Suffering with a traumatic
brain injury nerve damage
traumatic headaches neuropathy
spalastity degenerative brain injury
it's a blessing to have medical care
out reach support groups balancing
pain my entire body filled with
crippling nerve pain sensitive to
light touch finding support groups
I find swimming helps in between
nerve blocks injections and botox
injections to give me some relief
keeping me comfortable during
severe traumatic pain it's a blessing
to have the neuroboxing team
on board amazing help for retired
boxers anyone Suffering with
head trauma like Mohammed
Ali Alex Ramos many other boxers
athletes my uncle Bob Satterfield
would be so pleased if he was alive this
legacy inspired me to continue
to fight through unsettling crippling
pain for my traumatic brain injury
traumatic headaches awareness
saves lives i know I would literally die
without my medication and treatment
God bless the USA
Categories:
neuropathy, allah, poems,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
"neuropathy"
you've got
nerve
i've got
none
Categories:
neuropathy, color,
Form: Free verse
Neuropathy in my hands.
A panoply is the rest.
A screw loose in my head.
With itis through my back.
It's what old sawbones said.
But he saved the best for last.
Seems I have two more days
Please pass the ham and mayonnaise
Categories:
neuropathy, fun,
Form: Rhyme
1.Toxic myopathy can be caused by many drugs and toxins.
2.Chemical poisoning can cause myopathy as well as neuropathy.
3.It manifests in the leg muscles,which lead to difficulty walking.
4.Nerve signals works like the body's “off switch”for muscles.
5.Some individuals have a normal life span and little disability.
Categories:
neuropathy, body, books, drink, drug,
Form: Tazkira
1.Nerve pain often feel like stabbing or burning sensation.
2.Neuropathic people are often sensitive to heat and cold.
3.Abnormal acivity in the nerves cause neuropathic disturbance.
4.Pressure on nerves cause tingling.
5.Loss of nerves cause weakness.
Note.Abnormal function causes changes in muscles and sensory tissues.
Categories:
neuropathy, addiction, body, books, drink,
Form: Narrative
**This is entry number thirty-four,
I'm sorry I haven't written more.
I tried to write something every day,
But then I didn't have much to say.
**So this evening I decided I would write,
And I believe this entry will be alright.
I'll talk about my neuropathy too,
And how the symptoms are painful and true.
**For example tonight I've not much pain,
But all my symptoms still remain.
Still I wish it wasn't to be,
With everything still bothering me.
Like the electric shocks within each leg,
To make it vanish, to the Lord I beg.
And it gets to the point where it hurts so much,
All I could ask for is God's healing touch.
**For no matter what I try to do,
The pain is still very much in view.
And my heart still says they'll be a cure,
In the near future I hope for sure.
Plus I hope in this you'll see,
That if I can beat this, so can we.
So now I ask you to hang on my friends,
And let's keep praying that our pain soon ends.
© November 2022 Melissa Darsey (Passionate_Poetess)
Categories:
neuropathy, courage, encouraging, pain,
Form: Rhyme
When a book is presented
As being conflicted in ways
TRUTH can arise only when
Time has fulfilled her days
Choice is paramount in LOVE
Possibilities endless in scope
Circumstantial evidence presented
In so many ways that leave, without hope
...of tomorrow
Within that book, is a very fine line
Whereby one must follow the sliver
One can discover, fear lies at the threshold
Of the door who has promised to deliver
The ground doesn't change in earthquakes
The sky doesn't fall in seasons of sorrow
Neuropathy tries to seize movement
But blood can always be found within the marrow
...bringing life
No covenant of convenient conditions
Was made with humanity's fall
A sacrifice of pure LOVE was given
ONCE. and............for ALL
Written by Trudy Schrader on 10/29/2022
Categories:
neuropathy, love,
Form: Rhyme
**This morning I had awoken, with this swelling in both
my hands,
And however this had started, I do not have a clue.
I wonder if there are people in my support who
understands,
Is this another symptom, that I will have to go through?
**One thing that will upset me, is losing my ability to
write,
I'd be very devastated, if I could not finish my book.
I swear that this condition, is like a thief in the night,
Disguised up as the Devil, who is nothing but a crook!
**| still cannot believe, how fast this has progressed,
Or how it all began, I honestly cannot see.
I also hate the fact, it's making me feel depressed,
I just think it's crazy that this crap is happening to me.
**So Lord, right now I ask You, to reserve my hands to
write,
So I'm able to inform others, about what Neuropathy can
do.
Have Your angels surround me, as they come to me in
flight,
In this I ask in Your Name, for I dedicate my book to You.
Categories:
neuropathy, faith, health, pain, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
**This pain from having Neuropathy, it's affected me so much more,
And it's affecting my left lower limb, alot more than just the right.
It's also getting to where, it's impossible to ignore,
Lord I truly hope, I'm able to rest tonight.
**Also there have been times, where it's become too much to take,
I do not know why or how my condition came to be.
If only this evil pain, would ease up to give me a break,
Why, Oh Heavenly Father, is this now happening to me?
