so moving, so true. Over thirty years ago I had what was thought at the time to be a close brush with inevitable death --not nearly as scary as yours because it turned out to be a misdiagnosis, an ultra-rare lung condition I'd probably had for the previous 20 years and that I still live with without any ill effects at all. Dormant since my late teen, dormant still.
But I had to live through that time --weeks and weeks--of determining it was indeed a misdiagnosis, of trying to track down what KIND of cancer it turned out not to be. It was a turbulent time in my life even without this. And so I empathize completely with what you went through and the lessons you have learned from it.
And I too am horrified by the "desperate yearning for easy answers in a world where none exist." Those who seem to think that only one man can fix it by telling us what to believe have the truly incurable, and deadly, disease.
stroke, covid, triple neg breast cancer, heart damage from the chemo---yep. And now, for some reason, I have been unable for the last few months to write poetry, much longer since I have sent any out
Beautiful true words. Glad you're back to speaking/writing. Some of us are listening. Onward!
so moving, so true. Over thirty years ago I had what was thought at the time to be a close brush with inevitable death --not nearly as scary as yours because it turned out to be a misdiagnosis, an ultra-rare lung condition I'd probably had for the previous 20 years and that I still live with without any ill effects at all. Dormant since my late teen, dormant still.
But I had to live through that time --weeks and weeks--of determining it was indeed a misdiagnosis, of trying to track down what KIND of cancer it turned out not to be. It was a turbulent time in my life even without this. And so I empathize completely with what you went through and the lessons you have learned from it.
And I too am horrified by the "desperate yearning for easy answers in a world where none exist." Those who seem to think that only one man can fix it by telling us what to believe have the truly incurable, and deadly, disease.
stroke, covid, triple neg breast cancer, heart damage from the chemo---yep. And now, for some reason, I have been unable for the last few months to write poetry, much longer since I have sent any out