Yeah, I read the Serena Williams story too. SCARY, that! It's certain she would have died if she wasn't already on top of her own medical situation. Proves the point I've made (many times) elsewhere, that one *MUST* be (or have) a passionate advocate for one's own health. BTDT, it sucks rocks thru a straw.
"Better options" for the situation I survived would start with the law not being so insanely tilted. It may be different in other states, but the laws on the books here say that I can be charged with a FELONY if I respond to contact initiated by the protected party. In other words, PP can phone, text, or email repeatedly, whenever they choose, but if I respond, in any way, *I* am the one at whom all the fecal matter is flung. FUCK that, and the horse it rode in on.
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dancing_serpent
Re: in extremis
Date: 2018-01-11 06:32 pm (UTC)"Better options" for the situation I survived would start with the law not being so insanely tilted. It may be different in other states, but the laws on the books here say that I can be charged with a FELONY if I respond to contact initiated by the protected party. In other words, PP can phone, text, or email repeatedly, whenever they choose, but if I respond, in any way, *I* am the one at whom all the fecal matter is flung. FUCK that, and the horse it rode in on.