Moments of Permanence - Things are not always as bad as you expect them to be

From: firefly21.livejournal.com Date: February 25th, 2009 12:30 pm (UTC) (Link)

Yayayayay! Well, not for the supervised peeing, but for a firm diagnosis and treatment plan (with backup plans if the first treatment is not optimal for you).

I don't know about you but when I have unspecified 'issues' (eg. an unidentified skin lesion or medical condition) and I see an expert who can confidently say "that's definitely a such-and-such and this is the treatment which will help", before the treatment has even taken effect, I just feel like such a huge weight has been lifted off. Because my problem has a name, and it's been dealt with many times before, and it's no longer a big scary unknown. I love being able to put it back into its box.

Of course, it's a pretty big freaking box for you, but still... yay!

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From: tevriel.livejournal.com Date: February 25th, 2009 10:30 pm (UTC) (Link)

Yeah, it's just that reassuring thing of "okay, this can be handled". I don't have to deal with this, even if it feels like it shouldn't be this is just a known, treatable medical condition. I get the medication, it'll probably be fixed, and if it isn't, that's still not the end of the world.

So yeah, I'm pretty pleased about it, and the advantage of having got the way awkward pathology stuff out of the way that same afternoon is that I don't have to worry about that either. :)

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