3 posts tagged “jesus freaks”
when i go to my chemo sessions, i'm hardly in the mood for a meet 'n' greet in the waiting room. i love the nurses, but for some reason i just don't feel like swappin chemo stories with the other patients.
so today, i noticed a woman kind of staring at me in the waiting room. when i made eye contact, she smiled. it looked like she wanted to talk to me, so i picked up something to read or closed my eyes or something.
husband had been busy parking the car, so he joined me and we waited for the nurse, who called us back to the infusion room a few minutes later.
husband then left to go pick up some chow in the hospital cafeteria. when he walked through the waiting room, the woman who had smiled at me stopped him and gave him several post-it notes and told him to give them to me.
husband brought me said post-it notes and they had bible verses on them.
wtf? since when is the cancer waiting room a platform for your zealotry? leave me the hell alone.
this also reminds me of the time another woman approached me in the waiting room a few months ago. when i go to the hospital, i don't dress up or wear makeup or jewelry. why should i? and i don't wear a wig because wigs suck.
this elderly woman came up to me and said something to the effect of, "sweetheart, i have stage 4 cancer and i think you should contact the "look good, feel good" people because you don't have to look sick." she had on makeup, a wig, and a silly little hat.
[the "look good, feel good" program is some silly initiative to provide lipstick to cancer patients.]
i was so insulted. i wanted to say to her, "thanks for pointing out that i look like shit. i really appreciate that."
leave
me
the
hell
alone
