Fifty-nine years and what do I know?
Apart from grey hair and wrinkles in tow
I’ve developed a limp and I’ve aches in my knees
That defy medication; I’m begging please
Just amputate everything south of my waist
I don’t need it anyhow so do it with haste
Before I have time to consider the loss
Of hips, thighs, legs, and those vaginal parts
I’ll still have my arms, my mouth, and brain
To write, rant, and think as I go slowly insane.
I’ve done something to my right hip which in turn is affecting my ankle. I’m walking as if I’m 102. It’s no fun. So, I turned it into this little ditty hoping it would make me feel better. So far, it hasn’t helped even a little bit.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
looks deadly!
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I might need it!
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Why vaginal parts?
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Below the waist–and they aren’t working as intended right now. 😢 five years of tamoxifen for breast cancer and then menopause have pretty much made those bits less than fun.
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I’m sorry 😢
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Thank you.
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getting old sucks………..I hear you all the way to my toes, stuffed hips, knees and ankles, I walk like a cripple, but I still keep going!
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Getting old is not for the faint of heart.
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I feel guilty about enjoying your ode to cranky body parts so much, Nana, knowing real pain led to its composition. Hope you’re feeling better!
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I have an appointment with my chiropractor on Wednesday. Fingers crossed for some relief.
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I, too, felt badly for laughing at your pain, but you did bring it on, didn’t you (the laughter, I mean). Hope the chiro gets you back to feeling better.
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Laughter might not be the best medicine, but it does render pain manageable.
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Oh me too, hip X-ray tomorrow thank goodness
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Bummer! Hope all is well!
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There should be an alternative to ‘like’. I like your ditty, but not what it is about
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I appreciate the sentiment! Like the like regardless.
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Oh, how I empathize! Between right total knee replacement, right Achilles’ tendon rupture and repair, and left quadriceps tendon rupture and repair, I am starting to think cyborgs may have the right of it!
BTW: feel free to use this as an example of why the Oxford comma shall never die!
Get well enough to dance soon!
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Dang! You have been through the orthopedic ringer!
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