Pain is relative
Has anyone ever told you that your pain is minimal? Have they compared your pain to someone else? Let me tell you a story and let’s see if you can hear the ridiculousness of those kinds of comments . I’m a cancer survivor. I still have many side effects from having internal heated radiation and almost 30 surgeries in the past 23 years. I was having issues with scar tissue. It was blocking my intestines and there was nothing that could be done. I had a gastroenterologist insist on doing a colonoscopy, even though I told him he couldn’t do it . It was awful. He drugged me and did it anyway I was violated . When I woke up he told me how bad the scar tissue was. I started crying. It’s hard to survive such a huge event only to know there’s more to deal with This gastroenterologist told me to cheer up . After all, there were children with cancer??? Cancer is horrible! Why would I feel better knowing a child was suffering like I was. Where is the comf...