If you are pregnant, nursing, faint of hear or otherwise tender, you may wish to avoid reading today’s essay. Rather, click here for a nice, calming website to relax your disposition. Because today’s essay involves…..vomitus (sic).
I googled CVS pharmacy, and of course www.cvs.com came up at top of the list. But six entries down was a link to the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association. Who’da thunk it?
Many things in life come in cycles. Temperature and climate extremes, liberal and conservative political leanings, love.
But vomit? Vomtius (sic) as a cyclical entity?
“Hey, boss, I can’t come in to work today. It’s the third Wednesday of the month, and you know what that means.” “No problem, good and faithful worker. We understand you have cyclic vomiting syndrome, and we don’t expect you today. You may go forth and vomit in peace and security, having no worry or fear of your job status.”
How great it would be to be able to predict, with a day or two’s notice, when one is going to vomit. Never again would one have to fear the out the car window at 65 miles an hour spew, or the vomiting on the carpet while running into the bathroom spew, or even the little bit of vomitus (sic) that rises up in the back of the throat when one encounters a particularly disagreeable blind date.
So I clicked on cvsaonline.org. It’s fascinating! In a vomitus (sic) rising up in the back of your throat sort of way.
The organization actually has a very fitting logo.
Just looking at that neat logo flips my stomach a bit.
And you can donate to CVSA by buying a children’s “Sick Bear Bowl.” One can only imagine what THAT is.
Now, I’m entirely certain CVSA is a worthy organization, meeting the very real needs of hurting people, and they are to be applauded. My father founded the Ileitis and Colitis Foundation back in the 1970’s (three years before I came down with my own bout of colitis).
I recognize the importance of these organizations, and I hope the good people at CVSA don’t mind my having a bit of fun with the concept. If I hurt anyone’s feelings, why, that would just make me sick to my stomach.
Uh oh – excuse me, gotta run…..
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