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My Heads Not Right

A few weeks ago, about 9:00 AM My head started aching; loss my vigor & vim It’s didn’t let up; just got more intense At midnight to the hospital I went In the ER and seeking some relief Had to just wait as the cause they did seek While they did MRI’s and scans and stuff I had to suffer and hang in there tough The staff got their data; gave me morphine On it for two days before I was weaned My head got better; still took Percocet On the fourth day I was about off that “A pituitary tumor”, they said “Has been growing for years inside your head” Headache came and went, that threw them a curve The tumor could damage the optic nerve The neurosurgeon sized it up this way Your sight may stay just as it is today As long as the tumor grows very slow To restore loss sight, the tumor must go If your Cardiologist thinks your fit You can opt to have me get rid of it My heart doctor scared the hell out of me Then agreed I could have the surgery At this point I wanted it out right now By waiting I could lose more sight somehow My wife only wanted things to move slow Scared of the surgery I’d undergo The third doctor involved in my case This endocrinologist takes First Place He studied my situation and found Something which actually turned things around Labs from Arizona, done months ago Didn’t jive, things were high - should be low A rare condition when the thyroid fails Is making the pituitary swell The doctor knew of this rare condition No surgery now was his position It mimics a tumor, but best of all Fixable without surgery at all The endocrinologist said it’s rare Never seen in his years of giving care The neurosurgeon also said the same Man! my lucky day, I won this health game Surgery was scheduled inside a week Such an outcome, no better could I seek My family can now get back to living My thanks to God, I’ll never stop giving Charles Sides