Life is Like a Roll of Toilet Paper

                                       Life Is Like a Roll of Toilet Paper                                                                                               

   There will come a time when reality awakens you to the present state of your own immortality.  Mine came at the age of seventy-two in the form of a stroke that left my cognitive abilities slightly diminished until I found ways, along with therapy, to aid me in my quest to regain a good portion of my cognitive abilities.  For a while, I had to substitute words that would fit the thought I was trying to convey.  I pulled out every trick in the book to try to regain as much as I could to restore and increase the reaction to recall words that were once a conditioned response.  I'd play those free word games that are stuck on my cell phone that put my memory to the test.  The real shock came when a good friend called from Washington D.C. to check on my progress and as best I could, tried to hold a conversation without sounding like a three-year-old.  Finding words to put together that made sense was a chore and I remember asking him about his own health and sadly one month later he died of COVID-19.  We were both up in age and still breathing air without thoughts of shuffling off this mortal coil just yet.  But realize that we are all just specks on the timeline of eternity, and we are not here forever.   It was a scary time and after almost 47 years in the medical field. not giving too much consideration to my own peace of mind. Spending almost 56 hours a week in an operating room doesn't give you much time for anything else. And this brings me to the title of this blog. About 20 years ago a patient and I were having a general conversation about life and the way things have changed.  Then he introduced me to a saying I have used for the last 20 years. It goes like this, "Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes."  Take a minute to think about that and the truth that this simple statement makes. 

Stay Healthy

M.N.Curry

  

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