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Epidural

sans caffeine feasting, sans water; thirsting
growl of stomach - a rumbling roar
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stabs me in the back by noon
will it serve me snacks
after patient endurance
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walking through water by weeks
to strengthen the core; waiting
by wades back and forth,
forwards, backwards, do the course
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heartbeat, hush
Great Physician heal
the ankle, shin, calf, thigh,
the source

Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2025

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Oliver Mckeithan Date: 5/30/2025 6:41:00 PM Kim, I hope you are a little better today. I am a retired pharmacist from hospitals and we had to make mix many epidurals. Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/30/2025 7:14:00 PM I am…so far so good! Thank you, Oliver!

Gershon Wolf Date: 5/29/2025 8:16:00 PM Kim, my heart goes out to yon. May you have a speedy, complete recovery --- and never need another epidural! Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/29/2025 9:00:00 PM I thank you for that! ((hugs))

Hilda Greenhough Date: 5/29/2025 3:10:00 PM Ouch. Hospitals are scary. You really achieved a great portrayal of those white halls. I hope you are well and healing. Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/29/2025 7:18:00 PM So far so good. We will see. Thank you, Hilda!

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 5/29/2025 1:23:00 PM We are born we grow though time we age and ACHE the pray that we will COPE. Blessings Jennifer. Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/29/2025 1:55:00 PM Yes, I see that now, as I approach 65! I see all the “hip” sters limping along and think oh my … God bless us all.

Paige Hind Date: 5/29/2025 12:13:00 PM God, Kim, poor you. I pray the 'Great Physician" to give you some relief. I know it must really hurt, :( Login to Reply Paige Hind Date: 5/29/2025 3:33:00 PM That's a pretty high pain level. Ugh. Take a hot bath. I'm sure you've tried that though. Best wishes, Kim <3 Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/29/2025 12:31:00 PM Thank you so much! The walking even short distances was 7-8 out of 10 on the pain scale, so hoping this does the trick forever or at least for a good long while. God knows! xxoo Paige Hind Date: 5/29/2025 12:13:00 PM Big gentle hugs

Daniel Henry Rodgers Date: 5/29/2025 6:16:00 AM Dearest Kim, O' my what raw immediacy and such a testament to endurance, hunger, and hope. I felt the thirst of thirst, the seismic growl of waiting, the sharp intrusion of pain spelling itself down your spine. Your words ripple with vulnerability and resilience, along with prayer. Thank you for letting me witness your journey and may the Great Healer mend every ache, from ankle to soul. My wife will really relate. Spring Blessings, My Dear Kim, Daniel Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/29/2025 12:30:00 PM Thank you for your extensive comment. I feel you’ve heard me. I think it went well…have been waiting a long time, still it is in God’s timing. Hug your wife for me! I understand,now, many of those I see limping along especially 60 years and such.

Tom Woody Date: 5/29/2025 5:57:00 AM Epidural, ugh! Not a word anyone warms up to for sure. My wife gets hip replacement surgery tomorrow. Did you just have surgery too or fictional? In any case nice write Kim Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/29/2025 12:27:00 PM Tom, May your dear wife’s surgery be a great success! I had an epidural today…time will tell, but I think it is working. A bit hyper today!