Putting it all into perspective !

I have to admit that I have done my share of complaining since my surgery.( Improperly placed cathider.... need I say more) Though I am trying to be cheerful and not complain unnecessarily( nobody wants to listen to someone whine while they try to help them), it is sometimes hard to smile while I try and try to pull myself out of bed but instead of accomplishing this task I just hurt myself more as I fail.Thankfully for the most part I have Mike or one of the older kids here to help me and this is how I usually get by. I have heard though that depression after this type of surgery is very common and can totally understand that. Just the other day as a matter of fact I sat unable to move from my position on the couch and thought about how I am sick of this already. For a minute I even went where I have been avoiding like the plague.... poor me-ville !Luckily Mike walked in and helped me to stand and I moved on. Yesterday, though I got an awakening.
Since I was unable to be left alone Mike decided that the boys would have to miss an out of town ( three hour drive each way)karate training. He then sent a couple E mails to tell why they were missing , Of course most responded with E mails promising prayers and wishes of well but one e mail put things into perspective. This E mail came from an older than us man who collaborates with Mike to document these events in photos while he wife trains and competes. Last we heard,in December, his wife, a wonderful woman, was recovering from surgery on her knee. Here as she was concentrating on knee recovery, cancer was found. This woman while recovering from knee surgery had no choice but to endure a complete hysterectomy. On top of it all after the surgery she contracted a viral infection. As if this isn't terrible enough, her viral infection was passed on to her husband who despite his own many health problems was trying to take care of her. I read this e mail, which was written in an upbeat, we are thankful that things aren't worse tone and felt like such a whiner. Here I don't have near the problems as this poor woman nor the problems of many who are fighting for their lives, or worse yet the lives of their children, or other unthinkable things and I feel justified to whine because of a little inconvenience and pain... I have no right ! So at least for now, I am trying to do my best to be cheerful..... after all I have that option.... some don't !