Cancer And Other Sickness
Oh my, this prompt is nosey
Writing Down the Bones Deck Prompts by Natalie Goldberg - Cancer. That word. Write about any single disease you know directly.
Cancer
Evasive answer
Had it
Oh sh-t
What more can I say
it isn't showing up today
Writing Down the Bones Deck Prompts by Natalie Goldberg - Sickness is another aspect to include in writing - and is often avoided. Big diseases: leukemia or pancreatic, lung, skin, liver, colon cancer. Heart disease, rashes, rheumatism, broken bones, cold, acne, diabetes - the list can go on. Amazing what can happen to a human body.
Include that hangnail, a bruise, and a boil that developed. Imperfection adds truth and a dark line to brightness, a contrast that intensifies reality, makes happiness believable.
As the entire world was confronted with the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone's life was touched in one way or another. Not all because of the actual disease but because of how we reacted to such a development - how clear-thinking and prepared we were, how considerate and communal we could be.
Global change has happened in other eras of human history. With the coronavirus pandemic, this became our time. Writing can help ground the anxiety and the unknown.
In September of 2009, Ione died of diabetes complications, my Mama
and right after in September of 2010, my sister died of leukemia.
Last week a friend had painful red patches on her face - it was skin cancer
She said the treatment was making her face hurt and red was her answer
Does a broken heart count for heart dis ease? Probably not.
So, I have AFIB, Mitral valve prolapse, and a bit enlarged is what I got.
Rashes and looking like Acne in my 60s turned out to be rosacea
I broke my arm a few years back, and I have diabetes and sleep apnea
is the latest. Then there was alopecia, and obesity... the idea!
The bruises come from AFIB with blood thinners on board
and the one boil I had and someone said it was from obesity, oh lord!
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My baby brother died from Covid at 48
I could not believe it was possible on that date
He was 19 years younger and felt like my son
My children knew him as a brother, they had fun
My brother's girlfriend thought he was the one
that made her boyfriend a father, oh brother!
Why you, so young and why so many other
friends and family? The pandemic came and went
or will it ever really leave? I can and will vent!
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Denise E Lindquist
I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.
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Yeh I have this most of sickness but the madness racist creaper never leave it me
I admire you so much for being so strong. Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
Cleverly done ✅… you’ve sure had a lot to cope with. I had Rosacea for years until being told at a skin check that it can be caused by a parasite and Ivermectin cream often cures it… happily, it did!😊 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7858727/#
You have so much strength <3 Sorry for all your loss Yes, I think a broken heart counts since you can die from a broken heart I don't think Covid/pandemic will ever leave :(
Again, you are a survivor and a great poet and story writer. Good job.
Denise- such loss and heartache, my friend.
Wow, Denise, you've been through quite a bit, and that must've taken tremendous strength. A great one.