tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post4579764861032174005..comments2023-08-28T02:46:47.127-07:00Comments on The Slippery Fish: On my way home:Litsa Dremousis:http://www.blogger.com/profile/02805126173325772698noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-29636178859316865172010-08-09T10:59:16.500-07:002010-08-09T10:59:16.500-07:00Wow, I can't believe doctors said that to you!...Wow, I can't believe doctors said that to you! Although I've heard of people saying all kinds of things re CFIDS... sigh.<br /><br />Thanks so much for your kind encouragement, Litsa. It means a lot.Dianehttp://blog.dianeshipley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-24167495056245026522010-08-06T11:36:29.155-07:002010-08-06T11:36:29.155-07:00Hooray! I'm glad you submitted to TNB: I think...Hooray! I'm glad you submitted to TNB: I think you'd be a great fit there. <br /><br />Definitely track down the Sontag book when you get a chance. (And it's super-short, too. Which is kinda convenient if you're more symptomatic when you're reading it.)<br /><br />Re CFIDS/CFS/ME being taken more seriously, I really believe it's shifting. Maybe this is b/c I've had it Litsa Dremousis:https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805126173325772698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-31476714134456624132010-08-05T15:07:53.865-07:002010-08-05T15:07:53.865-07:00Thank you, Litsa! And for your lovely comment on t...Thank you, Litsa! And for your lovely comment on the TNB site, too — I actually submitted something last week (or an idea for something, anyway). *crosses fingers*<br /><br />But regardless of commissions, "Keep writing no matter what" sounds like a great life motto to me. :)<br /><br />"Susan Sontag wrote about this in Illness as Metaphor, but essentially, each new physical Dianehttp://blog.dianeshipley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-25087393260314542272010-08-04T16:13:09.484-07:002010-08-04T16:13:09.484-07:00Ah, thanks so much, Diane. What a gigantic and mea...Ah, thanks so much, Diane. What a gigantic and meaningful compliment. <br /><br />And you and your nice doc are right: it's ridiculous medicine is taught, as you put it, in such specific delineated ways. Illogical and scientifically specious. <br /><br />Susan Sontag wrote about this in Illness as Metaphor, but essentially, each new physical illness is at first dismissed--as she writes, TB Litsa Dremousis:https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805126173325772698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-64675300616471884632010-08-04T11:12:39.284-07:002010-08-04T11:12:39.284-07:00Thanks Litsa, I find you an inspiration in that re...Thanks Litsa, I find you an inspiration in that regard to be honest. :) It's taken me a long time to be open about my health problems because I really internalised the stigma I experienced (from doctors and so-called friends, plus random people I met), but I'm finding out that people are less shocked than I thought they would be, and it seems to help other people when I write honestly, soDianehttp://blog.dianeshipley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-59447310293716174992010-08-04T10:39:11.053-07:002010-08-04T10:39:11.053-07:00Holy fuck! I'm *so* sorry you went four years ...Holy fuck! I'm *so* sorry you went four years w/out a diagnosis. I went nine months w/out one and it seemed interminably long. <br /><br />And, yeah, you're right: we hear some truly batshit things from certain doctors. I've found that's changed dramatically in the past decade or so: most of my doctors and massage therapists completely understand how pernicious CFIDS/CFS/ME is. MyLitsa Dremousis:https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805126173325772698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-28295792818434617882010-08-04T09:59:54.311-07:002010-08-04T09:59:54.311-07:00Aw, thanks Litsa! That's so kind, and means a ...Aw, thanks Litsa! That's so kind, and means a lot. <br /><br />It really is incredible re: your doctor, although spending 4 yrs searching for a CFIDS/CFS/ME diagnosis meant doctors said some amazing things to me (and not in a good way!) so you'd think I wouldn't be surprised. And yet, there's always someone willing to be even more clueless, or clueless in some whole new way, isn&#Dianehttp://blog.dianeshipley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-57305803528215388442010-08-03T13:55:03.826-07:002010-08-03T13:55:03.826-07:00Diane, thanks so much! And you know what a huge ad...Diane, thanks so much! And you know what a huge admirer I am of your work, too. (Seriously, everyone, read Diane Shipley. You'll thank me.)<br /><br />Re the OB/GYN, I just had another conversation about that the other day, where a female friend brought up she couldn't believe a doctor could be *so clueless*. Mind-boggling, isn't it?<br /><br />And thanks so much for your kind wishes,Litsa Dremousis:https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805126173325772698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-64784161014343506082010-08-03T12:54:25.905-07:002010-08-03T12:54:25.905-07:00It reminds me of a Scottish thistle. But it probab...It reminds me of a Scottish thistle. But it probably isn't. <br /><br />Congrats on the writing going so well — Nerve and TNB are both so great, and I'm sure your pieces will be, too. (And fingers crossed for you for the rest.)<br /><br />ps: Just read your post about your dumbass ob/gyn and am speechless. The doc should pay YOU.Dianehttp://blog.dianeshipley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-13643312653812009912010-07-31T21:23:23.576-07:002010-07-31T21:23:23.576-07:00Hooray! Thanks to both of you for clearing that up...Hooray! Thanks to both of you for clearing that up. And now that you mention it, the bulb part looks quite artichoke-like. Divine that such a common plant can be so beautiful. Love, LitzLitsa Dremousis:https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805126173325772698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598742.post-17358436166086487872010-07-31T21:05:33.908-07:002010-07-31T21:05:33.908-07:00Litsa, Dad says the pictured "flower" is...Litsa, Dad says the pictured "flower" is an over-ripe artichoke...he knows these things. Love, MomAnna Dremousisnoreply@blogger.com