I’ve grown accustomed to my bed –
Can hardly bear to leave it;
By day and night I’m to it wed,
And then need to bereave it;
For every hour, don’t you know,~
I must get up, and need to ‘go’;
For days and nights now, this is so ~
And I hate to perceive it.
On Friday got a summons clear,
‘Come to the Clinic, must be here
Quite well within the hour’;
I rushed to meet with this request
And in the circs. I thought it best
Not even first to shower.
They said, ‘To hospital!’ Oh, woe!
‘Don’t get two hundred, don’t pass GO;
A bed is booked, so go there!’
In no time I was in this bed
And with all sorts of drips was fed;
They certainly aren’t slow there.
My immune system needs to build,
So with protection I am filled
Against next Chemo session;
Dripped countless pints of Vitamin B,
Antibiotics, blood transfusions, see,
To stop a health regression.
And all the time with needles poked;
‘I feel like a pincushion,’ joked,
With blood tests being given;
On Monday they were satisfied
And I released to go outside
And back at home go livin’!
You are on a bit of a roller coaster, I’d say. I am sorry for the hospital stay, but oh so pleased that you are home now! With the uncertainty during the hospital stay, you maintain a wonderful smile!
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Thank you.
Life as it affects oneself is invariably amusing.
As it affects others is a different matter.
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Don’t know where my comment went to. 😳 I said that I sang your poem to the tune of, ‘I’ve grown accustomed to her face’, and it fitted very well. Hubby was amazed at your wizardry with words and said that you’re a wordsmith par excellence. 👏🏻 Rest up and get strong again, dear Col. 🤗
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They thought of it rather late… Doctors… Well at least you are back home. You can have that whisky on the rocks at sunset… (never before sunset!)
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Yes, I don’t really know why they hit the panic button so suddenly!
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Doctors tend to be overcautious nowadays. Well, better safe than sorry. Have a nice week-end Col.
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They fear lawsuits with a passion.
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Yeah. Our lives are now in the hands of two… wretched professions: Lawyers and doctors… (Daughter#1 and son-in-law, both doctors, not included)
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Horrifying thought that the more either of them stretches their services out, the more money they make.
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Because they trade on the two most important things for humans: your life or your freedom…
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Phew! Glad to hear you made it back home in one piece! 🙂 … albeit a little perforated. 😀
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Ta.
I definitely ran through loads of puncture outfits!
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The last three lines were a relief
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To me, too! What a pity they have built me up only to knock me down again . . .
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😦
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Good to see you here, and my you do look chirpy, and who wouldn’t after the cocktails you’ve just had. I could do with your sort of pick me up, trouble is I don’t want everything else you’ve got.
Keep us in the loop Les, and all the best for the next bout of chemo.
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Some of it I could certainly do without, like the constant jabbing! Arms, wrists, and even stomach. That one gives me a guts full!
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Was in hospital for dermatitis and experienced injections around belly button twice daily.
I have about 1% of your patiece and taught them quite a lot of “new” words.
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They weren’t self-administered? That really adds to the fun!
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Yea right!!!
I developed great sympathy for Rabies patients that has to go through the 25 day treatment
My mom had diabetes In such a degree that she had to administer her insulin herself (years before the automatic meter-pumps) She got to the stage where she would stick the needle through her dress!
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At least you’re still smiling. Or is that a grimace brought on by constipation?
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Nope, that is a grin of satisfaction at all the pampering!
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While thousands won’t, I’ll believe you.
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Thoughts are with you and sending you positive vibes.
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Thanks; things are looking a lot more positive.
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that’s good to hear.
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Chris said I sang this beautifully to ‘I’ve grown accustomed to her face.” I really fitted very well. 🤣 you are such a wordsmith and we are both impressed and very jealous. 👏🏻👍 Get stronger every day. 🤗
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I wondered what was going on. So, an emergency hospitalization . . . but better now, I gather (as you know, poetry and me mix not all that well).
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Glad you noticed. I don’t think it was really emergency; just that they thought of it rather late!
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Sounds like kind of the same thing, but glad to have you out and about. I imagine you’re just as glad (if not more).
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