Comments on: Trite http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/ the art of intermittent disability Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:50:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Katja http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6738 Katja Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:17:24 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6738 I've been contemplating rage a lot lately. I think the yearly <a href="http://www.cripcommentary.com/LewisVsDisabilityRights.html" rel="nofollow">MDA telethon dustup</a> has stirred it up a lot. I’ve been contemplating rage a lot lately. I think the yearly MDA telethon dustup has stirred it up a lot.

]]> By: piny http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6737 piny Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:02:59 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6737 My aunt died of MS last year. Like everyone else in our family, she was never an easy woman to get along with. She was also not happy about spending every day in a tiny room with nothing but her DVD collection to keep her company. She told us about a nurse, a tiny little woman "looked like a quail" who was shocked, shocked! at my aunt's bad attitude: "I don't understand where all this RAGE is coming from! Can't you just be happy?!" My aunt died of MS last year. Like everyone else in our family, she was never an easy woman to get along with. She was also not happy about spending every day in a tiny room with nothing but her DVD collection to keep her company.

She told us about a nurse, a tiny little woman “looked like a quail” who was shocked, shocked! at my aunt’s bad attitude: “I don’t understand where all this RAGE is coming from! Can’t you just be happy?!”

]]> By: Eliza http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6730 Eliza Sun, 04 Sep 2005 00:24:44 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6730 Well, duh, Katja: you don't need to retrain as a molecular biologist; you just need to work at GNC. 'Cause taking the right vitamins will make you better, doncha know. A related fave: "I have this great naturopath/chiropractor/hypnotist/horse whisperer who I KNOW." (These others are all so true, too, of course. Another fave of mine is, "So how long will it take for you to get better?") Well, duh, Katja: you don’t need to retrain as a molecular biologist; you just need to work at GNC. ‘Cause taking the right vitamins will make you better, doncha know. A related fave: “I have this great naturopath/chiropractor/hypnotist/horse whisperer who I KNOW.”

(These others are all so true, too, of course. Another fave of mine is, “So how long will it take for you to get better?”)

]]> By: Adam F http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6722 Adam F Thu, 01 Sep 2005 01:21:42 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6722 Love the list! It's sad but true, I've heard almost every one of these. Love the list! It’s sad but true, I’ve heard almost every one of these.

]]> By: Katja http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6719 Katja Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:53:58 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6719 Hey, Andrea, good to see you here! Hey, Andrea, good to see you here!

]]> By: Andrea http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6718 Andrea Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:25:42 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6718 "For having MS, you're doing great!" or "I can't believe you were able to do that with MS." Implying, of course, that I'm only special because I have MS. If I accomplished something before the MS, it was just cool that I accomplished it. Now my identity, talents and personality are forever married to a disease? Pitiful. Great list. Loved it. And lived it! “For having MS, you’re doing great!” or “I can’t believe you were able to do that with MS.” Implying, of course, that I’m only special because I have MS. If I accomplished something before the MS, it was just cool that I accomplished it. Now my identity, talents and personality are forever married to a disease? Pitiful.

Great list. Loved it. And lived it!

]]> By: Katja http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6711 Katja Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:03:27 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6711 I appreciate hearing "I'm so sorry". I <em>am</em> sorry I have MS, I'm sorry <em>anybody</em> has MS. I appreciate hearing “I’m so sorry”. I am sorry I have MS, I’m sorry anybody has MS.

]]> By: D Bunny http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6710 D Bunny Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:42:03 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6710 I can't believe some of the comments that your commenters have heard in real life. Ugh, I just want to slap some people. I have not said "I'm so sorry" to anyone, but I've wanted to. Sorry if that's wrong, but I am sorry that anyone has to deal with MS. I know now that someone will get offended by it, so I'll make sure I'll never say it. But in my heart, I really am sorry to hear of anyone dealing with it, or facing the fear that comes with a new diagnosis. I can’t believe some of the comments that your commenters have heard in real life. Ugh, I just want to slap some people.

I have not said “I’m so sorry” to anyone, but I’ve wanted to. Sorry if that’s wrong, but I am sorry that anyone has to deal with MS. I know now that someone will get offended by it, so I’ll make sure I’ll never say it. But in my heart, I really am sorry to hear of anyone dealing with it, or facing the fear that comes with a new diagnosis.

]]> By: Katja http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6704 Katja Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:39:11 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6704 <blockquote> I had a co-worker tell me if she had the diagnoses of ms like me, she would of left this job a long time ago </blockquote> I had a co-worker who said, "If I had what you have, I would quit my job and spend all my time looking for a cure." Frankly, I enjoy working at what I do, and there are lots of people out there looking for a cure. As I have no particular desire to retrain as a neurologist or molecular biologist, or whatever, I think I'll delegate that work to them.

I had a co-worker tell me if she had the diagnoses of ms like me, she would of left this job a long time ago

I had a co-worker who said, “If I had what you have, I would quit my job and spend all my time looking for a cure.”

Frankly, I enjoy working at what I do, and there are lots of people out there looking for a cure. As I have no particular desire to retrain as a neurologist or molecular biologist, or whatever, I think I’ll delegate that work to them.

]]> By: Tapetum http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/comment-page-1/#comment-6699 Tapetum Sun, 21 Aug 2005 01:11:56 +0000 http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/trite/#comment-6699 My personal favorite - probably because it's the one that impacts me as an aide. "What does she need?" by store personelle, to me, while my client is sitting right there. Sometimes they will persist even after I wave them over to her. Glah. My personal favorite – probably because it’s the one that impacts me as an aide. “What does she need?” by store personelle, to me, while my client is sitting right there. Sometimes they will persist even after I wave them over to her. Glah.

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