and sternly inform him that I hadn't come to cry that day and
> could we get on with the medical matter at hand, for crying out loud???
> Well, we did and then a day or two later I felt kind of bad about it and
> found a nice, simple appreciation card and wrote in it: "Going to the
> doctor and having to answer the really tough questions: 15$ copay.
> Knowing that when you get there you'll always be treated with the utmost
> kindness and respect: priceless."  He mentioned today how he really
> enjoyed getting it and I thanked him again for his willingness to attend
> to me and my crackhead ways and then he was concerned that I'm taking
> drugs and I had to back up (beepbeepbeep) and say, no, not really a
> crackhead, that was a euphemism and I don't gamble, either, before you
> ask.  Doctors can apparently be quite literal, God bless 'em.  I left
> with reddened eyes, a weary face and instructions to call in a couple of
> weeks.
>
> But if I thought I was tired then, it was nothing compared to how I feel
> now after the appointment with the therapist.  Man, why does she have to
> bait me with proposals such as not going to a bar or having a drink for
> at least a month?  Why can't my once a week compromise be considered?
> And why, oh why, does she think me crying is working hard???  What is
> wrong with that woman?  Can't she see I'm tired?  Can't she see I'm
> weary of being asked certain questions I don't have answers for no
> matter how many different ways she finds to phrase them?  Why do I go
> and pay an 18$ copay to be tortured?  I'll be back next week doing it
> all over again and reporting back on my thinking over her proposal.  I
> told her it made me feel really belligerent to consider it and she said
> I ought to consider *that* and why that is as well.  There's no getting
> anything over on those folks, those mind benders.  Again, the leaving
> was with reddened eyes and an even wearier face.
>
> Carla was waiting for me in the room where that is done and she put her
> arm around me as we left.  She knew I was weary.  We'd actually done
> quite a bit of talking and a little weeping before I even went to the
> doc so she knew the ins and outs of my day so far.  We talked about the
> people she is willing to run over with her car for me and that made me
> feel a lot better.  She's a special friend, this one.  'Cause if someone
> hurts you or your feelings, she's quite willing to get in her car and
> mow them down on your behalf.  And trust me, love like that is just what
> is needed when you've had not one but two crying appointments and back
> to painful back at that.
>
> Thanks, Carla.  I'd run over folks for you, too.
>
> Maria
>
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