to know that I have not been harmed, in the long term, by the hysterical mistakes of supposed professionals.

Though I'm not a doctor, I think that, in the long term, you will not have been harmed physically by this. You were otherwise healthy before this, and the human body is very resilient and capable of healing from a great deal of injury.

I don't know if that's comforting at all, but I believe it really strongly.

I don't know if that's comforting at all, but I believe it really strongly.

That actually really does help, Steph. You know drugs. Knowing that you feel strongly helps me to feel better than I did.

I'm just so beaten up that any little bit of support is huge right now.

Thank you.

Bonny, I'm not sure what exactly the story is, but it sounds like they thought you had a blood infection, and gave you lots of antibiotics. And seriously, it's unfortunate if it was a false positive, and awful that you reacted badly to them, but likely you will heal fine. If they had NOT given you treatment, and you actually had septicemia, you could have died. Or at the very least, sued their asses when you finally got well. So they kinda have to treat you, if they think you are sick, y'know?

Apparently when I had blood poisoning I was dancing on a thinner line than I thought. My blood pressure was making the docs very antsy, and they were on a watch to see if my body would finally kick over and all the drugs they had me on would then drive my pressure down too far.

It's too bad they didn't double check that sample, but doctors do sometimes get a little panicky.

Doctors are in serious cover their asses mode these days.

I ignored the prescribed brain MRI for my son when he had an unexplained pain in his jaw. I took him to an ENT because I thought it might be an ear infection, and when they ruled that out they prescribed the MRI. Also high on my list was just a pinched nerve because he plays a lot of sports and is fragile. I opted to wait a couple days and see if it resolved, which it did. I felt that twinge of 'horrible mother' syndrome for not having the big test, but went with instinct. A few days later we got a certified letter from the doctors office advising us that they were not responsible if something horrible happened because they ordered the test and I ignored them.

Bonny, I am so sorry that you have this stress to distract from focusing on healing and recovery.

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Many hugs to you meara, I hope you are feeling better today.

And hugs to you too Stephanie. I think you are enormously brave. Divorce is hard, parenting is hard, single parenting is even harder, and yet you deal with all of it.

Dang Laura.

I wish I hadn't gone through with an MRI when I had "women's problems" IOW heavy monthly bleeding and low iron levels. I had an ultrasound already. I didn't need an MRI as well. But since I later had surgery, I guess the MRI was helpful to the surgeon!

And hugs to you too Stephanie. I think you are enormously brave. Divorce is hard, parenting is hard, single parenting is even harder, and yet you deal with all of it.

All of this!

meara is included in a group of people I know here, and IRL, that I just don't get why someone hasn't lassoed them into a permanent loving relationship. Because sexy, and smart, and so very appealing. I really don't understand.

Thanks, guys. I really appreciate it. part of my new headspace these days is to 1) let people be nice to me and 2) tell them it's nice having them be nice. So...thank you!

I like you and am continually impressed by you and how you've handled everything, Stephanie, and how much you care about/for your kids. And your pictures of Sammy are always delightful.