Wow, thanks so much for these kind responses! Evidently one little hemorrhage causes a heck of a lot of pain.
Our human bodies are so fragile. I'm back home, thank goodness. Re-check with doc in one-two days.
Thanks all, very much
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Medicine Buddha puja time!Drolma wrote:Wow, thanks so much for these kind responses! Evidently one little hemorrhage causes a heck of a lot of pain.
Our human bodies are so fragile. I'm back home, thank goodness. Re-check with doc in one-two days.
Thanks all, very much
When Buddha said samsara meant that we each suffer a stream of blood and a stream of tears, you weren't supposed to take it quite so literally!
I hope you recover well.
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Nice to see you back.Drolma wrote:Wow, thanks so much for these kind responses! Evidently one little hemorrhage causes a heck of a lot of pain.
Our human bodies are so fragile. I'm back home, thank goodness. Re-check with doc in one-two days.
Thanks all, very much
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Best wishes for your continued recovery and good health.
Metta,
Retro.
Metta,
Retro.
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Funny you say that! The pain medication I received when I got there made tears stream out of my eyes for about nine hours, until the medication finally wore off. It was some freaky and unusual side-effect, that weepinessUpasaka wrote:
Medicine Buddha puja time!
When Buddha said samsara meant that we each suffer a stream of blood and a stream of tears, you weren't supposed to take it quite so literally!
I hope you recover well.
Thanks again for all the supportive comments, I really appreciate it. I will most likely need surgery but it should be outpatient.
I did find that my practice helped me to handle the situation far better than I would have in the past. I guess some times it takes an unpleasant situation to really put our work to the test.
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Reality checkup from the heavenly messengers. Sounds like you did well. Keep your chin up. Continued best wishes.
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But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}
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Drolma dear - I've only just seen this thread - I'm saying MB for you.
With metta and all good wishes,
Dazzle
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With metta and all good wishes,
Dazzle
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Greetings,
Metta,
Retro.
No need for code - we won't be offended.Dazzlebling wrote:I've only just seen this thread - I'm saying MB for you.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Sorry for late post
Hope things go well Drolma
Metta
Hope things go well Drolma
Metta
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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I know exactly what you mean -- I was in the hospital with blood clots in both lungs a year ago, a potentially fatal thing (though about 2/3 of patients turn out okay). My copy of the Dhammapada really helped me keep it together.Drolma wrote:
I did find that my practice helped me to handle the situation far better than I would have in the past. I guess some times it takes an unpleasant situation to really put our work to the test.
My mother, who had been a real trooper about the whole thing but was overwhelmed after 36 hours of not knowing what the long-term prognosis would be, finally lost it and started crying and asked me, "how the hell are you so calm about this??".
The Dhamma is a wonderfully powerful thing indeed.
Very glad to hear you'll be okay, hope your surgery goes well if it's needed.
"To reach beyond fear and danger we must sharpen and widen our vision. We have to pierce through the deceptions that lull us into a comfortable complacency, to take a straight look down into the depths of our existence, without turning away uneasily or running after distractions." -- Bhikkhu Bodhi
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus
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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
No need for code - we won't be offended.Dazzlebling wrote:I've only just seen this thread - I'm saying MB for you.
Metta,
Retro.
Thanks Retro - I was just trying to be discreet!