Best Surgery Poems
I'll never forget the date, the nineteenth of November
It's etched firmly in my mind, and I'll always remember
It was the day that I had my spinal decompression surgery
And hopefully it would put an end to over a year of misery.
I was struggling to walk, and it was depressing for me
And it was especially frustrating for all my close family
I couldn't go cycling or for walks in the countryside
I just wanted to stay at home and from the world hide.
My journey started with physio, but exercise caused me pain
And I couldn't help but wonder if I'd ever be the same again
My MRI scan showed trapped nerves at the base of my spine
I opted for surgery and the surgeon reassured me I'd be fine.
I arrived at the hospital and was under the care of a surgeon
A renowned Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon, Mr Faizul Hassan
They put surgical socks on me, along with a hospital gown
Then a porter arrived at nine o'clock to take me down.
They put a mask on my face and then I went to sleep
And it was a quarter to one when I was woken by a beep
A nurse then asked me if I wanted a drink of water
And I thought I'm having an op, maybe I'll have it later.
But I'd had my operation, and I didn't feel any leg or back pain
I was so relieved I'd had it done and I could live normally again
The porter took me back to ward one and the nurses were there
It is their kindness I'll never forget and their excellent care.
And all the surgeons too who performed my operation
They've given me my life back; for them I'm full of admiration
And all the porters, admin staff and auxiliary nurses too
They all play a vital part in making dreams come true.
I'm recovering at home now and post op I've got slight pain
I'm so glad to have had it done; I have plenty to gain
My three daughters and my wife are now looking after me
And I consider myself lucky to have such a caring family.
In a fortnight I've got to have staples removed from my back
Then my back won't feel so stiff, and I'll soon be back on track
And I've got to take it easy for a few months and watch what I do
No heavy lifting of any kind and in six weeks return for a review.
Written on the 23rd November 2023
Dedicated to all the staff at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. UK.
Perry's Disinclination for Mushrooms
A mushroom is not something new
Inside some pasta or a stew.
But, when it comes to feeding Perry,
A mushroom is extraordinary!
John's Surgery
An eyeball must be a perfect sphere.
If an imperfection should appear,
A handy doctor, not ham-handed,
Will use his head and have it sanded.
When my body begins to burgeon,
I go to see my plastic surgeon.
His magic tucks and nips
will make me smaller hips;
but he just smiles and says, “Stop splurgin'.”
the
real shape
of your heart
will be revealed
not on your best day
but on the worst of them;
when your reaction
to misfortune
is witnessed
by your
foes.
If we love today
and do the same tomorrow,
hearts are filled with joy
not with pain or with sorrow.
She was an aspiring starlet, a real cutie patootie
Folks were in awe of her natural beauty
She wanted to be a great Hollywood star
But she’s taken the surgery much too far
Her teeth have been fixed for a dazzling smile
They are unnaturally white now they stand out a mile
The Botox she had was to smooth her pale skin
But she can’t move a muscle much to her chagrin!
Her eyebrow lift gives her a startled expression
The desire for perfection has become an obsession!
She’s had Botox on wrinkles and fillers on lips
Liposuction drained 2 pints of gunk from her hips
In trying to obtain that perfect pink pout
Its gone terribly wrong she now looks like a trout!
Her breasts are augmented and they look quite obscene
Like over inflated footballs seen in a top shelf magazine
These two huge ‘flotation tanks’ are silicon filled
They are lumpy and hard but her boyfriend is thrilled!
But how did she pay for surgery which was so drastic...
She opened her purse and put it on the plastic!!
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Urgent Surgery, A C-Section in three seconds
Look lady!
