Ostomy Memories of Morbidity

MORBID IS A MORBID WORD. It characterizes an abnormal, even unhealthy, interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, such as death or violence. But it also crops up with respect to human health, for instance to identify an extremely overweight person as morbidly obese. Then there is the application of the term COMORBIDITY which likely applies to many on this site. It refers to the simultaneous presence of two chronic diseases or conditions in a patient. Aside from my ileostomy issues, I also (not surprisingly) have chronic kidney disease. Some people may suffer from both anxiety AND depression, a psychological comorbidity. I certainly don’t wish to dwell on these unpleasantries. To do so would be morbid. So let’s finish by thinking how the term might apply in other areas. A guy who gets cut from a football team might be said to suffer from an athletic comorbidity: he can’t run AND he can’t catch. Or a baseball player with a comorbidity: he can’t field and he can’t hit. How about the magician who can’t pull rabbits from a hat PLUS he’s lost his hat? Or the economist who can neither foretell the future nor accurately read the details of the past. Finally, there’s the sex trade comorbidity of a prostitute who lost her voice so now she can’t even fake an orgasm.

Good gracious I wondered where you were going with the prostitute one Henry lol xx

Does the fact that sometimes I can’t comprehend what you are saying cause it’s “over my head” and the fact that I am under 5 feet tall categorize me as suffering from comorbidity?

Or perhaps I could be categorized as no brains, no brawn... lol

Sorry JB, I try to keep from flying too high, but occasionally I lose control.  I hope you keep reading my squibs, though.  Stay well.  HenryM

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