Hernia
I must have overextended myself during the renovations of my house in Poland in May/June. Shortly after returning to Canada I discovered unpleasantly looking formation in my lower belly. This was associated with a moment of instant fear, and a somewhat shameful feeling, that I am losing control over my own body. Doctor confirmed my suspicions ... hernia! I believe there at least a few theories about how hernia is formed and no one knows it for sure. Back in Poland, in the days of my youth, a popular opinion was that hernia happens when people "carry too much." This could mean things both physical and emotional. Do I carry too much? For start, over the last 12 years, while working for AHS, I was carrying a caseload of per average 80-100 clients at any given time, some of them quite disturbed. This in fact felt heavy at times. I have been carrying my family for almost forty years - houses, cars, student loans, marital and parenting challenges, etc. I also tried to contribut...