This doesn’t have much to do with dialysis or cardiac recovery but I’m going to the Lakers-Clippers game this Wednesday night at the Staples Center. One of our vendors from work gave us some tickets, maybe even in one of the luxury boxes. It will be the first Lakers game after Kobe Bryant’s death yesterday. I am pretty sure there will be some sort of memorial program before the game since Kobe was such a huge part of Lakers history for 20 years.
I sometimes feel sorry for myself, especially when sitting in the dialysis chair, but I’m usually surrounded by really sick people. And when something like Kobe’s accident happens, I realize even with all my illnesses, I’m still alive and have a chance at a productive future. I know it’s hard to compare lives but Kobe was an inspiration to millions of people and father to four kids. He’s had a huge impact to our society. Whereas I’m just some random anonymous guy that hasn’t really done much with his life. How do you measure fairness in life?
I don’t know where I’m going with this post. However, often I am reminded of the Book of Ecclesiastes:
Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 (NIV)
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Oops. The game is actually on Tuesday night (1/28/2020), and it’s been cancelled postponed. They didn’t mention when the game will be replayed and I don’t know if we will get tickets for that game as well. Since I screwed up the date, I had scheduled a dentist appointment and an acupuncturist appointment for Tuesday so I would have had to miss the game if it wasn’t postponed.
Life with chronic diseases 