Did Ya Hear?

I had brain surgery AND I got my PhD!

I was wondering what the difference is between gossip and simply exchanging information about another person you may or may not know mutually.  I am not nearly as sensitive to gossip as I was a few years ago while dealing with The Mother on a more full time basis.  And I'd like to think that people I know now are not so apt to gossip about me - not that I have such a high profile life to gossip about.  I still wonder though - not in a harboring-of-ill-will kind of way, but in that self regulatory manner in which I question myself; am I gossiping right now?  What's the difference?

This all comes about because I have been approach by a few people over the last month inquiring of my surgery, where I have found myself correcting misinformation.  Now, maybe my rather dry blog - what, 5 weeks ago? - about my pro-ceed-jure lent itself to surgery talk.  Surgery brings to mind things like plastic wristbands, a small case of personal belongings, admitting staff, anesthesia, bad green jello and backless gowns.  I have not experienced this personally.   My pro-ceed-jure took all of 5 minutes, but the hullabaloo leading up to it equated to the fear a surgery instills as far as I was concerned.  No, no surgery for me.

I am still curious about this whole scenario  - I've been approached, discussed, and if I am blessed enough perhaps prayed about - some amount of the population in my bubble thinks I had surgery.   However, I am left puzzled.  If a concerned number of people think I did have surgery, it sure was lonely in the hospital.  My phone didn't ring.  I have no scrubbed up casserole dishes to return.  And seriously folks, where's all my Get Well cards?


p.s.  The pro-ceed-jure was not all it was cracked up to be, I still limp around with various amounts of tingling, numbness, achey/pinchy nerve like pain in my left hiney and leg ... and I am still grumpy.  Yes, I am doing something about it, and no it is not surgery.  Just in case you wanted to know.

Comments

[j]

Oh, oops...I was the purveyor this week of the "surgery" word. Sorry. Some one just said they didn't think you were feeling too good (it was a ladder-climbing matter) and I, trying to impress the weightines of the whole thing, perhaps overspoke you into having had surgery, rather than just a "procedure."

It wasn't meant in a derogatory way at all, so I hope it wasn't gossip, just concern?

[Stef]

Oops...I was right there with ya! I too approached you regarding surgery...glad to hear it was just a procedure but sad to hear it didn't help.