"Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs on hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate—he has little success in this—but with the other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins, for he sees different (and more) things than do the others; after all, dead as he is in his own lifetime, he is the real survivor. This assumes that he does not need both hands, or more hands than he has, in his struggle against despair."--Kafka



Saturday, June 26, 2010

生死疲勞

在醫院實習之生死疲勞

1. 生
生存為的是什麼呢。
他們求生,就忍受下各式各類型治療:原來電療不痛,副作用有如曬傷;化療會嘔,但情況各異,有人反應不大,有人呼天叫命,但化療有好處,殺畢全身癌細胞;開刀有後遺病,缺乳房缺腸缺子宮缺……倖存者都漂亮,有人告訴我化療後會去吃雪條,有人要扮靚……求生都是勇士,生存是因為有希望,如果萬一我病了,我就想什麼讓我要求存呢?我捨不得家人,捨不得朋友,還有許多事未做過,原來我也不算是看破了死字。

2. 死
原來人真的很易死,望著那個半年前還在世的病友名單,頓覺人生無常。
紓緩中心的病人說穿了就是等死,面對死亡有各種情緒反應,有人還在打股票機,有人辭工全力照顧母親,有人為了讓女兒一笑而繼續做手術……死沒所謂,死得好看才重要。

3. 疲勞
也就不小心病倒了,拖著疲乏的身軀去民間論壇,去記招,見老師,打電話。
疲勞的感覺不及上次實習,因為專注,因為有時間,還可以有空去見朋友看話劇。
疲勞也因為實習外還有俗務,吐了一桶血。

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