Tag: medical

  • My Broken Mind

    I am crazy and barking madI’m quite insaneThis is my sad refrain At the turn of the millennium‘Twas a score and threeSince I lost my sanity Now my days are troubledFilled with pain and woeWe truly reap what we sow My thoughts are speeding pastIt’s a superluminal raceI can’t keep up the pace Delusions and…

  • Compromised Care

    There has been, sadly, a disturbing trend of more medical doctors and psychiatrists being replaced by nurse practitioners (NPs) or physician assistants (PAs). Administrators and doctors who own a private practice where they employ other doctors love it because it’s a way for them to reduce operating costs and increase profits. I posit that the…

  • Dental Torment: Pain Beyond Belief

    My tooth is in excruciating painIt’s driving me insane More than half the molar decayedI wish it had stayed Every second it does throbI’d rather be beaten by a mob Searing discomfortI’m desperate I took two Vicodin for reliefBut the reduction in pain was brief Now it’s nearly 4am in the mornI’m filled with woe…