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“Prolia is a prescription medication used primarily to treat osteoporosis, a condition that weakens bones and increases the risk of fractures….Prolia is administered as a subcutaneous injection provided by a healthcare professional every six months…common side effects include muscle aches, back pain, and pain in the arms or legs.” (Source: WebMD.com)

OH PROLIA

Oh, Prolia,  
look what you’ve done to me!
you fortress-builder,  
you quiet architect  
shoring up the fragile rafters  
of my bones.  

You whisper promises  
of strength,  
of scaffolding restored,  
of a spine that stands  
a little straighter  
against the years.  

But mercy,  
you also leave me  
aching like an old hymn~  
muscles humming their complaints,  
bones murmuring  
as if they’re remembering  
every fall,  
every fracture,  
every winter  
I’ve ever lived through.  

Still, I lift my hands  
in a half-laugh, half-prayer,  
because healing  
is rarely tidy,  
and grace sometimes arrives  
with a wince.  

So here I am~ 
grateful for the fortress,  
grumbling at the ache,  
and learning to live  
in the strange middle ground  
where medicine  
and mortality  
meet.  

Oh, Prolia,  
look what you’ve done to me!  
you’ve made me stronger,  
yes,  
but you’ve also taught me  
how tender strength can be.

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