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Yikes!  Rheumatoid Arthritis?



Nearly
twenty years ago,
when a doctor told me
I had a severe form of Rheumatoid Arthritis,

I screamed
at her, you did
not see my blood
work yet, don't you dare tell me this.

I woke
on my 33rd
birthday, in such
horrible pain and could
not help myself, out of bed.

I was
so scared
and angry, I
was so active before,
“what is going on Lord?” I said.

Dental implants I
had inside
of me,
were metal, I was allergic to.

I was
receiving
a new smile,
I did not have
to hide my face, on cue.

My
immune
system went
haywire and turned
its power on me,

Attacking
my body and
trying to destroy
this invader, it did see.

My
immune
system saw me
as something
it had to destroy,

My body
was engulfed
in pain and with
suicide thoughts I did toy.

It was
beyond me,
how I could live
my life and now be free.

This was
just one more
prison to confront
with all this pain and misery.

Now,
almost 20 years
later, with God by
my side, the doctors
help and this drug Enbrel,

I get to
write my poems,
work part time and
thank God ... I am functioning well.


Debra McGee Trammell
11-09-04

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