I'm trying to save you and the baby
Nurse Fox prepare the Incision sit
Nurse D please hand me a scalple
To save the Mother
Science says its impossible
And I'll be lucky
To make it out the room alive
Whoosh! They rush past me
There goes the team and staff
Now it's just me
And I aint even a freaking Doctor
And inside these reactions
Creations are made in high rates of radiation
And inside my mind there is a Chemical Lab
It unfolds and rolls out straight
Now Lady Luck sit up you aint even pregnant yet
Now there you go
I speak the word... Poof! theres you a wishing well
I pull the lever down now
It's amazing! ain't it lovely how your wishes fell
And a kiss?
Yea on the cheek and not the lips
That always makes you naughty girls go crazy!
I'm like it's daytime
So lets take away the Nightmares
It's the same day
It's okay, you can hold my hand
Now I'm there in the nights
The knight that fights inside your dreams
And don't ask me why
These lights they just twirl into red and green
And when I say blue
I'm accomindating you by making changes
A snowflake Falls on the same site
where we just had basketball size hail
And another casket goes into the ground
No more suffering!
Another one of my brothers just fell
Zip the body bag up
I ain't got nothing on my team but a bunch of ignorant fools
And when I drop it's like a star goin off into a supernova
I toss em and they land into a pile of schizophrenics
And now these Two nurses Know
Ceratintly Life is taken serious
Together we're a Dream Team
Piss on some forensics
Cuase I cut you a slice
2 times Twice the psychic
I can take you to the body
But your furture use of me is undecided
My Love was buried for several decades
My reopened Soul, reopened My Heart
HER Beautiful Forest Eyes, soothing Eyes
Barbara Jean, YOU have found, my Lost Heart
My Dreams are YOU , My love is YOURS
FOREVER and ALWAYS my Heart beats for YOU
YOU are the fire that dwells , deep with-in my SOUL
YOU are the LOVE of LIFE that makes me Whole
To Be Cont. As My Heart Falls in LOVE
Dedicated To My PRECIOUS, “ BARBARA JEAN “
With LOVE, ALWAYS AND FOREVER “ YOURS “
Harry Daniel Johnson
I was so 'afraid of it happening',
because of what my life was turning into.
I was getting ready on going to 'F.S.U.', to try and
become a 'Meteorologist/Astronomer/Computer Science Engineer.
I was so 'afraid of it happening'.
Now I have a hard time remembering things that I just thought of.
I have a thought, but next there gone. That's scary! My only control over forgetting
is writing down my days. If I remember that.
I was so 'afraid of it happening'.
It's really horrible. When I want to remember. I can't! When I'm not paying
attention to what ever is happening. I can remember that.
Some moments I think that I shouldn't 'FEEL'.
Because that's the only thing I have to keep me away from things.
I was so 'afraid of it happening', yet
I just want to finish living my life
plus making my life better than it was. :-(
Where my life is heading right now.
I sure hope that it will make my mother Happy.
I started at 'Marchman Technical Education Center,'
to try and find out what I am good at. I graduated 'Commercial Foods'
class with a 'Certificate'. I can remember myself before 'Surgery'!!!!!
I then got a new job. It is a lot better than my last one! :-) There
are many ways to make my life better, the thing is, I need to find them!
Appointment to have organ removed by robot-assisted surgeon.
Air-conditioned, no mosquitoes in the OR. When you arrive
You'll remove all your clothes. Naked before the ladies, nurses
Who have seen it all before. Mainly remember you're not unique.
Think about the government while they're mixing up the medicine.
There's always governance even if there's little or no government.
Back to counting backwards. Inside out, if I die, will I know it?
At 70, Jack's running the gauntlet with some skill!
Benny Golson wonders aloud what might have been
Had Clifford Brown not been killed in that auto accident.
Jack's girlfriend once said he was the reincarnation of Clifford
But he doesn't believe in ghosts, karma or an afterlife.
Benny's old girlfriend Betty inspired the tune Along Came Betty
And that's the most afterlife Benny or Betty's gonna get.
The Trojan bench being not as deep as the Greek
Once Sarpedon and Hector go down even the lucky shot
To Achilles' feet is not enough to save the town.
