Blog Mission: Rant & Moan - It's Been A While...

...since I had a good old rant! Maybe because I haven't got much to rant about, but I'm sure I'll find something by the end of this post. :)

I was in hospital for a short minute, went in last Thursday and came out on Sunday. I would say that it was phenomenally torturous - well, the pain was, but the stay wasn't. Either I'm becoming more docile with age or the bag I pre-packed, truly worked wonders. If I was one for regrets I'd be kicking myself for not committing to this simple practice sooner. Years back I thought it would be common sense to have a bag ready packed for such times as when a hospital level, sickle cell crisis struck me, but a part of me felt as if to do so would be to welcome pain in my life. I recently convinced myself otherwise, by deciding that I wasn't preparing for a hospital stay, rather a spontaneous weekend away... It hasn't happened yet, but I live in hope!

So in my bag I had everything from my psp with films loaded on it, to books a shower cap and a spare set of house keys. The whole admission process was hell as usual, I lay screaming in agony in A&E for five hours until the morphine finally knocked me out. That's all it was good for, because it sure didn't take away the pain. I spent most of the time sleeping off every next dose needed to quiet my hollering, in between which I took my Mariandina suppliments. For real, I'm always singing its praises, but this was the first time I had taken them to hospital with me. Despite not being prescribed laxatives for the inevitable side effect of constipation that morphine brings, I didn't experience any at all. No bloatedness, no itching, nothing! Needless to say I was in such a good mood (the little time I was awake), and to top it off, I had gadgets at hand and free wifi. I come home and my mother insists on having my short peeps for a week so I'm just like wow... nothing to rant about! And you know what, it feels good!

But watch out for the next post dammit, I'll have something to whine about for sure!