Chemo days

Having spent six months visiting a chemo unit I never came across this kind of patient, perhaps she was so incredibly important that she had to soldier on regardless.

I liked it - well written I thought. Even if this is this lady's way of coping with her predicament she should still have respect for others and their situation.

Scathing writing (that the woman in question may never see anyhow) is not the same as being scathing to someone's face.

And anyway, a bit of scathingness is sometimes exactly what's needed, directly or indirectly. In this case it was indirect and therefore totally harmless.

He wasn't scathing to the woman, just letting others know how he felt. And it seems to me his feelings were perfectly reasonable about the woman's selfish behaviour. Some people don't know when they are being hellishly annoying. Writing like this gets the message across in a creative way without any personal attacks.

We all have different ways of coping with illness and maybe this is how the lady keeps herself sane. A quiet word maybe to let her know she is disturbing others but no need to be quite so scathing.

Though it is an odd thing to say - that was a great read! How someone can continue to write like that and feel so ill, I have no idea.

Great blog. Good to read chemo didn't kill off his humour.