No More Agony Aunt

Sunday, Jun. 17, 2012 - 9:18 a.m.

Hi foks. I know it' s been awhile.

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Despite the fact that I was diagnosed with heart disease in January, there are still people in my life who treat me like their own personal agony aunt; as if they have the right to tell me their troubles and have me listen without trying to fix them.

This is so wrong I don't know where to start.

Some of them also treated me like a pack mule when they found out I was going to Australia again.

Go get me this. Bring me that.

Did anybody offer to pay for what they were demanding I do?

Why, no, no they didn't. Nobody offered me a cent.

And nobody even said 'please', or said they were sorry for treating me like that.

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So I'm going through a period of self-analysis and reconsideration of certain relationships.

I have the right to live on this planet without being used by others.

And I have the right to set my own parameters.

So if anybody sees fit to judge me for doing so?

They'll get it back in spades.

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Health news: I received a thyroid ablation via a radioiodine pill on May 18th, and as of this writing about a month later, my atrial fibrillation has ceased pretty much completely.

I'm still on meds, and of course, I'm still low-sodium.

Which, by the way, in contemporary American society is hideously difficult.

Go me.

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I should be able to get the rest of my dental work done sometime in the next three months or so, which will be wonderful.

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All right, that's it. Have a good day.

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