tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post1232117981809914657..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: "Looking Forward to Boredom"Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-24448839612978490352012-08-18T13:54:40.737-02:302012-08-18T13:54:40.737-02:30That does not sound like a hospital room at all! ...That does not sound like a hospital room at all! If I ever had to go into one of those, I would certainly prefer to be bored.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-67639688183172233152012-08-18T04:12:20.616-02:302012-08-18T04:12:20.616-02:30Is the health care you describe what those of us i...Is the health care you describe what those of us in the U.S. must accept as the price for providing much-needed health care for all our citizens?<br /><br />Hospitals anywhere seem not to be the place for quiet unless you're unconscious or in a coma which most of us prefer to not experience. Germs have mutated into such highly evolved creatures, which we have increasing difficulty combating, that I can only wonder what future hospitalization life will be like. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-76408406318770988232012-08-17T23:09:05.785-02:302012-08-17T23:09:05.785-02:30Me too Hattie, it seems like I can't get enoug...Me too Hattie, it seems like I can't get enough quiet, reflective time. I count my blessings for living alone (well, with my beloved canine!)<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-32290162990776438492012-08-17T15:31:11.123-02:302012-08-17T15:31:11.123-02:30My tolerance for noise and confusion gets worse an...My tolerance for noise and confusion gets worse and worse with age. Poor man. I hope he can get out of there soon. <br />You are such a vivid writer. I'm glad to be catching up with you, having not been over here for a while. Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-25139672152636861042012-08-16T20:22:37.750-02:302012-08-16T20:22:37.750-02:30OWJ:
Me too, always exhausted at the end of the d...OWJ:<br /><br />Me too, always exhausted at the end of the day.<br /><br />As I often say:<br /><br />I could sleep on a clothesline.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-27163308786297004062012-08-16T20:21:46.513-02:302012-08-16T20:21:46.513-02:30Oh Marc, how dreadful for you, I know hospitals ar...Oh Marc, how dreadful for you, I know hospitals are one of the most unhealthy places one can park oneself. Susceptible to any infection floating the rooms.<br /><br />Your experience is appalling but at least the room was private, tiny consolation.<br /><br />Glad you surmounted the challenge!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70381539959079654942012-08-16T20:20:12.812-02:302012-08-16T20:20:12.812-02:30T:
You spent a lot of time as a visitor in such p...T:<br /><br />You spent a lot of time as a visitor in such places so come at it from a sad perspective.<br /><br />I hate them too, I have to force myself to visit people and not be so self-centred.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-27573221449139611602012-08-16T20:18:57.616-02:302012-08-16T20:18:57.616-02:30Pamela:
We may brag about our healthcare here but ...Pamela:<br />We may brag about our healthcare here but these tiny wards crammed with humanity give a different story unless it is a deliberate attempt to get one on one's feet asap :)<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-40451651713575243732012-08-16T18:39:43.902-02:302012-08-16T18:39:43.902-02:30Hopefully I never have to go to the hospital again...Hopefully I never have to go to the hospital again..<br />Boredom<br />I do not experience<br />too much to do<br />inside, outside, writing, reading,<br />cleaning, cooking, laundry and on and on. I am so weary at night<br />I usually immediately fall asleep<br />unless something causes anxiety.<br />I love my world...One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-17562059022699650672012-08-16T17:13:02.962-02:302012-08-16T17:13:02.962-02:30I feel for your friend.
Several years ago I had t...I feel for your friend.<br /><br />Several years ago I had the misfortune to spend six months in hospital.<br /><br />I look back fondly on the three months I spent in a private room, thanks to the hospital's gift of Clostridium difficile, a highly infectious bacterial visitor only amenable to a new super-anti-biotic.<br /><br />Thankfully, the medicine worked,but the move afterward to a semi-private room was almost as bad as the C-diff.Marc Leavitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400805396776788101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82736211135624634002012-08-16T15:28:26.713-02:302012-08-16T15:28:26.713-02:30I was glad to read that his affliction is not of t...I was glad to read that his affliction is not of the ultra-serious variety, and "fixable".<br /><br />I hate, hate, hate hospitals - far too many sad memories are attached to them for me.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-75215560983629802602012-08-16T12:56:43.743-02:302012-08-16T12:56:43.743-02:30You could be describing the Spanish hospital where...You could be describing the Spanish hospital where I live. Family are expected to do the hands-on caring, not nurses, so they all move in and stay overnight. The small bathrooms are festooned with their washed smalls.<br /><br />I, too, love solitude and it would be my worst nightmare to be hospitalised in anything but a single room.<br /><br />Such good news that your friend can go to his own home today. LadyLuz (Pamela)http://salamanderverde.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-65605631707782446412012-08-16T11:36:35.360-02:302012-08-16T11:36:35.360-02:30Irene:
Oh that is good news, I hope it is non-sto...Irene:<br /><br />Oh that is good news, I hope it is non-stop stimulation and activity.<br /><br />Good to have you back in the saddle, my friend!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28212097397072227742012-08-16T11:35:44.728-02:302012-08-16T11:35:44.728-02:30Nick:
I don't think I've ever been bored, ...Nick:<br />I don't think I've ever been bored, I must say I like times of reflection though, especially when they happen unexpectedly.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-74134856451829124622012-08-16T11:34:59.422-02:302012-08-16T11:34:59.422-02:30GM:
I just had a FB update and he is being release...GM:<br />I just had a FB update and he is being released today, not soon enough for him but it totally accelerated his recovery!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-42199587308911396832012-08-16T11:20:46.719-02:302012-08-16T11:20:46.719-02:30I've had my period of boredom and am more than...I've had my period of boredom and am more than done with it. From this point forward I want nothing but action packed days. The more I have to do, the better and I want to be so worn out at night that I have to drag myself into bed. Life can't get exciting enough. I want to overdose on it. No doubt I will appreciate a small dose of boredom again one day if only to get a taste of it for a little while. xoxIrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-24984716415976924332012-08-16T05:05:34.378-02:302012-08-16T05:05:34.378-02:30Poor soul, that's one reason I would hate to b...Poor soul, that's one reason I would hate to be in hospital, the constant noise and commotion.<br /><br />There's a lot to be said for periods of boredom. For one thing, they inspire creative thinking and finding new inner resources.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-47004492642470631152012-08-16T04:58:24.420-02:302012-08-16T04:58:24.420-02:30That circus is enough to encourage a patient to ge...That circus is enough to encourage a patient to get well and run for it! I hope your friend continues to make progress, after all there is no better carrot than going home to 'your own' bed! Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-10778710590305652112012-08-16T00:50:58.583-02:302012-08-16T00:50:58.583-02:30The pne positive aspect of it all, Anne, is that h...The pne positive aspect of it all, Anne, is that he doubled up on self therapy in the midst of the circus (his surgery was replacing one of his knee caps, degenerated from arthritis) and the doc was so pleased with his movement that he may be released tomorrow or Friday rather than the original Sunday.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45479740496273504102012-08-16T00:32:03.025-02:302012-08-16T00:32:03.025-02:30It sounds frightful. I do hope your friend will be...It sounds frightful. I do hope your friend will be well enough soon to go home and be comfortably bored.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.com