Posts by Jackie Clark
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Speaker: Medical Journal, Chapter V, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
Indeed, Lucy. When a woman of my acquaintance ( I got told off for spreading the "family business all over that internet" in the weekend. So my mum shall hereby be referred to as an acquaintance. Which, sometimes, I wish she was. Anyway.) went to have her ladybits out, the doctor refused to carry out the operation unless my Dad's permission was secured. This was only 40 yrs ago - 1970, people. It wasn't that long ago.
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Speaker: Medical Journal, Chapter V, in reply to Emma Hart,
Oh, I ain't talking about segregation. I is talking about eavesdropping. One of my many skills is overhearing conversations.
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Speaker: Medical Journal, Chapter V, in reply to recordari,
I have to admit I think that all us wimmins should be quiet and let the men talk about men things. It's a bit like going in the bush, and seeing a deer. You have to very, very quiet, as it scares so easily. And I've always wanted to know what mens talk about when women aren't around. Oh, hang on. What am I saying? That would be the copyright thread, wouldn't it?
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Bart, I'm just a harsh bitch. I applaud men who get vasectomies because there is such a general sense of "unmanly" about it. So good on all of you. It isn't talked about much, and it should be. Still doesn't mean it's a big deal though. That's why I liked Paul's piece so much. It puts it in exactly the right place, in the scheme of things. And that's what should be discussed more - how relatively simple a procedure it is, and how much of a boon it can prove to be. And as for any discussion around pain, and pissing contests? I've always like a good pissing contest. I spent weeks at a time in cars with my brothers and father, on the side of the road, whilst they peed over gorges, and similar such geographic magnificences. All in the name of who could pee the furthest.
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Hilarious. It puts me in mind of my ex brother-in-law who, many years ago, had the procedure. He stayed in bed for 3 days afterwards, and thereafter, for at least a couple of weeks, crept around with his legs bowed. Ridiculous man.
i learned that not all things crotch-related are erotic.
You’re talking to someone who once woke in hospital and was surprised – nay, alarmed – to find that a plastic tube has been inserted in his penis. I am hearing you.
Oh, Russell. You love it. It's going to keep you in stories for years to come. Besides which, if you want to know about pain, I can refer you to my husband who has not only had tubes up his penis, but tubes in his chest for months at a time, and had to inject himself daily with warfarin, has had bone marrow extracted from his hip bones - on a regular basis - not to mention months of chemotherapy, much of which - for 8 months - was administered via a very large spinal tap every 4 weeks. Shall I go on? No, I thought not. They call it perspective, chappies! What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and all that bollocks.
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I was very sad to miss this last night, but 9.30 is my bedtime on a school night, and I was recording something else. So I will deffo set the recorder for 10.30 on Sunday.
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Speaker: What PACE actually does, in reply to Islander,
It so greatly upsets me when I think about great artists in this country who are not living in the comfort they should be. I think of yourself, Islander, and Douglas Wright, as just 2 examples of people who should be lauded and feted the rest of your days, who have contributed so greatly to the culture of this country, who have put us on the map in many ways, and yet, somehow, we fail to acknowledge that there are some people who really are such treasures.
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My mum and her friend Joan go to the cinema pretty much every Sunday. (Not to mention they quite often go to those very long opera films that are, I believe, on at the Bridgeway on Fridays or somesuch). Today was a tossup, in my mother’s words “between a tragedy and a comedy”. The tragedy being Black Swan, the comedy being something with Bill Nighy in it. They went for Bill Nighy, after I told them about Craig’s assessment of it. Well, I didn’t give a detailed one, I just said he said it was crap. That was enough for them.
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Up Front: Giving Me Grief, in reply to Danielle,
It's sort of like the more people who die around you, the further along you move in your generalised grieving experience, seems to be the case. Or to put it in other words, the moment we are born, our losses begin, and as we accumulate losses, so we gather experience at dealing with it, till - with any luck - we reach that place of acceptance. Certainly there are plenty of people who never get to that. I think Kubler-Ross was talking about the ideal, not the practical, in alot of ways.
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Up Front: Giving Me Grief, in reply to Robert Urquhart,
Oh Robert. What a shit of a thing for everyone who loved him. And what you are doing is not "little". Your parents will need you and you will be there. That's a big thing, a valuable thing, a very important thing.