{"id":2091,"date":"2009-02-23T12:37:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T11:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:01:13","slug":"relieved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/relieved\/","title":{"rendered":"Relieved!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spend\u00a0last\u00a0weekend standing up (glad I always scrap in upright position!)<br \/>\nor laying down (thank God for our big couch and lots of pillows.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_ice_cube.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2092\" title=\"01_ice_cube\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_ice_cube-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOr,\u00a0<br \/>\nif realy\u00a0necessary,\u00a0<br \/>\nwiggling on a chair<br \/>\nbalancing on just<br \/>\none buttock&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and this morning,<br \/>\nI went to the doctor.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doctor: &#8220;Goodmorning ma&#8217;m, what is the\u00a0problem&#8221;<br \/>\n(Good thinking,\u00a0you won&#8217;t go to a doctor when there isn&#8217;t any problem, would you?)<\/p>\n<p>Me: &#8220;Well, uhhm, I got a big lump and it&#8217;s giving me trouble&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doctor: &#8220;I see, and where may that lump dwell?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me: (Oh, how I wish it was on my elbow&#8230;!) &#8220;On my bottom, doctor&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doctor: &#8220;Ah, well, I understand. Let&#8217;s take a look.<br \/>\nYou\u00a0may undress in the surgery.\u00a0&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me: (Yep, thought so&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>Doctor: &#8220;That&#8217;s one big lump indeed! It&#8217;s a major infection.<br \/>\nI will cut that open to enlighten the pressure and clean it up.\u00a0<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll give an\u00a0anaesthetic first. Hold on while\u00a0I&#8217;ll get the injection needle&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me: (*sigh-sigh-SIGH*) &#8220;Yeah, right&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Doctor: &#8220;OK, that&#8217;s done! Feel relieved now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me: (Hey, relieved I got my pants back on&#8230;) &#8220;Yes, thank you doctor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doctor: &#8220;I&#8217;ll give you some extra bandage so you can refresh now and then.<br \/>\nI advise to put your but in\u00a0desinfected\u00a0water three times a day for the first<br \/>\nfew days, so it won&#8217;t infect again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me: &#8220;Thanks again, doc! See you&#8230;.&#8221; (not\u00a0in a few years\u00a0I hope!)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I went to the store and bought me this tub&#8230;\u00a0<br \/>\nI chose a\u00a0happy &#8220;spring is in the air&#8221;\u00a0colour&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_tub.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2097 alignnone\" title=\"02_tub\" src=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_tub-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will sit in this three times I day.<br \/>\nOr two times&#8230;.<br \/>\nOr just one evening&#8230;.<br \/>\nIf I fit in anyway&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You won&#8217;t\u00a0see any\u00a0pictures of that!<br \/>\nNO WAY!<\/p>\n<p>But I can sit on my chair again.<br \/>\nI can blog for hours again!<br \/>\nYEAH!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/\">back to homepage<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spend\u00a0last\u00a0weekend standing up (glad I always scrap in upright position!) or laying down (thank God for our big couch and lots of pillows.) 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