Laurie's Heart Update

Thursday, March 27, 2008

March 27: My response to responses

WELL!!!!

First, to Amy: welcome to the site. Thank you for your very sweet comments. Hopefully we'll meet at some point in the car quest. Tom's boss Don and I were chatting, and we shared stories about our valve replacements! He wasn't there when I stopped off yesterday.

Secondly, to the "anonymous" who posted the advertisement for the "Dr. Laura" book: really, I'm sure you meant well. Let's go with that as my response. Considering that I'm working three days a week for about 25 hours, lecturing at two university PA programs, functioning and "being responsible" with a minimum of help, participating in my Fellowship's services and not in a locked mental health unit, I think I'll pass on the rah-rah outlook for now. Oh, and this has not been years of self-pity and whining--it's only been eight months since the last surgery.

Clearly, you have missed the purpose of checking my blog, which is to gain a realistic view of one person's difficult journey in adjusting to a life that has been shattered by critical illness. You also have not been paying much attention to my prior posts detailing my generally positive, if sarcastic, way of looking at things. I've been resisting putting down the negative stuff because it's depressing. It's also reality. I also didn't do a "full disclosure" for exactly this reason: I don't need to be judged. You can take a hike along with the person who informed me at work today that the reason I had to go through a third horrid surgery was because I hadn't learned what I was supposed to from the first two.

Deneen: should you choose to read the book, I hope it gives you new insights.

But, for those who might be tempted to "show me the way" to mental bliss and happy-perky-bunnyland I have this to say: If you don't like the my whine, stay away from my cheese!

Oh, and BTW: I worked for three years in crisis psych and have a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Temple University. I speak from years of clinical and didactic training that show that bottling up your emotions only leads to psychological and physical problems in the future. This blog is my venue to vent.

BTW2: While she is a licensed therapist, "Dr Laura" has her PhD in physiology, so feel free to consult with her about your exercise routine.

Now, let the comments commence!

Laurie

4 Comments:

  • At 11:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    ooh! ooh! i get to leave the first comment! im so happy with that.

    Laurie: wow. your MUCH nicer than i am. anyone who knows me pretty much knows what my response wouldve been to the Dr. Laura bullshit post.

    while it appears that Dr. Laura herself or one of her minions posted that 'anonymous' crap as some sort of sick sadistic advertising bullshit (some people will resort to anything these days to make a dollar) let this be clear....

    IF I FIND OUT THAT SOMEONE EITHER LAURIE OR I KNOW POSTED THAT 'WHINER' COMMENT SO HELP THEM GOD THEYRE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER TO ME.

    ta ta for now!

    Joanne

     
  • At 11:26 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Laurie,

    .. as always I support your venue for venting and am glad that you seem more comfortable with being honest and not just jotting the nicities. I hope our postings help you know that although we are not with you personnally there are a lot of people out here you have touched and that still care about you!

    .. now as always I think you are doing great and way more functional and ahead of schedule - than I think I would be.

    .. I am sure your new blogger friend [Dr. Laura fan] is new to the site and ment well. By the way that was very nice of you to only make the comment you did. [well handled] <:}

    .. always in my prayers

    Deneen

     
  • At 9:00 AM, Blogger Katie said…

    I hate blog spammers (and that's clearly what that person is). If you aren't woman or man enough to post your name, then you shouldn't be posting...plain and simple.

    We're thinking of you, Laurie. Matt enjoyed talking to you the other night.

     
  • At 7:07 AM, Blogger Susan said…

    Dear Laurie, I wouldn't lose to much sleep over that anonymous comment because it SOOOOO definitely read as a form letter type comment by one of the marketing people from Dr. Laurie's publishing company, and no one who could possibly know you personally.
    Hope to chat with you personally soon...love to picture you on your recliner surrounded by cats and Oprah Winfrey..hope you've had more time for that in the last couple days. Love, Susan

     

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