I hate work day Fridays. My body is tired and sore from working the previous days of the week. I've explained many times that my happy Fridays are the ones I am not working and that if I was not working, then no Fridays would be happy since there are not ones at work for comparison to make the ones that I am off happy. (Please note that there is not an apostrophe used.)
The following are a bunch of things others have said to me in response to my pain to help along with how I would want to reply:
Q: Take some "over the counter" medicine (from the cabinet).
A: I can't believe I have NEVER thought of that idea in the decades I have been in pain. Actually, I have tried that and the biggest reaction I get is within my digestive system.
Q: Why don't you take the pain medication that you have prescribed for you?
A: I drive fork lifts weighing up to and over 10,000 lb moving skids up to 23 feet in the air. I can't take that medication and safely operate the truck and taking it the night before has caused me to sleep through my alarm in the morning.
Q: Just drink a 40 and do a blunt.
A: I drive a 5 ton fork truck around you and you want me to do that stoned?
Q: I take this (insert supplement) and it works.
A: My father who suffered from the same thing I do became a test subject for all sorts of medications and supplements through the VA and I have taken him to the emergency room multiple times due to the reactions to what he took. I was in the ER last December since the medicine I take for my inflammatory arthritis (which was originally designed for chemotherapy) is an immune suppressant and leaves me vulnerable to illness.
My wife also ended up having major surgery based on a supplement she was taking with her regular medication so I am not going to risk anything like that for me.
Q: What about a massage?
A: I have tried them too and found that though they feel good at the time, I am worse once I get up as the problem is joint related and not muscular.
Q: Why don't you get your wife...
A: No.
Q: But she's your wife...
A: NO!
Q: Smile. You'll feel better.
A: No. Me smiling would make YOU feel better since you want me to appear to be happy. Since you are not my daughter nor someone who is directly responsible for me earning money, I am not going to do that. Deal with it.
Q: *Puts hand on my shoulder or back to comfort*
A: WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING ME?!
Q: You should be happy because of the blessed day God has given you. I'll pray for you.
A: FUCK YOU and your non plausible concept.
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