BUTTON: “If I’m on life support, try unplugging me and plugging me back in. Maybe that will work.” 😁
(Sorry, IT humor!)
Yes, always ask the doctor about stuff you don’t understand or are suspicious of. That gave you a chance to learn, and gave Dr. P. a chance to explain what to look for to her PA trainee. Win-win!
Bobby from our 3mm community recently turned me on to Kobi Yamada’s books for children. One of the titles is: What Do You Do With A Problem?
What the author explains with grace is a version of AAA… awareness, acceptance, action. (Thank you Gary for sharing AAA here in our past 3mm threads.)
I was aware rather quickly that I had sufficient reason for an inquiry. The sooner we had an answer, the sooner next steps could be taken. And yes! It ended up being a win-win. 👍🏻
So glad it was determined to be scar tissue. My daughter had her thyroid removed two years ago. They told her there would be scar tissue and sometimes that causes lumps. She has had a little lump in her neck for a good while now that she assumed was scar tissue. She told me about it and I asked her endocrinologist if he thought it was scar tissue. He said it probably wasn't and sent her to an ENT doctor. He didn't think it was scar tissue either. He ordered an ultrasound/with biopsy. They couldn't get a big enough sample to run all the tests he wanted so yesterday she had a CT scan with contrast done. Now we wait. The CT scan order was to look for leukemia and lymphoma. It's got me scared because after the biopsy the lump got smaller. Now it has gotten bigger than it had been. They told her 26 years ago when she had her brain cancer that your chances of getting cancer increase dramatically once you have had cancer. I now some types accelerate once they get biopsied. I really really hate this wait the results. She noticed the lump several months after her thyroid was removed but she didn't ssy anything to me until a couple months ago.
As a parent that has to be several notches beyond worrisome! We’re all hoping and praying for a non-worrisome outcome. Prayers for you and your daughter.
Not much mascara when in scrubs, I see. Sensible. Equally obvious how well you spiffed her up for the office day! That reminds me of you: show up as the situation requires. Pencils well sharpened for fine details. Bright colors and balloons for gaiety. Generous shading to contrast light and dark.
The student learned something on this blog post today: doubling the playback speed of your audible while not wearing my hearing aids is a bad idea. A very bad idea. If the lesson isn't learned, it will be repeated.
More to your point, I'm glad you got the information about the scar tissue to ease any concern. And how delightful, that in a situation that could have been clouded with concern, you used the experience to further refine your sketching skills. I remember my elders sometimes saying, "Turn adversity to advantage." As always, thanks for modeling the lessons you share.
Wait a minute… did you think both people in the drawing were different versions of Dr. P? The long haired, sweater-clad person is Dr. P — the other is the male PA student.
My people could benefit from more detail? 😆
Thank you for your appreciation of how the muses and I show up.
Repeated lessons… I recently read a quote — I think I shared it here? “It’s not that life is one darn thing after another, but rather one darn thing over and over.”
I continue to practice “loving what is” and that makes all the difference in my levels of worry/anxiety. Grateful to say I hardly gave the thick tissue a thought while we enjoyed our weekend up north.
What fun! Assumptions!! Tal set the stage in my mind talking about clinic day and Dr P getting spiffed. My term. Cal described a powerhouse in a petite frame, and commented on the contrast with the look in scrubs and surgical cap. You can stuff some hair under those caps! Then a comment on how Dr P, the teacher, usually has another with her. No name tags. 🤷🏽 No fingerprints. 🤷🏽 And voilà, the perfect assumption. 🙃 I find the corrective therapy beneficial. 😉
That makes perfect sense. I attended a performance that was a Master’s Project by a Fine Arts student. The male student and all his dancing associates were dressed in white. Whirling (Tal🙃) and wafting through the large open space. The theme in part was a right of passage, the student beginning his career. The conclusion was for audience members to be given scissors to cut his hair! I was selected to play my part. Then a stylist smoothed out the haircut. Having watched the entire production, and then being part of the final “act” provided a sense of full participation.
That’s all to say you are spot on regarding audience engagement with your art, your writings, your ideas and themes. I’d draw the line for myself at opera or ballet! 😬
What I find fascinating about the muses is that they have full personalities of their own — including a coach and a critic. How many voices are in my (your) head?!
Good points one and all. A brick mason approached me on a job I was managing a while back. He observed, "He sure can explain things." In reference to our lead carpenter who had once worked as a pressman at the local newspaper. He often called out measurements for things that had no need to fit tightly, to 1/128th of an inch! And he explained in great detail, as do I. That rarely results in motivated learners. Just ask my wife!
Ahhh! Sometimes we have to be coaxed into learning!
I recently had a conversation with a friend who is finding great joy in learning how to walk differently. He’s a grown man who has moved to a walkable, hilly city. Because of pain he was inspired to investigate his gait — to learn how to move his body in a more harmonious fashion.
BUTTON: “If I’m on life support, try unplugging me and plugging me back in. Maybe that will work.” 😁
(Sorry, IT humor!)
Yes, always ask the doctor about stuff you don’t understand or are suspicious of. That gave you a chance to learn, and gave Dr. P. a chance to explain what to look for to her PA trainee. Win-win!
Bobby from our 3mm community recently turned me on to Kobi Yamada’s books for children. One of the titles is: What Do You Do With A Problem?
What the author explains with grace is a version of AAA… awareness, acceptance, action. (Thank you Gary for sharing AAA here in our past 3mm threads.)
I was aware rather quickly that I had sufficient reason for an inquiry. The sooner we had an answer, the sooner next steps could be taken. And yes! It ended up being a win-win. 👍🏻
Hmmm...? Seems a perfectly sound strategy me! The unplugging and the seeking of medical opinions.
