When laughter is the best medicine
Today I reconnected with an old friend after she posted on Facebook about her breast cancer survival. While we were chatting she said: ‘I’d be happy to give you a couple of pointers’ To which...
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CHEMO YOU'RE A BADASS
CHEMO YOU'RE A BADASS
Chemo - you’re a badass!
Apparently a real tough cookie.
Be a little gentle on this rookie?
Chemo - you’re a badass!
Clog me up, then make me go.
Lay me flat, make me slow.
Chemo – you’re a badass!
It’s 3am you make me eat.
Burning numbness, you kill my feet.
Chemo – you’re a badass!
Six kilos added to my frame.
You’re a wanker, if it’s all the same!
Chemo – you’re a badass!
Hair fallen out, eyelashes thinning.
(Bet you think that you are winning.)
Chemo – you’re a badass!
Food tastes metallic and mostly gross.
One trusty saviour, vegemite on toast!
Chemo you’re a badass!
No nostril hairs remain or grow
Snot on my lip before I know.
Chemo – you’re a badass!
Eyeliner won’t even stay on
Five minutes later, it is gone!
Chemo you’re a badass!
Brain fog thick, decisions hard.
Words come and go in bits & shards.
Chemo you’re a badass!
Scents once loved now make me puke.
Sure is clear you’ve been rebuked!
Chemo you’re a badass!
Seasick-morning sick-hangover cross.
Bet you think that you’re the boss!
Chemo you’re a badass!
Hot flushes wake me every night.
Menopause, now part of this fight.
Chemo you’re a badass!
Made me laugh, made me cry.
Now I REALLY want to say goodbye.
Chemo, you sure were a badass!
But I thank you for your ability
To kill cancer cells – my deep humility.
Chemo, you were such a badass!
Now standing strong, I’m the grinner.
Guess who is the real winner?
JO JOYCE
WRITTEN THE DAY AFTER LAST CHEMO
24 MARCH 2018