Comments on: Do As Eye Say, Not As Eye Do http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JenS http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10504 JenS Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:25:11 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3559#comment-10504 Em - you sound like me! (-; However, PLEASE see the doc asap...your stories from the last time scared me into taking my last eye injury seriously....and I have you to thank...so now do the same for yourself! Em – you sound like me! (-; However, PLEASE see the doc asap…your stories from the last time scared me into taking my last eye injury seriously….and I have you to thank…so now do the same for yourself!

]]> By: Larousse http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10494 Larousse Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:00:55 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3559#comment-10494 Ditto everyone else, hope you've already made that appointment. But this raises a question, when we're so used to mothering those around us, we lack someone who will force us into doing something we know we should, like take the anti-biotics to the end of the course, go to the dentist/eye doctor/mammogram ....[fill in the blanks!] We take on the interim parent role for our hubbies but they don't always do the same for us. Once, a co-worker had a really painful shoulder but she was trying to tough it out because her boss had a document to get out. I know her well enough that I could see she was in really bad pain. So I did the "mummy" thing and walked into see her boss and said, "look, J. is in pain and needs to go home, that's ok isn't it?" He found he couldn't really say no. Then I called Personnel Dept and got authorization to call a taxi to take her to the train station (she had a direct train but a bus trip would have been painful), and she went straight to her Dr. The Dr signed her off for a month because of a trapped nerve, so it wasn't as if it was a minor thing, and although J. was pretty embarrassed by my "mummy" tactics at the time, afterwards she thanked me for having "interfered"! Em, you maybe need an "eye condition buddy" who will make sure you get to the Dr and who can actually pick up the phone and make the appointment if you won't get round to it yourself. (Mo's mum sounds perfect LOL) Well maybe I should make sure I call my Ob Gyn today to schedule that check up LOL... Ditto everyone else, hope you’ve already made that appointment. But this raises a question, when we’re so used to mothering those around us, we lack someone who will force us into doing something we know we should, like take the anti-biotics to the end of the course, go to the dentist/eye doctor/mammogram ….[fill in the blanks!] We take on the interim parent role for our hubbies but they don’t always do the same for us.

Once, a co-worker had a really painful shoulder but she was trying to tough it out because her boss had a document to get out. I know her well enough that I could see she was in really bad pain. So I did the “mummy” thing and walked into see her boss and said, “look, J. is in pain and needs to go home, that’s ok isn’t it?” He found he couldn’t really say no. Then I called Personnel Dept and got authorization to call a taxi to take her to the train station (she had a direct train but a bus trip would have been painful), and she went straight to her Dr.
The Dr signed her off for a month because of a trapped nerve, so it wasn’t as if it was a minor thing, and although J. was pretty embarrassed by my “mummy” tactics at the time, afterwards she thanked me for having “interfered”!

Em, you maybe need an “eye condition buddy” who will make sure you get to the Dr and who can actually pick up the phone and make the appointment if you won’t get round to it yourself. (Mo’s mum sounds perfect LOL)

Well maybe I should make sure I call my Ob Gyn today to schedule that check up LOL…

]]> By: Geoffo http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10489 Geoffo Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:01:36 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3559#comment-10489 Were you icing down the eye before the pain started? Were you icing down the eye before the pain started?

]]> By: Mo http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10487 Mo Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:07:08 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3559#comment-10487 Book the appt or I'm calling my mom, who will intercept you at Union Station and take you to her eye doctor. Eye safety, Em. Eye safety. Book the appt or I’m calling my mom, who will intercept you at Union Station and take you to her eye doctor. Eye safety, Em. Eye safety.

]]> By: cousin nancy http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10484 cousin nancy Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:10:56 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3559#comment-10484 Emily--Think of it this way...if you don't get your eye checked out ASAP you could really mess up the Bar Mitzvah weekend. And we are really looking forward to that. So get off your duff (as my husband says) and make that appointment right away! PS. We have drs here in the DC area too, you know, and we can get you in if there is ever an emergency...just sayin' Emily–Think of it this way…if you don’t get your eye checked out ASAP you could really mess up the Bar Mitzvah weekend. And we are really looking forward to that. So get off your duff (as my husband says) and make that appointment right away! PS. We have drs here in the DC area too, you know, and we can get you in if there is ever an emergency…just sayin’

]]> By: RuthWells http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10482 RuthWells Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:13:28 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3559#comment-10482 What MemeGRL said. What MemeGRL said.

]]> By: MemeGRL http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10481 MemeGRL Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:07:22 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3559#comment-10481 I hope your ambiguous sentence ("I will make an appointment to get it all checked out when I get back from DC") meant, "I am calling the doctor's office RIGHT NOW so the first thing I do when I get off the train from DC is go to the office and have my eye checked." Yes???? I hope your ambiguous sentence (“I will make an appointment to get it all checked out when I get back from DC”) meant, “I am calling the doctor’s office RIGHT NOW so the first thing I do when I get off the train from DC is go to the office and have my eye checked.” Yes????

]]> By: jennifer http://mothersofbrothers.com/do-as-eye-say-not-as-eye-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10479 jennifer Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:29:14 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=3559#comment-10479 Yes, you must march directly to the doctor as soon as you get back. Speaking as someone who was in the hospital two days before my husband's 50th birthday bash, you do NOT want to be out of commission a minute longer than necessary. Keep us posted. Yes, you must march directly to the doctor as soon as you get back. Speaking as someone who was in the hospital two days before my husband’s 50th birthday bash, you do NOT want to be out of commission a minute longer than necessary. Keep us posted.

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