Yes I am getting old!
And am told that I am to blame!
The Health service problem is all my fault!
The doctors are managing to postpone my death,
But I don’t go to the doctors often,
Maybe two or three times a year.
For all my working life I have paid without fail,
I have contributed to the nation
Through taxes and insurance.
For forty six years money went to the government
So that I could be repaid when retired,
And expect help when ill.
I paid into a pension as well
So that I wouldn’t be a drag on society.
I’ve done my bit.
Now that I am retired I still pay tax.
On the pensions for which I paid,
And yet I am being blamed for the lack of funds.
We are told that the aging population
Is causing all the financial trouble
In the Health Service.
I am sorry that I am aging,
Do you want me to die
As soon as I stop working?
But I don’t go to the hospital
If I have a cold or flu!
I don’t roll into hospital
Drunk on a Friday or Saturday night!
I don’t go to hospital
If I can’t get an immediate GP appointment.
So I am sorry if my aging body and mind
Are thought to be the problem;
But I have played my part,
I have paid my dues.
But I am lucky and hope to live for much longer,
And not be a drag on society.
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Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: I am not to blame just because I have aged in life.
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Comments7
Us two know - we're millions of years old. Was there NHS 10 million years BC?
Yes, it's a bit inconvenient still being alive sometimes - for others, not for us. Doh!
Yes, others just do not understamd it.
In a comedy film, two people met after many years. One said 'I thought you was dead!' The reply was 'Well, I was alive the last time I checked!' lol.
Who told you that? Wouldn't take it personally. There's a whole cohort of baby boomers about to drop off the twig with you when you are ready. In the meantime you will require more medication and surgery (unless you are extremely lucky) before you pop off.
The answer is not to personalise the issue (just who told you that?) But for a halfway decent government to provide extra care or a simple way to check out when you have had enough.
I am very lucky in my life in that I do not require much medication and can deal with most of my health problems.
The trouble is those running the country do not wish to deal with the problems of others.
Andy
I hope you voted against BREXIT and will vote for the Greens at next election, Andy....................................................... 😇!!!
I certainly voted against Brexit.
I never tell ANYBODY who I vote for in memory of all those who died to get us the secret ballot!
Andy
Quite right too, Andy. A prompt only not a request for a revelation.
I read your stories on most days,they are a joy to read. Lives lived to the full, the blessed die in their sleep.
So true 2781 but I am not going yet, I still have too much to do.
Andy
Amen.
Just keep smiling Andy, you're ahead of the game everyday. 😉👍
Thank you AP, I am always smiling and am very lucky in my life.
Andy
Its tough when you get older and have medical problems.I know from personal experience.Its time to get in touch with family.they can be a comfort at this time.
Thank you David, I am so lucky in that I have no medical problems but the government still wish us oldies would part earlier so they can have the money that we have.
Andy
As is usually the case, the problem is being shifted to distract from what the real problem is. Cost of medical care is too high, with technology trying to achieve immortality. Some treatments have proportionately too high of a cost to be practice. Also with the drop in birth rate a smaller group or people are supporting the care of a larger group due to a government that spent the money previously contributed for other things. Don't take it personal I am in the same boat and will go down with the ship.
Tue words soren, that ship of ours will not go down for a long time yet.
Andy
'I don’t roll into hospital
Drunk on a Friday or Saturday night!'
an important, well considered and timely write
dear cherished Poet
(ain't it absurd, how statistics
are now merely a weaponised, tool
for agenda driven politicised
'trending topics'
where did all that societal outcry
during covid, go
when government, ignorance
endangered such a large portion
of our elderly
and now what... how ludicrous
ageism, just another
BRAND
of systemic segregation, implanted
into our daily lives, just to make
our situations, that little bit harder)
@Very good and true comments Mek, thank you.
Andy
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