Hi all. I'm going through an interesting time and am wondering if anyone can relate. I know most of us still carry a lot of the trauma caused by our health-related experiences. I know I do, but I've been fortunate to be able to put it aside and be there for my friends and family through their medical challenges. I've visited them in the hospital and volunteered in my local one for six years, able to do what I needed to do. Now, my wonderful mother-in-law is in the hospital and, as I spend time with her in her room, in the hallway, seeing her not at the top of her game and needing someone to interpret nurses, doctors and case managers, a lot is coming back to me that I had forgotten: the heparin shots, the bathroom, the being tethered to the IV, the needing to wait for a nurse to disconnect the IV temporarily so that a messy gown with no shoulder snaps can be changed (why don't they all have shoulder snaps like Chippendale's pants?!) It all hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday and I had to find a quiet nook down the hall to gather myself. It didn't help that my husband and I stopped off at her apartment on the way home to fix her printer and being there without her, seeing her slippers near the bed, brought back memories of being in my mom's house after she passed away. Thanks for listening. xoxo

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