Hi Bill, Wow this poem is something else. I sat here and cried as I read
it. So very descriptive, and boy does it hit home especially your
description. I am so sorry to hear about all you have gone through.
Especially losing your Wife. I am so Blessed to have a good support system,
my Husband and son's, and parents. Some of the family believes it is all in
my head of course. That's is why I take so much medication for pain, and
miss mostly all family get togethers. When I got sick back in 2007 and as my
illness increased, I don't even see my Brother, his Wife, and they live in
the same town. It really hurts to be treated so poorly. I have lost friends
too, but also have been so fortunate to make new friends and friends online,
and to hook up with old friends again ( the gold friends that you just lost
track of as you raised kids, worked etc.) Now to have some of them back in
my life again is so awesome. To have this adhesion site is so helpful too.
Everyone is so caring and supportive, and totally understand what you go
through each and every day. You take care, and thanks so much for sharing
your poem. Cheryl D.
> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:57:06 -0500
> From: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
> To: adhesions@mail.obgyn.net
> Subject: What adhesions have done to me......
>
> Sender: misterbmurphy@aol.com (Bill Murphy)
> Subject: What adhesions have done to me.....
>
> Pain (Adhesion) - My Best Friend
>
> It is constant and consistent,
> it keeps it's commitment,
> it forces me to the floor,
> I thrash and writhe till I wake no more,
> but it is always with me,
> as a best friend should be.
>
> I roll on the carpet,
> semi-aware, I cannot stop it,
> it tears at my face,
> my skin, hard to find a trace,
> but it is always with me,
> as a best friend should be.
>
> It keeps me from sleep,
> sometimes I weep,
> three hours a night,
> it has great might,
> but it is always with me,
> as a best friend should be.
>
> It keeps me from eating,
> I hear a loud beating,
> it tears me apart,
> as it exerts my heart,
> but it is always with me,
> as a best friend should be.
>
> It burns right through me,
> in places x-ray can't see,
> like a red hot knife,
> as I ponder taking my life,
> but it is always with me,
> as a best friend should be.
>
> It destroyed my family,
> I did not see,
> walked away, my wife,
> ruined my life,
> but it is always with me,
> as a best friend should be.
>
> Today, lonely days,
> monotonous are my ways,
> always lonely nights,
> no longer willing to fight,
> but it is always with me,
> as a best friend should be.
>
> I wouldn't expect anything less,
> from My Best Friend.
>