Positive Medical Issues brought on by your use that were bad but you learned from them & laughed after it all.

[Zopiclone bandit]

I find out in 25 minutes if I will be taken back to Hospital for another hole to be cut in my arse due to Opiate use that have brought on another abscess.
The last time this happened the pain & issues after the operation were Hell BUT after the weeks of Pain, not being able to walk or sit down etc I learned a very potent lesson & I laughed about what I had gone through, being English I seem to have a natural "dark humour" & after all bad things that I have been through due to my drug use I have laughed about them.

Doing time in a Jail cell for a weekend & then going to see a Judge very sick from Heroin withdrawl at the time when in Court isn't funny but I always find a way to make light of the cards I have been dealt.

I am really hoping this time I WON'T be taken to A&E to have people poke around my arse & then have a hole cut into me again BUT if those are the cards I have to play with no option in it so let it be, you have to be Stoic in Life at times, what other option do you have? None is the answer.

I am curious what others on BL have had to deal with that were bad but after it you can view the issue with a dark humour & a Stoic attitude? I could really do with reading of others bad cards & how you played them.

 

[GulpingBatteryLiquid]

This gout really is a pain in the arse

 

[neversickanymore]

So addiction is pretty bizarre and can be really difficult to understand. The unscientific approach commonly used to treat it does not clear the stormy sky. I certainly don't and didn't initially laugh at this.. but yeah I guess now I do a bit. So becoming addicted I was launched on a deep dive that really covered so many topics I would likely never have researched. It is a very long list that travels from dopamine to thought terminating cliches. From the neuroscience to the cult like treatment psychology.. it's been quite a journey looking into it.

Its such a mess you kinda half to laugh some times.. wtf else you going to do cry? Life's to short.. WAY better to laugh rite!!!

 

[rentedbythehour]

I find out in 25 minutes if I will be taken back to Hospital for another hole to be cut in my arse due to Opiate use that have brought on another abscess.
The last time this happened the pain & issues after the operation were Hell BUT after the weeks of Pain, not being able to walk or sit down etc I learned a very potent lesson & I laughed about what I had gone through, being English I seem to have a natural "dark humour" & after all bad things that I have been through due to my drug use I have laughed about them.
I am really hoping this time I WON'T be taken to A&E to have people poke around my arse & then have a hole cut into me again BUT if those are the cards I have to play with no option in it so let it be, you have to be Stoic in Life at times, what other option do you have? None is the answer.

So I used to work in the operating room. I have to say there are very few things that make me cringe. That surgery is definitely one of them. I hated doing them. I just have to wonder if there is anything you can do prophylactically to avoid having issues. I am making an assumption here that constipation plays a part in this. Or a fissure. I wonder if taking fiber supplements, stool softeners, sitz baths when you have symptoms might help you avoid that operation. And you're right. Sometimes you just have to take what life throws at you and roll with it.

What was the prognosis? Surgery or no?