Aeneas is no match for wily Odysseus
Although unbeknownst to all he has the last laugh when Rome
Conquers Athens, the Myrmidons, what's left of Ilion
And the whole known world from India to Britain.
It's not bad to acknowledge death's primacy
Although after a while you stop remembering
To fear. That's when everything becomes clear
Purpose v. purposelessness matters less,
Anomie v. rule of law, that's a preference
Love v. loneliness, worth about 25 cents
Or a million bucks in the light of the holocaust.
Nothing but light, love and the majesty of death in the room.
Machines stand ready like marines, their beauty is in the motion
That overcomes inertia. The food supply is deeply compromised
So eat whatever you want. Mourning the dead is part of the business
Of healing and staying alive. When you get to the afterlife, walk with eyes
open,
Ocotillo and cactus may be in flower. The robot does the work, imposes
Its own small order, like a girl on a bicycle with disorder in her hair.
An important man suffers a serious head injury.
It’s a cerebral blood clot requiring surgery.
However, it cannot be performed the usual way.
Here is an ultra modern method available this day:
This is a scientific advance quite difficult to realize.
They shrink a submarine and its crew to microscopic size.
The ship is injected into the patient’s body.
Only a short time is available to reach the injury.
The surgeons on the ship use a laser to cut the clot.
A maximum time of sixty minutes is all they have got.
The patient’s immune system will easily realize
when the ship and crew begin to restore to normal size.
White blood cells will engulf them and eradicate.
The crew has to escape before it is too late.
Want to know what will happen in this science fiction fantasy?
If it is available, just watch the DVD.
Based on the 1966 film “Fantastic Voyage”
I know most people want them far away,
No finger laid upon their precious skin.
They squirm and wiggle fearful and afraid,
A needle makes them pallid and they faint
For me this is no problem, for I like
Improvement doctors can provide for me:
In silence I keep all my fingers crossed,
I hope the tests will prove my body strong.
This surgery I want, it will improve
My life in many ways, but most of all,
I hope it will decrease the pain I feel.
For that alone I give myself to them
These doctors I will welcome with a smile:
The broadest smile that I can find in me.
I'll grin and nod and totally comply!
To show them I am ready to begin.
So think of me tomorrow when they test
If I am strong enough for surgery.
Because if yes, next week or after that,
I finally am rid of you lot here.
Lol, only for a week or two, not yet!
They have to give me green light first, but still
Tomorrow I will hear if I am strong,
Tomorrow they will tell me yes or no....
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Iambic Pentameter Blank Verse
March 8, 2017
Was tired of my wrinkles
and crinkles around my eyes,
the ones around my mouth
and my forehead on my face,
and couldn't afford the real thing
so thought I'd use
some clear duct tape,
applying it around my
mouth, forehead and eyes,
that way my skin will
look newer and smoother than
a baby's behind,
and then thought
oh what the heck
I'll use it on my boobs
at the same time,
stretching the tape out
and wrapping it for
a lift all around my chest,
that way it'll look like
that area gravity had missed,
and then I thought
might as well apply
some to my rear end,
applying the tape
so my butt looked tight again,
and then being on a roll
I took some more tape
to my thighs and calves,
to make them look more sleek and toned,
like a models in Cosmopolitan,
but then I noticed trying to answer
the door after the bell rang,
that I'd become sort of like the tin man,
because I couldn't walk and talk
and desperately needed an oil can!
I wasn’t fearful
You Lord surrounded me with love
calmed my anxious thoughts
surgery was a success
that is how awesome, You are
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Feel a flutter deep within
do not think cupid will play
my heart is arythmic, blood is thin
heart condition here to stay.
Hope the surgery be survived
cannot do plans for the future
would wish and hope and stay alive
life ebbs-away through bad sutures.
Need good surgeons to do good job
this sex-change dear, will take some time
if they fail , I'm not worth five bob
told "don't worry" all will be fine.
Elizabeth alexander 20/2/2016
inspired by fear of the known.