(#) neve 2009-01-04
I agree with the other reviews, the way you write lets the reader imagine what it would actually be like in that situation. It's so heart wrenching but then you add humour to it too. It's just brilliant writing and your honesty is inspiring. Reading the other reviews is proof of that.
What's with doctors? Why is it that you grow up to believe in everything they say and they make you feel like a 5 year old everytime. Most of them are a load of crap anyway. I'm ranting - must stop that :)
Author's response
Thanks, neve. It's inspiring to hear people say that =D
Yeah. The doctor. I may have a few more issues that the average person with that. The fact that they always want your clothes off just really gets to me for some reason. I'm not exactly insecure but I was thinking about it when I was writing this chapter and I think it goes back to this time when I was like 7 I think. I had gotten really sick and my folks took me to the doctor anyway, it wasn't the regular doctor and the guy kinda freaked out and told my parents, right in front of me no less, that I had appendicitis and I would die if they didn't operate. So I remember my dad saying that a lot of the kids at my school were sick too and to do something else to try to determine if that was really the issue. Well then the doctor ordered a soft tissue x-ray and I remember being in this room with like a couple nurses and the doctor and this big intimidating machine and they made me stand against it and I remember the metal being totally cold because I was freakin' naked (yeah ... they made me take off everything ) and I had to stand there still while this machine did it's thing and I think that was the "event" that really just soured me on the whole doctor thing. By the way, I didn't have appendicitis, I had the stomach flu. ; /
I like "alternative" medicine though. LOL
Jeez. I just posted like a big ol' story in this response. LOL