Daily Archive for August 9th, 2010

That’s What They All Say

Today the  doctor said she needed to schedule a pelvic exam for me. I respectfully declined to which she replied, “I don’t want you to do anything you don’t want to do.”     LIAR!!!  Yes you do!!!!

I hear that sentence and want to throw things. People say it innocently enough, hell my therapist has said it. They say it to instill confidence and trust, but when I hear it I pull back and become defensive. Here’s the thing, my mother and cousin said the same thing yet there I was doing things I didn’t want to do under the pretense of consensual activities. After all, if I didn’t want to then we wouldn’t be in that situation, therefore I have nothing to complain about. Heck, they gave me a way out, gave me a way to say no so why am I complaining about being afraid?

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This Wayward Ship

I’m a wayward ship whose lost sight of the port. I need to port and refuel. I need my land legs back so I can walk tall and strong again.

I have at least put to good use some of the supplies I’ve got on board. I’ve eaten correctly in the last few days and tomorrow morning I’ll report to my medical doctor as scheduled to be prodded but not poked. I  be able to do all the test save blood tests. That’s out of the question. Needles right now would be a total disaster and may crash me so I’m going to skip that part but I’ll do the other tests.

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