In nineteen fifty eight
I was running a 104 temperature
It was called the Asian flu
I was in a coma
In the not expect to survive ward
I was the only of my friends
who after four days survived
It was Great lake Naval base
I was taking medical corpsman training
Life became so precious
In nineteen fifty nine
The Doctor said,
" Diarrhea, you hold nothing on your stomach."
All that I could keep on my stomach
Soda crackers and seven up
I lost from one seventy to one thirty pounds
My eye blackened sunk in I was dying.
The Doc took me aside
"We have no idea what is causing this?"
Xrays show your organs have grown
At this rate I give you three to five years to live
You need to reenlist for six years
So our Doctors can find reason
Life is so precious
I opted to find another opinion
Civilian Doctor found I was losing weight
Because of food allergies my prostate was enlarged
I had Cancer but I lived
One of the reasons today my VA medical was denied
You did not have a disability when you were opted out
If three to five years is not a disability I don't know what is?