COMMENTS on NOVEMBER 2018 CREATIVE WRITING CHALLENGE ~ PAIN ~

jesi23

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Jes

frenchielove

Thank you @jesi23 and for all your hard work with everything else you have going on

pinkunykorn

Thanks for sharing.

dolly247

Sorry x

frenchielove

Oh @dolly247 that was a heartbreaking read my dear friend. So sorry

jesi23

Thank you for sharing, @dolly247 !

It has always amazed me how much the human spirit can bear ~ and how much itself is relative. What seems like a lot at one time is put into perspective by future pains being increasingly more intense and more devastating as life progresses.

I complained (?) when 5 that we at school (and made my grandmother quite worried) when what I actually meant was that I was finding it confusing and my mind was struggling to process the instructions. I was an undiagnosed dyslexic and was dyspraxic (clumsy child) as well despite being quite intelligent.

@pokapoka93 Pain isn’t just physical or emotional due to grief or loss but caused by many factors. Thank you for your honesty. It has been a source of great danger, as well! There is a classic warning descriptive about the dangers of ‘di-hydro-oxygen’ quite apart from threats of drowning in less than an inch of the substance!

@andyxhill just to clarify ~ was your post meant to be an entry or a comment? I am happy to leave it as an entry if you want, but if it was a comment, if you go to the little circle with three dots in the left hand corner of your post, you can and ask that it be moved to this Comments Thread.

Jes

dolly247

Oh @yvonnearmstrong. You are a credit and legacy to your Mam. Hugs. x

yvonnearmstrong

@dolly247

Thank you❤I've had tears in my eyes just writing it

Yvonne

yvonnearmstrong

@dolly247

Yours was just lovely

Thank you

Yvonne

frenchielove

At this rate @yvonnearmstrong I shall be needing tissues in a bulk buy ❤️❤️

dolly247

@frenchielove, it is difficult to not be crushed by the loss of our loved ones. Their love and spirit lives on inside of us and keeps us striding forth. ☺️ x

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dolly247

Absolutely wonderful @acetech x

acetech

Not trying to minimise pain and suffering but I've come at it from a more light hearted angle.

To those writing of loss, I hope you all remember the good things too, your right, that type of pain does generally seem to get harder as life progresses. I wish you all happiness!

acetech

@dolly247 wrote:

Absolutely wonderful @acetech x

Thank you @dolly247, I'm glad you liked it 🙂

jesi23

@123kingarthur

I remember the pain of wasp stings … when I was nearly 9, our family was living for the summer in an old house in Chevy Chase, Maryland while my dad spent the summer working at the Naval Air Basdde laboratory in Washington D.C. (He was in the US Navy as a physicist, and once he was finished full time active service was in the Reserves, being required to spend the summer months on the base … he taught at a college during the school year.

Anyhow, there was a side steps to the porch, and as I went up the wooden steps, there was a wasp nest under the steps and they all buzzed out to sting me on the ankle. I had my foot/leg elevated all summer and have residual massive allergic reaction to wasps/bees/mosquitodddes … even nettle stings and (an American weed) poison ivy! Small stings swell beyond imagination, and when I once had a disagreement with a wasp as for whom my banana was intended, I received a painful sting on my lip (in the late1990s) which necessitated my dissolving both a Salbutamol (ventolin) and Chlorpheniramine (Piriton) tablet under my tongue immediately to prevent a massive reaction!

@goofygirl One can only ignore certain types of pain for so long - I dislike taking medication, but when I’m struggling in one area, the pain in other areas seems to intensify, and my husband may need to remind me that I actually painkillers to take …

123kingarthur

@jesi23 Thank you Jesi for your post I am so sorry to hear about your stings and having to have your leg elevated, I only had one wasp sting and I know the pain of that, but you must have been really hurt.

I am allergic to Septrim and kiwifruit and I have to have piriton for those as I get a massive allergic reaction.

I hope you are keeping well and thank you for the writing challenge xx

dolly247

Only dolly Hahaha. Out camping and needing to go. Went behind a bush, as you do, and discovered that wasps build nests under ground and don't like urine. I think I ran faster than Usain that day.

A whole hive stinging me! I certainly bolted, even with my jeans down at my wellies.

Blooming hurts, doesn't it @123kingarthur? x

123kingarthur

@dolly247 I agree this tiny little creature can actually make you yell. We were asked just a short while ago to protect them as we would bees. That is going to be fine till you get stung then our whole feelings would change towards them

polowoman

Reading all the entries about pain really makes me realise how much everyone suffers, in one way or another, throughout life. So sorry to hear of your wasp allergy @jesi23 - I used to work in the Allergy Dept in one of our city's hospitals and learned much about reactions and how devastating they can be. Thankfully, there are antidotes and antihistamines or the outcome could be far worse. At least we are now out of the wasp season so there is some benefit to the cold weather. I shall be back later to read further entries - so glad you are keeping the CWC running and so well. 🙂