Le Malade imaginaire by Honoré Daumier (Wiki2.org)
My post disappeared once again.
I had expressed regret that my brother died when he could have survived. He would have been 76 yesterday. I have just returned from a memorial service in his honour.
I also shared my view of the strange manner in which certain doctors believe anxiolytics and sleeping pills are the same medication. They may belong to the same family, but one does not take sleeping pills before getting into one’s car.
As well, I mentioned being told that I was responsible for the hemorrhage I suffered. I should have known that aspirins thin the blood.
Moreover, I am seeing abuse of the elderly. If one loses one’s driver’s license, one also loses one’s autonomy and helpers may start controlling your life.
Finally, promoters have found ways of having hastily constructed near or above a grocery store to make life easier for persons who are ageing. These apartments cost a fortune. One can buy or rent. Promoters want to make millions and do, at the expense of the elderly.
Take pity on retirees.
Konstantin Stanislavski as Argan
in the Moscow Art Theatre production in 1913 (Wiki2.org)
We now enter Molière’s Imaginary Invalid. During the fourth performance of the play, Molière collapsed. He fainted. However, he decided to finish the performance. He was then taken home, hemorrhaged and died. He suffered from tuberculosis.
Louis XIV authorized his being buried in consecrated grounds, but he was buried at night.
The Imaginary Invalid resembles the Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Argan wants his daughter to marry a doctor just as Monsieur Jourdain wants his daughter to marry an aristocracy. Both are comédies-ballets. Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote the music for the Imaginary Invalid and Pierre Beauchamp was its choreographer.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Wiki2.org)
© Micheline Walker
31 March 2019
WordPress
Micheline's Blog 
❤️
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you for the lovely heart. You’re very kind. 🙂
LikeLiked by 3 people
A sad day for you and your brother’s family. Keep strong.
LikeLiked by 1 person
My brother should not have died. I have missed him enormously. We had a lovely project. He was going to be chief decorator for this apartment. He loved it. This meant going to shops, having lunches out. Lots of hugs and laughter. He was a very good person. I send you my love, Micheline
LikeLiked by 1 person
Chatty is good. Medicine is a minefield
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, there are times when one has to tell. My brother had symptoms for five years which is when he should have been sent for a urine test. He then saw two specialists who failed to diagnose cancer. One prescribed antibiotics. And now I should have known better than to take aspirine. Sleeping pills and anticonvulsants (anxiety) are not interchangeable, even if they belong to the same family. Moreover, there is nothing wrong with taking an anxiolitic. Would that life never triggered anxiety. But we lost fourteen brothers and sisters to a blood disease. Would also that doctors didn’t put up barricades to ensure they are not disturbed by a patient outside working hours. In fact, would that I had Molière’s wit. Love, Micheline
LikeLiked by 1 person
X
LikeLike
💛
LikeLiked by 1 person
Chère Micheline, Je me méfie des médecins; ils sont la troisième cause de décès.
Georges Desbarats
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ses médecins ont causé la mort de mon frère. Ici, on entre en médecine après le Cegep et cinq ans plus tard, on est médecin, à trois fois le revenu d’un professeur détenant un doctorat. Ib faut sa médecine pour gagner beaucoup d’argent. Les médecins apprennent à se ménager. Ils ne sont pas disponibles. J’en aurais long à raconter. Mes meilleurs sentiments. Micheline
LikeLike
Very sad, Micheline. I have had many incidents, throughout my life, where the medical fraternity did not diagnose correctly. Oh well, they too are just humans who make mistakes. I welcome a world where illness diminishes. This does seem to be the case, more and more. Research, in particular, stem cell research is, seemingly, quite a positive step!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, it’s very sad. I’m fine. Although I lost a significant quantity of blood, I did not seek help. Blood rebuilds itself. It has. At the moment, the medical profession is not faring very well. Genuine progress and increased knowledge seem to have led doctors to offer briefer courses in medicine. They rely on tests and on the book listing medications. It has to change.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, I agree, Micheline, it has to change.
Having said that I have, on the other hand, met and have been given excellent service/advice by some. To defend them I will say they are only as good as the knowledge available.
However, I do agree with you in regard medications. My last GP gave me yet another blood pressure tablet ‘sample’ whenever I attended his surgery. He doled them out like lollies! A pawn, I believe, of the pharmaceutical companies!
LikeLike
Carolyn, Too many doctors, GPs in particular, send patients for tests and if a disease is found, they look for a medication in their big book. There are good doctors, but fewer and fewer. It is very disturbing. A large number of students enter medical school with one goal in mind: money. Here in Quebec, the training is short and inexpensive. Something will have to be done. I lost my mother and my brother to “medicine.” Canada needs a Royal Commission on Medicine. Thank you for writing Carolyn, I appreciate your comments.
LikeLiked by 1 person