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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Humor, Pictures, Stories and Poems => Topic started by: keefer51 on May 08, 2007, 06:00:38 AM

Title: The access
Post by: keefer51 on May 08, 2007, 06:00:38 AM
i wrote this poem when i had a catheter. I was scared to get a access. now that i have one it's not that bad. It is called the access       You may not know it but i can feel your pain. With me and my tubes. You they hit the vein. Which one is worse, the sacrifice or the shame? To shower or bathe the end is always the same.   The plastic on your armcovers the ugly bump. After years of sticking your left with a black lump.Not easy to hide in the hot summer heat. Must wash the access clean before you take your seat. I don't know how you handle it every other day. Knowing whats to come with out much to say.Some of you flinch some watch t.v. Some of you are brave and avert your eyes to see.  Not one but two are shoved into your arm. The nurses they try without much harm. Once they are in you must keep very still. And pray to God that you don't get ill.  Four hours you sit now we are all one. We all have to wait for the deed to be done. When your time is over they pull them out. Put pressure on the site. You just want to shout. With me they unhook and i am ready to go. But you have to wait for the blood not to flow. Sometimes you leak all over the chair. Bleach will take care of it. You don't even care.   Keith
Title: Re: The access
Post by: Sluff on May 08, 2007, 11:59:15 AM
Great poem Keefer51.  :thumbup;
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Post by: Bajanne on May 08, 2007, 12:04:24 PM
Definitely a good poem.  Problem is, I feel it!!!
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Post by: kitkatz on May 08, 2007, 09:20:55 PM
Been there, done that!   Good poem. Reads well. I could feel those needles.
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Post by: goofynina on May 09, 2007, 10:27:43 PM
Good job Keefer,  got anymore to share with us?   :2thumbsup;
Title: Re: The access
Post by: Earlinda on May 12, 2007, 01:47:41 PM
Keith, I finally found the place where your poems are.  Sorry I am so slow to find them, but, I am really enjoying reading them.  This is a huge site now and I am learning more and more about it every day.  Keep em coming!

 :cuddle; Earlinda




EDITED:  Fixed  :cuddle; icon - Goofynina/Admin.