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Better Left Unsaid

November 19, 2008 By Jenny Ryan 3 Comments

Here is a random sampling of conversations I’ve had with people lately regarding my fibromyalgia.

Today At The Dentist

My Hygenist (to the dentist, as he walks into the treatment room): “Well, Jennifer has just been diagnosed with fibromyalgia.”

My Dentist: “Hm. And what about trigeminal neuralgia?”

Me: “Yeah, I’ve got that too.”

My Dentist: “On both sides of your face, or just one side?”

Me: “Just the right side.”

My Dentist (in the tone of someone who has clearly never experienced pain so badly that they ever actively wished for death, but rather thinks the subject is an interesting one for a calm and rational exchange of thoughts): “Isn’t it interesting how the pain only occurs on one side of the face like that?”

Me: heroically mastering my desire to rip his head off and then beat him to death with it, so as to give him a more personal, less theoretical understanding of the pain which we are discussing.

Me (slowly and quietly, so as to ensure my continued self-control): “That’s not the word I would have chosen.””

Last Weekend On The Way To The Grocery Store

Me (explaining to my husband why I am listening to my iPod even though we already have music playing on the car stereo): Sometimes your music hurts my nervous system.”

My Husband: “Cool!!”

Me: “Um, no, it really isn‘t.”

Filed Under: Playing Well With Others

Comments

  1. Square Peg Guy says

    November 19, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Raise your hand if your husband has responded to one of your off-the-wall remarks with, “Are you on drugs? Oh, wait, you are, aren’t you?”

  2. Lynne Morrell says

    November 20, 2008 at 10:09 am

    Okay Jenny’s fella……(how to say this politely) What the fuck is wrong with you??????? Oops! Did I just say that? Hmmmm gotta work better on my self control.

    Love ya Jenny you brave bad ass babe XXXOOO

  3. Scott says

    November 25, 2008 at 2:13 am

    Hi Jenny,

    I found your blog on a Google search for Trigeminal Neuralgia. I like how you infuse so much humor into your post.

    If you are interested, my friend, Ben, and I started a website (http://www.livingwithtn.org/) where people who suffer from TN can meet. It’s just a lot of people swapping ideas about what works for them and also people providing support. Hopefully the people there will get a chance to hear your humor too. 🙂

    Cheers,

    Scott

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