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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

So This Thing Shows Up


Numb patch on my face.
Am I really scared? You bet.
Where is this going?

If only I could
go about a normal day
free of MS doom.

I know the answer.
Make sure not to future surf.
Not an easy thing.

4 comments:

Karen said...

The present moment is pretty scary! When things like this happen to me, I hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.

Robert Parker said...

So I find something new having gone wrong, and I ask my doctor, with more fear than I want to admit having, "Is it ... The Disease?!?"

"No," he says. "You're just getting older."

And that's supposed to make me feel...better?

Well, whatever it is... you have my best wishes, that simply finding out the cause will bring you some comfort; will make you feel better. Without the question mark.

Muffie said...

Judy, that's beyond scary! While it may be true that we shouldn't project onto the future, it's a bit difficult not to! Hope the numbness fades quickly.
Peace,
Muff

Judy at Peace Be With You said...

Karen, Robert, and Muff,

Thanks for your good wishes. This is a rough time for me. It's not surprising my MS is acting up. I'm just hoping it's a pseudo flare and not something that will send me down a path I don't want to go. So I try to avoid the future and stay in the present, scary though the present is right now for me.