Pity Party

Pain like most of life is relative

Everyone's normal is

A moving target

From the time of small youth

I've had pain

As a partner in life

I was poked and pinched

Electrified and MRI's

And a couple of other letter groups

Well after it was

All over

I waited for some relief

What causes the pain

And what can we do

To get me relief

Then the word came down

Report said fine

I have pain

Watch it now

Well many years later

And on my own time

All that pain

Has come down to this

A conversation topic

Or a goofy poem

As I sit reading, typing

And medicating

Hoping the pain subsides.

It's funny in a sick sort of way.

Author's Note

Pain writer

Reviews

[JayceeC]

it's strange that for all our advances in medicine, we cannot always find where the pain is centered and where it comes from. Out only options for treatment are either OTCs or something so strong that you go into a drunken haze.

[Willard Wells]

My headaches are I believe part of my ride on the blade of light and dark I talk of. I do everything I can to avoid narcotics even with them being offered like candy. I usually keep it to just the shadow between attacks or a dull squeeze. But sometimes it can keep on the edge for a few days. Such is life.

[Willard Wells]

BTW, there have been points where I go to a hospital and get the shot that says "Good Bye". Way past the drunken haze faze. More of a liquid form of body.

[JayceeC]

LOL..I suffer from hemiplegic migraines which are of the inherited type that leave half of your body numb while miners chisel inside your head. The worse part of them is that most migraine meds are not suitable. Did you know that if you can catch early a simple benedryl tablet will help? Been tot he Er a couple times myself when I literally cannot feel my body (generally the left side so who knows if I'm going to stroke out). Nice drugs and oxygen therapy..which is annoying as heck but extremely effective are a great combo for me. My older son started with them at age 5. Do you know what they want to give children with severe migraines...NOTHING!

[Willard Wells]

Oh I know all the early things to do and it usually works. My headaches were for the most part diagnosed as Cluster after 30 years or so. So I had a name, but everything else is the same. One recommended treatment for a cluster headache is pure oxygen for 10 to 20 minutes.

[JayceeC]

Yep oxygen is lovely stuff...go figure the body responds positively to pure oxygen...LOL

[Willard Wells]

And the pure stuff is getting harder to find on our planet.