Food Poisoning Dharma 2 comments
There’s nothing like a food poisoning exorcism to make me look death in the face … or so it seems.
So let’s forget the last post while reading this one, just for Unconfusion’s sake.
As I was ramping up to stomach cramps, just at bedtime on Tuesday night, I had to ask myself what is that sensation? You see, I rarely get sick. I can’t remember the last time I was sick. So when stomach cramps hit, actually it felt like I was being gutted with a really sharp filet knife, my mind started reacting like Q in that episode of Star Trek TNG (Deja Q) when he had hunger pangs.
Even though I rarely get sick, when I do my usual M.O. is sheer panic. The only end result that can come out of being sick is death, right? I mean if someone so healthy succombs to a germ, well, there’s no hope left.
This time I did not feel myself panic. I just said ‘Oh fuck.’ I mean just that afternoon I had asked God to either kill me before my teeth fell out, or to please cure me of my vanity. Many of my friends my age, I am finding out are gettting false teeth, and I’ve always had teeth problems. By that evening I had only supposed that my prayer was being answered. There is no hope for my vanity.
I will spare all the details of the last three days. But I had great opportunity to contemplate dying in a chair alone at the emergency room. Although, I only thought about going to the emergency room.
But the important thing about it was, I was not panicked. I was not afraid. The situation did not scare me. It just was. And then it wasn’t.
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Just reading my horrorscope for September:
Be sure to take good care of your teeth his month, as that full moon could bring pain if there’s a filling you should have attended to or a wisdom tooth that you’ve been told needs to come out. (This full moon will be in Aries, ruling the head, so things may come to a point where you can’t ignore things any more.)
[...] Cranky Buddhist I will spare all the details of the last three days. But I had great opportunity to contemplate dying in a chair alone at the emergency room. Although I only thought about going to the emergency room. But the important thing about it was, I was not panicked. I was not afraid. The situation did not scare me. It just was. And then it wasn’t. [...]