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Misdiagnosed
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wornways Member
since 2001-10-18
Posts 204CA, USA |
Misdiagnosed metal grating bars my sight cold gray handles gleam impassive stainless steel administers and takes …then i wake with a pounding heart… how will i ever forget ticks bit me on a school hike beneath vigilant canopy sun-speckled shade of dark green needles …who knew the poison of their bite… ailment kin to syphilis “just growing pains”, i was told, “all children go through just such things”— then the mist settled over my thoughts and all focus was lost in fog anger rose from frustration time passed through a hopeless sieve until in a sterile prison reality all but lost to me i struggled for some coherence medicated and afraid locked far from the functioning i could only see trains passing disappear with my hopes on the rails my fancies of running away if i could only get free somehow i knew them futile no matter where these trains took me i would not clear this damnable fog phantom realities flashing from the ever swirling mists no, i will never forget… self fancied experts of the mind toying endless with my chemistry would never have ventured to think of spirochete infection not even my curer new who sought only to find my health his two week antibiotic drip for deep infection in my ear killed the killer of my mind |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
"no, i will never forget… self fancied experts of the mind toying endless with my chemistry" An excellent write Erin. You've captured the building frustration in this piece very well. It's amazing that with so much technology and testing available today ... that so many can still suffer through misdiagnosis. I'm glad to hear that there was a positive conclusion in this case. Very well done.  Best wishes, /Kit |
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bags123 Member
since 2002-06-06
Posts 128 |
Very powerful piece. Just went through a series of misdiagnoses myself. How frustrating. It seems the medical profession are becoming more and more just paper pushers for the various HMO's nowadays. Glad they finally got it right . |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
wornways, I'm glad they got it sorted and good that you could write about it so competently Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
wornways A harsh palette but a good painting. |
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INclan Senior Member
since 1999-07-20
Posts 1024Indiana, USA |
I applaud your patient endurance. I am glad the situation was resolved. I am glad you are able to share this experience with us...well written! INclan |
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wornways Member
since 2001-10-18
Posts 204CA, USA |
thanks folks. it certainly was quite a ride. bitten at around 6 years old, then slowly losing my faculties until i lost my mind completely around 11 years old. i was nearly 15 years old when an ear infection came close to costing me hearing in one ear. the doc threw some heavy-duty antibiotics at it on iv for two weeks before deciding not to remove it surgically. and that was when the decline and progressive destabilization of my mind and psyche ceased and i could begin to actually recover, once and for all. though, it has taken me nearly 16 years to regain maybe an 8th to a 4th of what i lost to lyme disease. |
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