*Dedicated to Allison Affleck, Minna Kim, and Michael Geis*
For months
I have felt
As if my body
Was telling me
The future
I was unable
To eat anything solid
Or if so
In small portions
It was as if there
Was a blockage in my stomach
Low-Dose Naltrexone
LDN for short
Was said to have
Positive effects
On people with
ME
But I was seeing none of it
Instead my stomach shrunk
And shrunk
Until even the sight of food
Made me want to throw up
To make matters worse
A many year battle with
Ovarian cysts
Started happening weekly
And rupturing
The pain was bad and it landed
Me in the ER
Many a time
My doctor prescribed strong medicine
To combat this nuisance
Continuing to add to the already
Smoldering pile
Within my body
A nearly 3 decade old
Mystery stomach pain
Came back with a vengeance
But here
Finally
A diagnosis!
A hernia that needed
Immediate surgery
So off I went to have
The hole closed with a mesh
And in order to recover properly
Had to force myself to walk
Now for a healthy human being
This would have not been a problem
But one must understand
That as a person diagnosed in 2012
With ME
An incurable illness that has been around
For over 80 years
I spent 2 years completely
Bedridden
Relying on canes
Shower chairs
Other people
Wheelchairs
Crawling on my hands and knees
Just to get around
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Rebirth (Book 4)
PoetryThis book starts where Survivor left off only from a much more changed stand point and learning and living one day at a time. That doesn't, however, mean that I am cured of ME or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis; which I was diagnosed with in September of...
