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hoybowdy14 karma

Can confirm. Our union doesn't always act in line with my priorities, but without them, I'd be overworked, abused, and blamed for things outside of my control on a daily basis.

hoybowdy7 karma

Easily one of my favorite moments in television, period; the intimacy and urgency are beautifully constructed. I've taught it a few times in my Media Literacy class to show the emotive potential of the small screen medium.

hoybowdy6 karma

My daughter is 13, and we know about waking up covered in leaky bag shit quite well - a few months ago she ended up in the hospital (her seventh stay) for her own intestinal perforation, lost two feet of colon, and now she's home...but three months past what what supposed to be a two month "temporary" stoma-and-bag, still replacing the bag as often as three times a day due to leaks, and being told that she'll have to wait until the summer's over before they are willing to look at putting her back together.

She's in IMMENSE pain all the time - from the Crohn's, and from the skin irritation of wash-and-replace that makes the bag not stick in the first place. Her anxiety disorder is compounding everything through the roof. And she's clearly scared - instead of slowly learning to manage her disease, since diagnosis three years ago, she's clearly thinking that it just keeps getting worse, and its hard to argue otherwise.

So, the question: as someone who has had it far worse (and I salute you for it), how the hell do you stay so damn upbeat about it? What do you recommend I say or do to help her see as anything other than an attack on her body and soul? Any suggestions welcome, please...