Sufferer I've Seen A Lot During My Career

[BLHutch]

Thanks Tampa and Medic.

You know Tampa, I can relate to always being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When I was a firefighter/emt, I was known as being a sh!t magnet. Whenever I was working, we were guaranteed to get lots of trauma calls (house fires to shootings....sometimes in the same shift). When I made the switch to law enforcement, I had hoped that I managed to get that monkey off my back.

WRONG! He hitched a ride with me over to the police realm. Any shift I worked was guaranteed to be busy. After I became a detective, when I was up in the call rotation, my partner and I always got slammed.

And it was just "bad" calls either. I also caught the just flat out strange calls too.

Sorry to hear about your friend.

 

[TampaBlonde]

I completely understand. They say the same thing about me. I was rushed to the tennis courts today with my AED in hand. There was an elderly lady having heart problems. Thank God I didn't have to use it.

It's been a stressful couple of days.

Some people tell me that I must be placed in these situations because I am a reactor. I could never just stand by and watch someone die.

It certainly doesn't make it any easier. I've also been told that maybe God made me a vessel to take a life when I accidentally hit those people. Who knows right? I hope that you are having a nice day. I'm a little wound up and stressed tonight. Going to watch a little tv and relax. Good thoughts coming your way. Laura

 

[BLHutch]

Same to you, Laura. I've had a rough couple of weeks (okay, months) myself. I had a therapist appointment for tomorrow but I had to cancel it because I've had a significant flare up with my back pain that has taken the wind out of my sails physically. I should be working on a lecture for tomorrow's class right now, but I can't concentrate and just don't have the energy or desire to do it. This is a common problem for me these days as I cannot focus on anything for longer than five or ten minutes. Lee