**Because ever since I was diagnosed, it's made me very depressed,
Especially since this pain, has steadily gotten worse.
And since I've been losing mobility to walk, it makes me overstressed,
Why, Oh Heavenly Father, must I endure this evil curse?
**So I have accepted this is chronic, and it may never go away,
And there's more than likely not much of a chance that it'll ever go into remission.
I just cannot comprehend, how it's affected me in every way,
But why, Oh Heavenly Father, must I suffer with this condition?
Categories:
neuropathy, deep, feelings, health,
Form: Rhyme
**This morning my legs have already started to ache,
I hate that I go through this every single day.
Whenever my pain is intolerable, it then becomes too much for me to take,
I just can't believe it's incurable, I have no words to even say.
**Plus the more I've learned about having Neuropathy, how it destroys and kills off my nerves,
I cannot help but feeling that I despise it all the more.
This is definitely one condition which no one else deserves,
If only there was a cure, so I could once again become how I was before.
**So for those experiencing early symptoms, of this horrible nasty curse,
I strongly encourage you all, to get checked out when you're possibly able to.
For the longer it's put off, the more it's going to get worse,
But of it is caught early enough, you have a chance of reversing it, and not suffer like I've been suffering through.
Categories:
neuropathy, deep, pain, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
**My doctor confirmed my condition, during our telephone call one day,
It's known as Peripheral Neuropathy, & it's nothing like I thought it would be.
It's progressive & incurable, affecting my nerves in every way,
And I still can't fully process, that this is actually happening to me.
**Plus I cannot believe, all the torture this condition can do,
The number one thing that scares me, is that it's going to destroy my nerves.
Also taking my motor functions, & my sensory to feeling too,
For this is one condition, that nobody on Earth deserves.
**So now with a better understanding, that I may never be rid of this curse,
I'll have to discover new ways, on how to be able to live with this & cope.
In a sense I've come to accept it, though uncertain of how it gets worse,
But as long as I keep pushing forward, I'll know that there's still hope.
©2021 Melissa Darsey
Categories:
neuropathy, courage, encouraging, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse
Tasty home-cooked meals
A heater that works every time
Shoes that ease my neuropathy
My collection of Mercury dimes
Glasses that calibrate my vision
Grown sons who consider my advice
A computer that responds to my touch
A car I don't have to drive so much
Faucets that don't run out of water
A closet of clothes that fit just right
Tulips and daffodils bloom in my garden
Graceful birds perform pirouettes in flight
A quiet residential street in front of me
More children playing than cars passing by
Leaves bursting out on tree after tree
The sun yawning, traverses a pastel sky
Friends sound anxious to get 'out there'
They've an itch to wander and roam
As for me, I marvel at my vast fortune
The comforts and blessings of home
Categories:
neuropathy, appreciation, blessing, home, miracle,
Form: Verse
I walked with Colby,
he never walked with me
His spirit to guide us,
his love in the lead
We circled the globe
a time and a half
His tail was my compass
to guide us steadfast
In all kinds of weather
we stuck to the trail
Under sunshine and rain
our forays prevailed
In May of last year
he collapsed on our walk
And with valor he tried
but his body would balk
Its been downhill since then
with him not knowing why
The knowing inside me
his neuropathy slide
I knew it was coming
as he struggled to stay
And he fought till the end
on this very sad day
As I looked in his eyes
for the last final time
Willing to give up my life
for his health to revive
The fates were against us
his clock had run out
The pain in his parting
—the joy I’m without
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November 9th, 2018)
‘Today, I lost The Best Friend I Ever Had’
Categories:
neuropathy, death, dog, joy,
Form: Rhyme
I got bad feet,
diabetically speaking
The proper medical terminology,
or so the doctors tell me,
it’s chronic neuropathy
These feet don’t have feelings
like the rest of my body
I’m just a live man walking on dead feet
You can step on my toes
and I won’t feel it
Now if you step on my heart,
well, that’s a matter altogether different
Not feeling it ain’t all bad —
early retirement
is a fruit smoothie table side
and a lounge chair ...
kicking my feet up in the air
Feet if you fail me now,
I really don’t care
Can you dig where this brother’s coming from ...
can you feel the pain I do occasionally get in my feet?
Crippling pain which makes you a potted plant
that can’t even run
It feels like you’re walking on hot needles
shot from a blow dryer gun
You say you’re not feeling it,
well good for you
Just remember, one day
them might not be
your most comfortable shoes
Categories:
neuropathy, feelings, health, pain, self,
Form: Light Verse
Cold blooded diabetes
Try to stop her
If you can because
Insulin shots are not fun
But they must be given
When you're dealing with
Cold blooded diabetes
Will ravage your body
it can cause gangrene
And limb amputation
So take good care of yourself
When you deal with
Cold blooded diabetes
After you're diagnosed
Doctors will say
Exercise, manage your diet
And please lose some weight
Just because you deal with
Cold blooded diabetes
If you haven't got it yet
Please try to prevent
The neuropathy that accompanies
The body's breakdown
For those who deal with
Cold blooded diabetes
Categories:
neuropathy, sick,
Form: Lyric
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