well, i got my second rejection. i guess personal experience both as a patient and a nurse means nothing. i did exactly what she said, list symptoms, which i did. still, not good enough.

but have no fear, i will rewrite this the way i want to rewrite it and i'm sure some other place will be glad to have it. maybe for more than the measly $5 they were going to pay me for it.

odd, that it was only one of two (out of six or so) that has been rejected.

good luck to the next writer on this subject.

i have a feeling there are one or two editors who are hard asses. another one told me specifically what to change, which i did and it was accepted.

i think these one or two editors are just being hardasses.

whatever. i know i can write, i know i can write non-fiction. so fuck them!