Never felt so humbled...

[Jonhenry]

I took my ex 80 miles to an HIV/AIDS clinic today to get his meds/bloodwork stuff done. While spending my 2hrs in the waiting room and seeing people run to the bathroom faster than I ever have... It made me fell like ever bitching about my disease was so bad. To have to deal with that & fatality just made me feel so humbled. It was very weird.

 

[Crohn's 35]

You should be proud of yourself for taking your ex there and that shows you have compassion. It had to be uncomfortable for you to be there and witness others being ill and rushing to the bathroom. But you have to be grateful that you are not in as bad as the predictament they are in. We have our nasty flares, and sicknesses from meds. You did good... think of it that way.

 

[ChefShazzy]

it's true, as bad as we may have it sometimes there are people out there who have it much worse.

 

[RachLG]

I might of already put this in a thread...can't remember...but it fits well here in the "humbling" category: I was at the GI a couple of weeks ago and just received yet another test result coming back normal and I was feeling super sorry for my undiagnosed self. I got into the elevator and two young women also got on. One of them was crying and she said they were stopping dialysis and that he'd need a new kidney very very soon...she said she couldn't believe her new husband was going to die and all she wanted was her kidney to be a match but it wasn't. I felt so sick that I'd thrown such a pity party for myself...I try to think of this moment now when I'm in pain or hating whatever's wrong with me - yes, my life could be better but my goodness I'm lucky too.

 

[Pirate]

Yes, we could have it so much worse. I try to live by that thought every day.
My wife has a very close relative who is HIV positive. I know that my problem is nothing compared to thier's.