resentment, yoga, stuff

[mrissa]

You know what's good fun? When one doctor says to a loved one, "You have to have x procedure if you want to live more than a tiny bit longer!" and another doctor says to the same loved one, "You cannot have x procedure if you want to live more than a tiny bit longer!" And the universe does not decide that this must be a typo and make them go back and edit it. They can both be right. Whee. I love that.

There are other things the universe has not fixed for loved ones of mine, either, this week, and I resent it.

Poodle-assisted yoga helps me keep the fussing to the minimum required by the circumstances, though. Ista has all kinds of theories about what it is that I'm doing. Anything that involves a reaching stretch, I must be looking for something, and so she thoughtfully brings me her toy maki: "Here you go, monkey! You can stop reaching now! Monkey? Here it is. Monkey!" If I'm reaching upwards, it means that there is something good up there that she isn't seeing, so she bounces next to me, trying to see what it is I'm reaching for. And if I hold a pose too long, perhaps I have fallen asleep and need to be awakened with a puppy's investigative licks.

But today there will be stuff: errand stuff and writing stuff and so on. I'm attacking "At the Sign of the Fish and Amulet" again. I think it'll be okay. I'm almost sure. There's only one way to find out.

Comments

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Heh. Cat assisted yoga usually results in cat-on-belly if it's a reclining pose, and otherwise indifference.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I got cat-curling-up-on-back once. :)

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Humans are so useful!

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

Oh, I generally get cat-nap-in-middle-of mat, and therefore cat hair stuck to mat.

Also, nose licking in bow pose, bridge, or other low-to-the-ground poses where hands are otherwise engaged. Diabolical feline.

On the other hand, Sheltie-assisted yoga, while it has certain similarities to Poodle-assisted yoga, has taken the form of curling up against my back foot in warrior when he finally gave up on interesting me in a game of tug. That was quite nice.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

You would be amazed at how many poses can be done simultaneously with a game of tug. Or maybe you wouldn't.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

Yoga + Tug is probably much safer with a dog smaller than 35 pounds... I ignore all invitations to tug during yoga, for fear he will injure me, either by tugging me too far into a stretch, or tugging me right off my feet.

I suppose I could trap the tug-toy under a standing foot - that tends to be a fairly stable solution.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yes, Ista is not yet 11#, and still tuggie-under-foot is a good solution much of the time.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I am wrong. She is not yet 12#. So. That does make a difference.

[ksumnersmith.livejournal.com]

I do not like the situation described in that first paragraph. At all. I imagine that I'm not the only one.

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

Nope, you're not.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

ditto.

[alecaustin.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That's not cool at all even in the abstract, and much less cool, given the fact that I know the person involved.

Are they actually both right? Because that seems *really bad*.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

No, you do not know the person involved.

[alecaustin.livejournal.com]

Like I said in the other post you clarified this in: that's not good news, precisely, but I'm glad that it's not personal. My condolences and sympathies go out to you and the family member in question.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

But yes, the doctors appear to both be right.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

...and that sounds perfectly awful.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Rather.

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

Bad universe. No cookie.

I have been trying and failing to come up with something more useful to say than, "Wow, that sucks, and you have my sympathy."

On a happier note, Ista is adorable and I wish I could do yoga with a poodle sometime.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Visit us, and you can! She is a Very Helpful Girl.

[karenmkk-610.livejournal.com]

I have a bad feeling that I know this person which makes it that much worse but either way you and your family have my sympathies. Health stuff can't be fun. Sending good thoughts their way.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Nope, this not someone you know. Still sucks, though, and your good wishes are appreciated.

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

So sorry.

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

I get feline assistance with my stretches regularly. Maybe he's just laughing because cats are clearly so much better at it.

I was hoping I misunderstood you, above, and that both doctors only *thought* they were right, but I see from the comments that such is not the case. Sucks. Sympathy, much.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Well, my relative has not expired at this time. So both doctors do only think they're right. But they're both pretty sure.

[zwol.livejournal.com]

I am rather curious what sort of condition can produce such contradictory advice. I don't suppose you could mention in a general sort of way what the problem and/or the procedure is? If it's just not something you can talk about at all, I do understand.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Oh, there are several conditions that will do this -- this isn't the first time in the last 18 months we've heard, of a relative, "He needs this surgery, but his body's too fragile to be a very good candidate for surgery." There was one with a heart problem, for example, where they felt that the shock of the surgery to his system might well have done more damage than could be readily repaired. One with a kidney problem, where the (sole remaining) kidney could be shocked into shutting down rather readily but also was not functioning at anything like necessary capacity. Etc.

[zwol.livejournal.com]

Aha. I really should have thought of that myself ... that was my grandfather in the last three months or so of his life, too.

*tea and sympathy*