I read a lot of blogs. I read political blogs, both conservative and liberal, healthcare and health insurance blogs, and I read other patient blogs just to name a few. I used to read a lot more blogs than I do now, having come to the realization there is more to life than reading blogs. They can pretty much consume your entire life if you let them, especially if you’re also writing your own blog or two.
Today I was reading a fellow blogger’s site who has chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and I realized that he relates all his postings to his CLL. One such article was Opportunity Cost, Opportunity Lost, which I thought was particularly good, and which I pointed out on this blog a week or two ago. He also did another post about the three day rule, where if you buy something, under certain circumstances, you can return it in 3 days, and related it to his CLL.
I want to know how he does that? How do you focus on something seemingly unrelated, and relate it back to your disease? I wish I could do that, or do I?
I tend not to focus on my disease, at least not on this blog. On my other blog, I try to focus on things I am passionate about, like healthcare reform, which may be related to the fact I will always need health care, and about dealing with doctors, since I know quite a few of them, but for the most part I don’t consciously try to relate all my postings to my MCL.
But don’t get me wrong. I read David’s blog, I enjoy his postings and I recommend everyone read his blog. I’m just not the philosophical type who sees meaning in everything that goes on around him. If I were to try that, things might get a little depressing, as if things aren’t depressing enough already, and who wants to be depressed all the time. Not me, that’s for sure!
We only have a limited time on earth. Some of us are here for longer than others, but in the scheme of things none of us is here for very long. And unless we’ve done something really important, like invent the light bulb, or discover the Theory of Relatively, when we die, we will quickly be forgotten, and life will still go on.
So except for the occasional topical post on healthcare in general, don’t expect to learn too much about what it’s like to be sick, from me (I did that when I first started this blog, back in December 2005) except to know that just because you are sick, it doesn’t mean life is over. In some cases it’s just the beginning.
Oh yeah, and I just got the results of my latest blood work, and my lymphocyte count dropped 15K, which is a good thing, while everything else remained stable. Of course the downside (there always has to be a downside) to that is, one test does not a trend make, but now I do have something to look forward to next month. 