Today, I was awake early due to neck pain - day five of pain in my neck on my left side. I was expecting it to get better and it has gotten worse. I thought maybe I had slept wrong.
Yesterday I went to the chiropractor and he couldn’t fix me. I told him I was worried about cancer as when anything is wrong, I think of cancer.
I finished chemotherapy 11 years ago and was told that the cancer I had was treatable probably not curable - automatic cancer when I get the sniffles, sore neck, whatever.
The chiropractor recommended going to the oncologist. I called and can’t schedule an appointment until he is in on Monday or Tuesday, making for a long weekend.
I know it may be arthritis. It may be lots of things, but to me the fear is cancer. My brother-in-law suggested it may be a Lindquist. My husband's last name. I agreed that it could be him. LOL
The Big C
Fear
Nowhere near
a diagnosis
My sis
died of cancer
No sir
I am sure
it is and I
am always sure, even when its my eye
it has to be the Big C
don’t you see
it is just the way it will be
until my time is up or maybe
until I have it
Oh shit!
That is it, everytime
Fear, struggle, a crime
It takes a while to climb
out of these thoughts and
I want a band
to celebrate a no cancer
from the oncologist
yes sir!
I do not gist!
Cancer is the pits
and the shits!
Luck
Rhymes
Cancer
Neck Pain
Meaning
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First published by Mercury Press on medium.com
About the Creator
Denise E Lindquist
Retired, working part-time as a Native American culture consultant. I have an MSE, and an ABD. I write on Vocal, and Facebook. Poetry, non-fiction mostly, and working on fiction. Wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
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