By getting a medical opinion I was able to unplug from worrying thoughts. 😉
So glad it was determined to be scar tissue. My daughter had her thyroid removed two years ago. They told her there would be scar tissue and sometimes that causes lumps. She has had a little lump in her neck for a good while now that she assumed was scar tissue. She told me about it and I asked her endocrinologist if he thought it was scar tissue. He said it probably wasn't and sent her to an ENT doctor. He didn't think it was scar tissue either. He ordered an ultrasound/with biopsy. They couldn't get a big enough sample to run all the tests he wanted so yesterday she had a CT scan with contrast done. Now we wait. The CT scan order was to look for leukemia and lymphoma. It's got me scared because after the biopsy the lump got smaller. Now it has gotten bigger than it had been. They told her 26 years ago when she had her brain cancer that your chances of getting cancer increase dramatically once you have had cancer. I now some types accelerate once they get biopsied. I really really hate this wait the results. She noticed the lump several months after her thyroid was removed but she didn't ssy anything to me until a couple months ago.
Margaret… Happy to have you here in 3mm comments. I do wish the circumstances were more uplifting.
Praying for a c-free biopsy result. And hoping that you will not wait much longer. 🙏🏻
As a parent that has to be several notches beyond worrisome! We’re all hoping and praying for a non-worrisome outcome. Prayers for you and your daughter.
Gary… 🙏🏻
The waiting is the worst, Margaret, especially when you've already been through the ringer. I'm hoping for the best. 🙏🏻
Karen… Thank you for being a generous and supportive member of our 3mm family. 💜♥️💚
Not much mascara when in scrubs, I see. Sensible. Equally obvious how well you spiffed her up for the office day! That reminds me of you: show up as the situation requires. Pencils well sharpened for fine details. Bright colors and balloons for gaiety. Generous shading to contrast light and dark.
The student learned something on this blog post today: doubling the playback speed of your audible while not wearing my hearing aids is a bad idea. A very bad idea. If the lesson isn't learned, it will be repeated.
More to your point, I'm glad you got the information about the scar tissue to ease any concern. And how delightful, that in a situation that could have been clouded with concern, you used the experience to further refine your sketching skills. I remember my elders sometimes saying, "Turn adversity to advantage." As always, thanks for modeling the lessons you share.
Wait a minute… did you think both people in the drawing were different versions of Dr. P? The long haired, sweater-clad person is Dr. P — the other is the male PA student.
My people could benefit from more detail? 😆
Thank you for your appreciation of how the muses and I show up.
Repeated lessons… I recently read a quote — I think I shared it here? “It’s not that life is one darn thing after another, but rather one darn thing over and over.”
I continue to practice “loving what is” and that makes all the difference in my levels of worry/anxiety. Grateful to say I hardly gave the thick tissue a thought while we enjoyed our weekend up north.
What fun! Assumptions!! Tal set the stage in my mind talking about clinic day and Dr P getting spiffed. My term. Cal described a powerhouse in a petite frame, and commented on the contrast with the look in scrubs and surgical cap. You can stuff some hair under those caps! Then a comment on how Dr P, the teacher, usually has another with her. No name tags. 🤷🏽 No fingerprints. 🤷🏽 And voilà, the perfect assumption. 🙃 I find the corrective therapy beneficial. 😉
I remember reading “a reader is a co-author of any text” in Thinking, Being, Doing by Lee Thayer. The idea “woke me up” to a new recognition. 😃
The same goes for drawings?
That makes perfect sense. I attended a performance that was a Master’s Project by a Fine Arts student. The male student and all his dancing associates were dressed in white. Whirling (Tal🙃) and wafting through the large open space. The theme in part was a right of passage, the student beginning his career. The conclusion was for audience members to be given scissors to cut his hair! I was selected to play my part. Then a stylist smoothed out the haircut. Having watched the entire production, and then being part of the final “act” provided a sense of full participation.
That’s all to say you are spot on regarding audience engagement with your art, your writings, your ideas and themes. I’d draw the line for myself at opera or ballet! 😬
Gary-
What a beautiful reply! So much goodness!
“Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.”
~Scott Hayden
Each of us have both an inner critic and an inner coach. The question is, will we give equal attention to the coach as the critic?
Most of us are really good at giving the critic more attention than they deserve and have a tendency to discount the words of the coach…
Maybe the simple awareness that both serve a purpose will have us acknowledging, but not allowing one voice to dominate the conversation…
I am once again reminded of Whitman…
“Be curious, not judgmental.”
Love the Whitman quote… I call it to mind often!
What I find fascinating about the muses is that they have full personalities of their own — including a coach and a critic. How many voices are in my (your) head?!
Good points one and all. A brick mason approached me on a job I was managing a while back. He observed, "He sure can explain things." In reference to our lead carpenter who had once worked as a pressman at the local newspaper. He often called out measurements for things that had no need to fit tightly, to 1/128th of an inch! And he explained in great detail, as do I. That rarely results in motivated learners. Just ask my wife!
Ahhh! Sometimes we have to be coaxed into learning!
I recently had a conversation with a friend who is finding great joy in learning how to walk differently. He’s a grown man who has moved to a walkable, hilly city. Because of pain he was inspired to investigate his gait — to learn how to move his body in a more harmonious fashion.
Pfew!!
And you were all right. Hurray!
When Doctor P said there was no possibility that a feel-able c mass could have grown in the time since my surgery I exclaimed, “Hallelujah!”
Twice! I said it twice!