the treatment is hell
everybody knows that
but here\'s your turn
your health, your time
what goes around
has come around
do or die, take the course
grin and bear it
until along comes
the body rejecting
all this chemical abuse
emergency help lines
give incorrect advice
adhering, places you
in wrong A and E
in wrong hospital
query after query
till 39.8 deg C
rings admission
alarm bells
where tiresome
shivvering hell ensues
with bodily functions
running wild
in understaffed
overbusy A and E
as somebody dies
outside
in an ambulance
waiting for your bed
(u find out later
in local news)
three wards later
nobody knows
whats wrong
wrong hospital
you should be
where your
treatment started
bodily functions
slow down
as neutropenia arrives
together with hospital\'s
resident chest infection
immune system defunct
chest burns
head pulses pain
temperature rockets
cough impairs inhaling
cannot inhale
2 a.m. alarm calls
oxygen.....
I.V. fluids burn in veins
needles, cannulars
antibiotics, pills
sleep, \"let me...
stop waking me up\"
time passes
you\'re fed up.
\"breakfast -
which hot drink
would you like?\"
Admitted 3rd Oct
ejected 20th Oct
with chest
still infected
nearly 3 weeks later
hoping to find a cure
for debilitating
breathlessness
it\'s left you with.
what you can\'t change
changes you