Thursday

The Final Battle

GranCCY here: On the day that I posted "Mixed Blessings" in our New World Blog, one of my doctors said to me, "Too bad you're not a horse!" I had confessed only to him how much pain I was in. His comment made me laugh, and I said, "Right! Then they could just take me out and shoot me." The next day, Elsa called. She was in tears. She too has rheumatoid arthritis and has recently submitted a foot to surgery.

She was "tired," and her pain was so bad that she couldn't walk. She had already called her clinician. While she waited for a return call, she needed to talk. I was able to listen without repeating my doctor's comment. I've been thinking about our final battle in the war with fear, pain and death. Occasionally, I wish I were a horse.