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My life with ME: three poems that describe my world
  1. Jade Smith
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr H Marcovitch
    Syndication Editor, BMJ Publications; h.markovitch{at}btinternet.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.107805

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    LIVING ON THE EDGE

    Not knowing what will come

    A doctor asking too much

    That sets you back a week or so.

    A doctor that wants you to go away

    People who don’t know ME

    Who agree with what the doctor says.

    Living on the edge

    It’s not a nice place to be,

    Even when you have ME

    Unkind words set you back

    When trying hard to be free of ME

    I hope this won’t happen to me.

    How silly people can be.

    Some push you towards the edge.

    Some doctors and people …

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