People and lack of empathy!
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In real life we have not told many people that my wife has to operate on both eyes but the few we have told, their initial and delayed reactions have been truly eye opening...
People that we have gone out of our way to help in their times of need have shown 0 empathy.
A simple "how are you feeling", "everything will be ok" would have been enough.
Instead for some reason they think we are interested in their temporary sore muscle related moans while they completely ignore my wife's eye issue.
I feel like saying something to them but my wife says forget it, learn and move on.
There have been couple of kind exceptions from people who are mere acquaintances.
Anyway just needed to vent!!!!
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mjcg W-H
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It feels like a lonely journey at times, people don't really understand the emotional strain unexpected health issues create. We are fortunate to have this forum where we can share our journey with people going through similar things.When I had my vitrectomy I was an emotional basket case. I had always thought of myself as a badass, but heck no that was not me, not when my vision was in danger. Just know that we here support you. Your wife is going to be ok...