Good morning my friends. I returned to my apartment last night and have just read your comments on the previous post and I want to say thank to all of you who spent time encouraging me through this hard time. I do wish I had something better to say, but truly thank you for making this small page a confidential place where I could write down things I couldn't elsewhere.
Also my apology for being vague in the last post, it was a fibroma in a little bit nasty position but the medical tests have confirmed that it was not malignant. To be honest, I feel so ashamed when rereading my previous post. I shouldn't have been so, well, pathetic, should I? But you see, in my memory some relations on my father's side died of cancerous tumors and I really do not have much knowledge on this topic. So I can only say to myself that's what happens when one is both ignorant and alone.

Although the incision is healing well, I still feel a bit too cranky for gaming right now. Instead, I have been listening to music a lot and reading my favorite book, a biography of Frederic Chopin. The old book was given to me by my aunt very long ago, and despite having gone through it more than ten times, I always find something new and amazing whenever opening it. This time, the above quotation, an attitude quite different from mine, isn't it?
My friend took a few photos for me in the hospital with her cell-phone. Do you think shameful and miserable experiences are as worth remembering as happy moments in our life?
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I agree with johnsteed7, you should hold on to the photos from the hospital. There's no real harm in keeping them and I'm sure it wouldn't be bad to look back at those memories, especially since your friend was there for you.
But life is all about duality IMO. How can we know good health if we haven't been ill? How can we know wealth if we haven't been poor? How can we know good friendship if we haven't tried to be lonely? That's why I look at people like Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake and wonder how poor and empty their life must be because they only know one side of life (glamour, money, sex, drugs etc.) and not the human side like a good conversation with a friend or spending time in solitude in nature.
Well forget my rambling here. I guess what I am saying is that we should cherish all the moments of our life. If we never suffered we wouldn't learn a thing.
@Wren28 Wow I'm so happy I find another Chopin enthusiast here. I know it sounds silly but could you tell my your favorite Chopin composition? (Just test whether we have another same idea or not)
@Platyphyllum You certainly know how to encourage people. By the way, I just discover that your nick name has a very intriguing phonetics and I really like pronouncing it in my mind
@jepsen1977 I think we basically share the same thoughts on this matter, I just lack your, eh, Master writing skill to produce something so rhythmic. But about the celebrities you mentioned, as far as I know, they also have to taste the bitterness in life. Paris Hilton was imprisoned once for her driving when drunk, for example. And Britney is a mother of 2 children, isn't she? Not sure if their lives are really empty. (Just want to discuss a bit
It really annoys me that I have to play most of the missions I just finished over again. My interest in the game has dropped slightly because of this, but I did enjoy those mission so it won't be too big a deal playing them over. I just wish I knew how my saves got deleted so I could be sure that it won't happen again.
"plat-ee-FYL-lum"
So the third syllable is the one that's stressed.
@johnsteed7 Not sure about the save games but you can redo the current mission, can't you? I remember it doesn't take very long.
All I am saying is that it saddens me to see so many people worshipping these glamour people with their expensive clothes and fancy cars and big mansions and their skinny bodies. I would so much more prefer to have a real conversation with people like you about the hard times you may have endured (and it's not pathetic to talk about it like you suggested) than I would listen to the brainless drivel that Paris Hilton talks about on her stupid shows.
There is nothing pathetic about what you wrote in your last blog post, because facing these things isn't easy at all. It's natural to feel melancholic while in those situations, especially surgery-related ones.
Anyway take jepsen1977's words because they're wise ones. Also I hope you get better quickly so you can go back to game. =)
@ChristianKiss Hi Chris, I know that we all have load of real life stuff to take care of. But I'm so relieve to finally find your post here because otherwise I would keep wondering: what's wrong?
I think certain kind of people might have a bit of difficulties with finding people with similar kinds of interests and thoughts of life. But when this kind of people finally find their match, it's true friendship for life. Of course it doesn't hurt any of us to have an active and curious approach to life.
Take care and get well! I hope you have a nice summer.
Hope you keep health and good luck in your new place, moving can be frustrating specialy if you was unware or didnt wished for. Youll be able to get over it. Here is the most friend lacking person wishing you the best luck.
johnsteed7
I would hold on to those hospital photos. I have many friends and relations who have been through long hospital stays and it seems to feel good when they look back at that time months or even years later and remember what it was that they overcame. \
Hope you are at full strength soon!