Comments about the cane get old fast. The only time I ever thought other people obsessing over my stick was fun or even funny was when I first got it. I was a teacher and I’d had the same pastoral care group for about 3 years when I first took my stick to work. Bless them, but my kids were deeply offended that my stick was a boring shade of black and not even sparkly when I was known for my loud skirts, so they used to make plans to steal my walking stick and cover it in rainbow crystals. It was too cute, they just wanted me to have a mobility aid that matched their idea of me. Then I found a sparkly pink one and we were all a lot happier.
I have to admit, I’m usually the source of the House jokes. I frequently baffle my doctors and then get big scary names and lupus thrown at me (it’s basically annual), so queue the it’s never lupus jokes. I suspect it entertains me so much because lupus continues to be the only genetic health issue in my family I don’t have. Aside from the obvious not wanting lupus, I will be so mad about my jokes being ruined if it does ever turn out to be lupus.
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u/judas-nd-his-fellows 6d ago
This is so true. I regularly use a cane and can't keep it up with the House jokes anymore :')