I recently wrote a narrative nonfiction piece for a writing competition.
There was one moment when I was writing that felt unbearably ironic - so I have to share it.
I was explaining how, when you are diagnosed with any serious or chronic illness, there is often this wave of words thrown at you that you never knew existed. Words that are technically in English, but feel like a completely separate language.
As I was writing this idea, I started quoting words like "anesthesia", "gastroenterology", "Cloraseptic spray", "colonoscopy", etc...
And as I am typing these, all but the last came up with the dreaded Spelling Error squiggle underneath. Those three words aren't even in the Microsoft Word 2016 dictionary...
Talk about a different language alright.
