Consumptive Diaries Part 6: Top Ten Frustrations/Stresses

I have been writing a lot about my frustration & stress over the last couple of weeks, but haven't really mentioned how The German's been feeling.
So, Friday i asked K to write down his top ten frustrations & i also made my list.

Here is The German's Top Ten (in no particular order):

1. Not enough food
2. No proper sex
3. No smokes
4. No clubbing/bars/etc
5. Walls/being locked up
6. No beer
7. People telling me how unlucky it is to get infected but then treat me like a bio hazard
8. No Internet
9. No privacy (see 2)
10. Helplessness

Here is my Top Ten (again, in no particular order):

1. Bureaucracy
2. Long tiring days
3. Peer pressure & alienation
   
4. Not being able to sleep next to K
5. Hospital smells
6. The hospital's inconvenient location
7. Saying goodbye to K everyday
8. Knowing that standard EU hospitalisation is only a few weeks
9. Not knowing whether i have TB or not
10. Helplessness

After we compared lists, K said, "Oh, guess my list is more selfish than yours".
Um, yes.