I figured I'd do a thread that was lighthearted and we can laugh at ourselves at. Add to the limerick your verses on living in spite of Sjogren's or living with it.
I'll start......
There once was a girl who had dry eye
She could no longer cry
Her friends thought her a hard-azz
Until she got her Restasis at long last
And now she cries just fine
There once was a girl with a dry nose
That at night would always close
It became hard to breathe
Why was her body so mean?
She even treated it to saline!
There once was a lady named Louise,
Whose doctor claimed, "It's an AI disease"
Dry mouth and dry eyes,
Painful joints and sore thighs,
Yes, Sjogren's is now her new friend.
My Sjogren's has playmates, yes it do
Their names are RA, Anemia, and Hashimoto's too
Wild and free
They rampage on my body
Driving me.....who drives my doctors.....crazy :o
SjoAmy, you are on a roll girl!!!!! Cute.
You're not too bad yourself mizzy. 8). We're fellow Sjoggie Poets. 8) ;D
Dry mouth, dry eyes
Dry nasal passages, what a surprise
Joint pain and prone to infection
Thyroid problems, you betcha
There's other things that dry out too
But to put "the land down under" in a limerick might be a little crude
So I will leave it to your imagination
About what Sjogren's can put through dehydration
Have a great day
From SjoAmy
There once was a girl so elusive,
Her body was being so abusive,
The Docs said she was weird,
And then scratched their beards,
So she changed her name to inconclusive.
Every Sjoggie who posts on this forum,
Is a part of our family quorum.
So when docs think you're crazy,
And your family says, "Lazy!"
It's best just to simply ignore 'em!
Diagnosing me
Is like watching a bad Italian mafia movie
"What's da matter with you?" my doctors say
Am I mystified? No.
"What's da matter with you?" I reply
"Where are the tests? I thought you were the best."
After all, if I knew what was wrong with me
Why would I travel to see Thee
Crazy
Can't have gluten
No sireeee
Gluten is very bad for me,
Can't have nightshades,
Can't have rye,
Can't have barley,
My oh my,
Avoid the sun,
Avoid the cold,
Avoid the wine,
Sigh.,,,, I'm getting old.
:-)
This is fun!
There once was a girl who was aching
And sweating then shivering and shaking.
Dry in the eyes and the mouth and the nose
Not to mention those dry 'down-belows'
But her colleagues all thought she was faking!
This is for all the girls......who ever had a UTI.....
My oh my
I've got a UTI
Itching, Burning, Piercing, PAIN!
Oh my, oh my, this is not my day
Total disdain
My little girl is no longer my friend
Perhaps it would be smart to surrender to my GYN
Maybe not
If IC is an afterthought
"I'd rather diagnose you with something I can treat"
Treat me, Treat ME
Don't defeat me.
If my little girl isn't inflamed, then she is diseased
I am a person, a patient, and worth more than the sum of my parts.
Then comes the PAP....
and Wait...
A girlie frontal fart
Sorry about that doc.
Give it time
Wasn't that aroma quite sublime? :). Hahaha
When at night I go to be,
The eves routine
I've come to dread
The lotion, potions,
Drops and such,
The water,
The goggles,
It's all too much!
I say a prayer
For some relief
A good nights sleep,
At the very least!
My mom says I get on her nerves
My nerves get on my nerves
Isn't that absurd
Peripheral neuropathy
Tingling, wavy, electrifying
Here they come
At rest, going to sleep
A nerve spell
Of my nerve cells
And I am done
Where is that Gabapentin
First the toes, ankle.....and now the shin
Oh crap, it doesn't want to be done....of this I am not fond
Get the hydrocodone
And after I feel themselves turn off
I can close my eyes and go to bed before the night is lost
Connective tissue disease
This is what they say Sjogren's is
It's more of a Connect-the-tissues disease
Where Autoimmune hot spots
Never seem to end
They line up like little soldiers
In a Autoimmune flare army
Immune, infection, bladder, brain, nerves
Prepare for your orders
To make my body be thrown into disorder
As one just begins
To complete its mission
Another is in line
Right behind
Waiting for its turn at disarray
To try to ruin my day
Go ahead
Make my day
Sjogren's can be a pain in the neck
Or a pain in the eye
Oh my!
Sjogren's can be a pain in the throat
I'll promise I'll try not to gloat
Dry eye, Dry throat, Dry lung
Sure made my Stress test fun!
Burning in my throat, mouth, and chest
And he wants to know if I can finish this test!
Of course I can
Of course I will
Have you known me to back down from a challenge still
Taking the test wasn't as bad
As recovering from the test I just had
Nursed my throat with crushed ice, water, and sour patch kids
For 2 hours after that test, my mouth, neck,and chest were on the fritz
Pain in my head
Won't let me get to bed
Throat and eyes are dry
This is the one time I wish I could cry
No phospholipid antibodies
Blood that won't come
No matter what phlebotomist tries
I'm tired and cranky
I wish I had my memory
A stroke that made me look like
My brain was out for the night
I wish there was something I could do
I no longer trust the ER or the hospital
Boohoo
A sjoggie looking for relief,
took out her set of false teeth
and laid them on a chair,
but forgot they were there,
Sat down, and was bitten beneath.
Daisy :)
A Sjoggie with a headache
Thought that her brain was being baked
From the pressure in her head
And over her eye
I bet you guessed
That it was dry
All she wanted to do was go to bed
And eat some dark chocolate covered ginger
Instead of a NSaid
Pain in my neck
What the heck
My shoulder has been going POP!
My doctor needs to make this STOP
When the day of Surgery comes, I'll be relieved
Until then I want to SCREAM
I have to rely on my hydrocodone to drive away my pain
When I know it will come back again
It's an endless cycle
I hurt in endless pain
I know my body best
Do I have to go through this again?
Why God? Why me?
I don't wish to end up in a chair
Yet, when I. see my friends in their chairs, my emotions end up in a scare
I'm frightened, it could happen to me
Yet no one takes my pain or need for surgery seriously
Maybe the Hippocratic Oath went out with Hippocrates