Posted by miss d at cwilbur.commsrv.indiana.edu on May 22, 2003 at 14:34:15:
In Reply to: ~~~A Fearful Poll to kick off Board 483~~~ posted by Trent Reno on May 22, 2003 at 12:58:01:
: 1. Name or explain a childhood fear.
~Besides the closet monster and the boogyman, I can't think of one.
: 2. What is one of your biggest fears in life now?
~Failing as a parent
: 3. What's the scariest/most disturbing film you've ever seen in the tenure of your life? I mean, this stunk in your head days afterwards...
~The Exorcist - when I was 9.
: 4. What do you do to take your mind off of things that upset you?
~I don't for a while. My weakness is I tend to dwell - especially on the negative. For a while anyway.
: 5. Do you do anything somewhat superstitious "just in case?" Explain.
~No.
: 6. Name or explain something dangerous you've done that you knew was dangerous.
~Besides smoking?
: 7. Very morbid question: Have you ever been in a situation where the thought crossed your mind, even if for a brief moment, that you might honestly die (i.e. surgery, accident, gun to your head, etc)? Explain if you feel up to it.
~A couple of times, actually, and one overlapped the other.
When I was pregnant, I found out I had cancer, but couldn't undergo surgery until after I gave birth. It's pretty scarry to know you have something in you that can kill you, but you can't do a thing about it.
The second, which happened while the first was on-going, started during childbirth. I had to have an episiotomy (which hopefully needs no explanation), and the OBGYN who delivered only put three stitches in when he finished. About 4 weeks later, that busted open and I lost a ton of blood. I did manage (although I don't remember to this day how) to drag myself downstairs, to my car, and drive to the hospital, but I ended up staying for a couple more days and then had to wait even longer to have surgery for the cancer.