Sympathy
February 7th 2009 04:35
Last night wasn’t a very good night as far as sleep was concerned – and it wasn’t because I was trying to figure out how to insert the strange phrase ‘sleep number bed’ into a blog post. (See below for an explanation of that peculiar phrase.)
I woke up at one point with the day bag hanging out of the bed because it was semi-full and hadn’t automatically emptied into the night bag, as it should do. The weight of the bag was such that it was pulling on the catheter, and anything that gives the catheter a pull causes an irritation inside the male member. (And I don’t mean the male member of parliament, either.)
My wife informed me, after our visit to the Accident and Emergency Department the other night, that she noticed that the catheter actually has a kind of corrugated surface in part, presumably to ensure it stays in place better. I did not know this before and knowing it now has not made me more friendly towards catheters!
Anyway, I had a kind of positive aspect to the whole catheter thing today when I went to a couple’s 50th wedding anniversary party. I met an Anglican priest there whom I know from the days when I ran the bookshop. He had prostate cancer five years ago (I remember how dreadful he looked at that time) and so he is in complete and utter sympathy for anyone who is wearing a catheter. Complete and utter. He may make jokes about it, but his sympathy is full. Total.
If it seems as if I’m making a little more of this than I might, let me assure you that anyone who gives sympathy to a catheter wearer such as myself deserves rewards in heaven. Rich rewards. In fact, one of my regular readers is also in line for such rewards as well, for her ongoing sympathy.
Sleep number bed, to get back to that odd phrase, relates to a site which appears to have been written by someone with slightly less than a full comprehension of the English language.
An example:
9 Out of 10 Couples Agree: They can not Sleep on one Sleep surface. With Dual Adjustable Air Beds, Couples never has to compromise! What is your preference? Well, you can adjust it to your liking whether it is extra Firm or feathery Soft
or
S-Cape Adjustable Beds offers a great night’s sleep... yet offers so much more! Unlimited variable positions of the head and foot sections offer ideal positions for many activities such as reading, watching television, medical related issues or just plain relaxing!
I love it!
I woke up at one point with the day bag hanging out of the bed because it was semi-full and hadn’t automatically emptied into the night bag, as it should do. The weight of the bag was such that it was pulling on the catheter, and anything that gives the catheter a pull causes an irritation inside the male member. (And I don’t mean the male member of parliament, either.)
My wife informed me, after our visit to the Accident and Emergency Department the other night, that she noticed that the catheter actually has a kind of corrugated surface in part, presumably to ensure it stays in place better. I did not know this before and knowing it now has not made me more friendly towards catheters!
Anyway, I had a kind of positive aspect to the whole catheter thing today when I went to a couple’s 50th wedding anniversary party. I met an Anglican priest there whom I know from the days when I ran the bookshop. He had prostate cancer five years ago (I remember how dreadful he looked at that time) and so he is in complete and utter sympathy for anyone who is wearing a catheter. Complete and utter. He may make jokes about it, but his sympathy is full. Total.
If it seems as if I’m making a little more of this than I might, let me assure you that anyone who gives sympathy to a catheter wearer such as myself deserves rewards in heaven. Rich rewards. In fact, one of my regular readers is also in line for such rewards as well, for her ongoing sympathy.
Sleep number bed, to get back to that odd phrase, relates to a site which appears to have been written by someone with slightly less than a full comprehension of the English language.
An example:
9 Out of 10 Couples Agree: They can not Sleep on one Sleep surface. With Dual Adjustable Air Beds, Couples never has to compromise! What is your preference? Well, you can adjust it to your liking whether it is extra Firm or feathery Soft
or
S-Cape Adjustable Beds offers a great night’s sleep... yet offers so much more! Unlimited variable positions of the head and foot sections offer ideal positions for many activities such as reading, watching television, medical related issues or just plain relaxing!
I love it!
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