So, I went to the doc
With my woes and my ills,
“I think we will try
With a new set of pills.”
There’s no diagnosis,
And still I’m not well
But my own prognosis?
This week will be hell.
“We’ll try you on steroids.”
He said with a grin…
I know that they come
With depression built-in.
I’ve had ’em before
And although they get points
Fo reducing discomfort
In all of my joints
They have a big flaw
To offset their appeal,
“Take all of them early,
And with a good meal.”
Now, ‘early’ for me
Is about five o’clock;
I need a strong coffee
To help me take stock
I don’t feel like eating
Until after ten,
I’m working by seven,
I’m busy by then!
To make matters worse
The things make me feel sick,
So that even a bit of toast
Sinks like a brick.
The pills’ final gift
Has me up counting sheep
‘Cause the other effect
Is they won’t let me sleep.
And as I’m awake still
At stupid o’clock,
My metabolism
Has gone all to cock.
My bodily rhythms
Have gone their own way
I am falling asleep
At the wrong time of day.
My waistline has had it,
Gave up on the diet,
I feel like a zombie;
My brain has gone quiet.
“”If these do not work, ”
Said the doc, “in a week
We will start you on others.”
My future looks bleak.
But I’ve found a good angle
So that I don’t weep…
At least with these pills
I won’t die in my sleep.
Aw bless you! 😍
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😀 ❤
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Wishing you well 💕
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Thank you 🙂
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So sorry, I can sympathize, been there too. 😦 Feel better dear one!
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Thank you, Granny!
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Sending love and light!
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Thanks, Annette.
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I just finished a fascinating book written by a doctor. I don’t know if it would help you, but it helped me. It’s called Autoimmune Fix. https://www.amazon.com/Autoimmune-Fix-Hidden-Damage-Disease-ebook/dp/B01COAID48
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Thank you Susan. By the time I’ve finished with all this disgnostic stuff, I may well need to fix it!
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Bloody pills, Sue, my sympathies. xxx
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Thanks, Adele. Horrid things…xx
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❤
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I hope you feel better soon! ❤
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So do I, Alethea! Getting very fed up with this now. ❤
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Nice last stanza.
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Thanks, Frank 🙂
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It’s great that you can release frustration through poetry and blogging. Hopefully, you get it sorted. Life is not easy sometimes, always throwing curve balls!
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I was never much good at ball games either 😉
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Me neither 🙂 Eventually got good at dodging them!
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I can usually manage that 😉
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Oh lord… sorry Sue.. nothing worse. I hope you feel better soon… some sun on those joints might help… we have painful joint weather around here at the moment…hugs xxx
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Sun tends to make them worse, Sally…but they are the least of my problems at the moment 🙂
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This is so amazing; it’s so easy to feel your frustration through the words! Truly inspirational poetry – I couldn’t not read it out loud! Hope you feel better soon 🙂
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So do I 🙂 I don’t do being unwell very well 🙂
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I am so sorry, Sue. Cortisone is terrible stuff. My poor little Michael is on it constantly and it makes him bloated and have a sore tummy.
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I agree…it is awful stuff.
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Sigh… Oh, them doctors (eww) … hope you feel better soon. Maybe the idea behind the darn pills is that whatever they’re supposed to be attacking will run like hell at the first sign of them. But if that’s the case, some nasty tasting herbal tea could do the same thing with less side effects !!! Hugs
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Trouble is, I like herbal teas 😉
The pills though? No…
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Yes that is highly unlikely if you can’t sleep! 😂💗
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That screws up everything 🙂
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Indeed it does!
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I do hope you are able to mend and get some good sleep.
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I’ll settle for the sleep right now, Brigid, thank you 🙂
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Hope things straighten out soon, It’s no fun feeling off, that’s for sure.
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Thanks, Kathy…I’d be glad if they would 🙂
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Ugh, I feel for you Sue!!
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Iand I for you, Jess!
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Your love for your friends and your friends love for you,will see you through.soonest you will be well Sue. Its wonderful and fascinating how you can turn even a difficult situation into beautiful poetry.The pain brought on this beautiful rhythm and melody.Its a beautiful world after all.Wish you a speedy recovery.
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It is a beautiful world, my friend…and laughter heals much, especially when you laugh at yourself x
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Sue, I hope you notice some improvement soon, and that you get some restorative sleep too.
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The sleep is the thing I lack most at the moment. Thanks Wendy.
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Man does this sound familiar! Been there way too often.
Hope you feel better soon, and get some decent sleep so you can wake up feeling less like a zombie.
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I know I am far from being on my own with this, Victoria 🙂
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Steroids are awful. Hope they disappear from your life soon!
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So do I…I really do not like the things.
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May they work as they ought and not knock you sideways anymore.
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I’d be happy with that.. though I worry that if they do work, I’ll be stuck with the buggers.
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Arg Sue. Sorry to hear about your dilemma. I know steroids very well, they wreak havoc on our minds and bodies but sometimes necessary. Hopefully you won’t be on them long. Make sure to up your calcium because they eat that up too! And omg I remember not being able to sleep, cooking dinners at 4am for the next time out of sheer restlessness. Hang tough my friend. 😉 ❤
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Calcium…and brain cells apparently… I seem to have lost the plot a bit 😉
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🙂 xx
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Oh God, I can’t believe that you are still not well. I am sorry you are back on the dreaded steroids but hope they do something to help you! 🙂
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I’m sort of hoping they don’t help too much… I preferred my brain when it functioned 😉
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I can see why!! I think I would feel the same way! 🙂
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Fingers crossed… 😉
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Oh, Sue, this is not good. You should feel better by now. There is a benefit to the meds, but sometimes the side effects are worse than the ailment. Get better soon. Love and hugs.
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Thanks, Michelle… I’ll see what the doc has to say tomorrow x
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Please let us know how you are progressing.
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I will if I find out 😉
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