Mike Dailey Poet Rhyme

First Session Side Effects

My first chemo ended yesterday
I’ve 11 more to go
And so far I am glad to say
I’m none the worst for show
But
Tuesday of the next week
My belly starts to ache
My colon starts to back up
My insides start to bake
Then once the dame is busted
It’s “Katie bar the door”
I’m running for the bathroom
Like I’ve never run before
There’s fire in my belly
I thought I burnt my bum
And after a few days of that
My bum had become numb
So tick off constipation
Tick off diarrhea too
Tick off upset stomach
Cause they sure ticked off you
And that was just the first dose
Of the chemo I will get
I guess my real worry is
I ain’t seen nothing yet!

Mdailey	5/20/11
I wrote the first stanza the day after chemo and the rest of the poem about a week 
later.

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Barbara Gorelick May 21, 2011 at 7:38 AM Mike, I had to laugh at the way you wrote about such a serious topic. I hope your treatment is successful..my prayers for you...BG

Dr.Ram Mehta May 21, 2011 at 6:10 AM I am following your write on Chemo and I appreciate how bravely you are facing it and analysing it, god speed to your recovery, mike Mike Dailey May 21, 2011 at 11:20 AM You are coming in on the 2nd half of my poetic journal. The 1st half was on the discovery and surgery. someday I hope to put it all in a book. the working title is Thoughts of a Future Cancer Survivor.