Archive for July 19th, 2009

The Cost of Pain

Today has been a very painful day. I think I pulled a muscle around my heart because I’ve been having horrible pains in my chest and back for the past two days. Today I even had pain in my neck as well. I’m not really sure what’s causing the pain but it hurts really bad. I’m hoping that the pain isn’t directly related to my heart, because of course that can be really dangerous. The pain has been constant but it’s only extreme when I move in certain ways.

When I told my mom that I was in pain, her first response was to tell me to go to the hospital. I declined. It’s not that I don’t want to go to the hospital, it’s just that it seems unnecessary right now. If the pain worsens I would consider going. Deciding to go to the hospital isn’t an easy decision when you don’t have insurance. Hospitals are so expensive and I really can’t afford to pay for that out of pocket. Maybe I should think about searching for insurance quotes online. Hopefully, I’ll be lucky enough to find affordable insurance one day.

Finding Peace…

I had a really good day today. It was one of those days that nothing in particular happened, but it still qualified as a good day. It’s currently a little after 12 in the morning and I’m just reflecting on some of the things that made today a good day. One of the best things about today was the amount of peace that I had. Some days are just so incredibly stressful and hard, but today wasn’t one of them. And surprisingly enough, I wasn’t aggravated by my neighbors or family much. You know how they can push my buttons.

I think I’m slowly starting to develop a peaceful personality. I’ve always been a peaceful person, but I’m the kind of person that’s easily effected by outside circumstances. For instance, I can feel at peace and then my noisy neighbors will disrupt that. Or I’ll have to deal with the inbound call center of my phone company and that will annoy me. But not today. Today was a good day! I hope you all had a great day as well! :]