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For the the 'Plagued by Memories' Poetry Contest of Ink Empress

Cursed I am plagued by things of the now: daily physical aggravations for which doctors have given me no cure. Memories can’t afflict me the way my body has been bedeviled by ailments which do not even have a name. I suppose I can say the memory of a physician having injected me four times with a substance that gives some people dire side effects haunts me to this day. Cursed is this world by doctors who are meant to do no harm.

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Duke Beaufort

Date: 5/2/2025 1:12:00 PM

Andrea, I hope you are as well as can be under the circumstances. We certainly need much more research and care in the field of health care. It's a curse when it makes you sick. You do have an indomitable spirit, and please know that your words have an affect on me as I think about the position you are in. It can be very difficult to go forward in peace, but if anyone can....I believe you are very strong and a very giving person.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 5/2/2025 7:32:00 PM

Thanks so much. Now a new rare thing is happening to me called drop foot. I am limping and cannot hop on my left foot. I will be getting brain scan and lumbar MRI as well. No doubt it is neurological. Everything with me is. Oh happy golden years

Valsa George

Date: 4/27/2025 5:11:00 AM

Sorry, to know that you are confronted with bodily handicaps.... caused by ill administered medicines. But you seem to take them in a stoic spirit. Wish you better health, dear Andrea! Congratulations on your win.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/27/2025 8:50:00 AM

Thanks, Valsa. I long for normalcy but all one can do is keep on going on

Susan Ashley

Date: 4/25/2025 8:08:00 AM

Dear Andrea, your poem gives powerful testimony to how medical advise given and acted upon in the past can affect your present day to day living. If my body was "bedeviled by ailments which do not even have a name", I do believe the memory of the doc and the injections he gave me would plague me too. My heart goes out to you, my friend. Congratulations for your success in Ink's contest. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/25/2025 2:26:00 PM

Thanks so much, Susan

Ink Empress

Date: 4/25/2025 1:38:00 AM

Dear Andrea, This double etheree speaks to my soul and the sincerity of your voice, i could feel and hear so deeply and strongly, i can imagine the pain of living in the consequences of what you had to endure and those memories how it can be haunting , as it affects your wellbeing; something that needs to be discussed often, and your honesty and how youv shared your story with us through this for my contest, i truly appreciate, and i feel you! I have nothing but empathy for all those struggling healthwise! Congratulations on your placement in my contest! Thank you for sharing! A fave this is..

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/25/2025 7:38:00 AM

Thanks so much. Not everyone has problems with Prolia, but people need to know that side effects happen with lots of different meds and injections. We need to know every possible thing so we can decide for ourselves what to do and I learned that lesson the hard way. There are natural ways to strengthen bones. A good doctor should know what those things are.

Paige Hind

Date: 4/22/2025 8:43:00 PM

Wow. You are writing of something that isn't often mentioned. I am sorry about your pain. Hope you get some relief- and very soon! <3

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/22/2025 11:08:00 PM

Thanks. It will be a miracle if my symptoms go away. I am very against modern medicine.

Michael Tor

Date: 4/22/2025 7:14:00 PM

I feel your pain Dear Andrea. Still pray for you from time to time. So sorry darn those ignorant Drs that are fed bullshit from the Pharma companies. Someday there will be no more pain. Rest assured on God's healing and love when we join him with our new bodies. Hugs hope your coping...

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/22/2025 11:09:00 PM

Thanks for your prayers. Never thought my life would be like this when I was young and athletic

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 4/22/2025 5:35:00 PM

Yup! Be wary of what is in the needle! So sorry…

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/22/2025 11:11:00 PM

For sure. This is why nobody should have any injections mandated. We are all different and react differently to different things

Mike Bayles

Date: 4/22/2025 2:33:00 PM

I like this poem, Andrea, Great use of form.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/22/2025 11:10:00 PM

Thanks, Mike

Ann Peck

Date: 4/22/2025 10:03:00 AM

Oh, Andrea, I'm so sorry about the bad injections. I, too was the subject of a theory and a guinea pig of sorts. However, the injector was my daddy--a doctor. I hope doctors can find a solution for you. Not knowing is so hard.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/22/2025 10:12:00 AM

thanks, Ann. I just want people to know how dangerous prolia can be. Some people have no problem with it at all, but others get serious problems. I hope your side effects left you.

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 4/22/2025 9:26:00 AM

WOW!!! What a Etheree write you have here. So sorry for your health problems. I enjoyed reading this sad one. "Good Luck" Have a wonderful spring day.........

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/25/2025 4:16:00 PM

Thanks, Paula

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 4/22/2025 8:10:00 AM

- Side effects in the long term can be worse than the disease one is being treated for, Andrea ... terribly tiring ... one can be completely put out :( - GL in the contest :) - hugs

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/22/2025 8:36:00 AM

Thanks, you seem to know what you are talking about!

Maria Williams

Date: 4/22/2025 8:09:00 AM

Oh - I do sympathise with you Andrea. That's why I do not go to doctors and am so grateful for good health. The poem sounds like good material for a win. Hugs Maria - I sent you a soup mail.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/22/2025 8:28:00 AM

thanks, I do not like going to them either, but I had had breast cancer, and this was an oncologist telling me I needed Prolia , a fake bone substitute, to offset my estrogen blocker stealing calcium from my bones. Later I found out from a natural doctor that I had never needed the synthetic estrogen blocker anyway. I simply needed to take supplements containing broccoli, so I felt really swindled by that doctor. I wrote him a letter telling him my disappointment and never returned to him. I've nine years later trying to spread this story because even though Prolia has killed people, they keep it on the market and this is despicable to me.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/22/2025 7:23:00 AM

I am sure that the doctor did not know that it would affect you in such an undesirable way. It reads like a good contender for a contest to me. Way to go. Sara K

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/22/2025 8:35:00 AM

They all know there are side effects but they don't let you know about the RARE side effects, nor do they care to educate themselves about it. Even after a class action law suit brought by people who lost their teeth and broke bones or jaws due to prolia, that crap remains on the market. There is a better bone strengthener out there, so why Prolia, (which is from china, BTW). It's pathetic to me they still push it at patients.