Category Archives: Health

It Finally Happened

Posted on 04/11/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

It was going to happen sooner or later. Today was the day. Yes, I ordered breakfast from the senior menu. Three important things I am pondering about this experience: 1. I barely looked at the main menu and quickly got … Continue reading →

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Blood Test this Week

Posted on 10/26/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

The PSA Prostate specific anxiety Just a little poke Just one little vile My future in a number Just a little number Just one What will it be? Uncontrollable Unknowable. Am I doomed? or am I freed from the slow … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Poems, Prostate Cancer | Tagged nuclear weapons, poem, Prostate Cancer, prostate cancer poem, psa test | 10 Comments

Heart Beats

Posted on 08/24/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

Heart beats Lungs breathe Blood flows Life Breath interrupted Touched by pain Frightened by visions of death The mind reals Where is strength? The body fails The soul seeks comfort The monitor above the bed speaks its warning Then a … Continue reading →

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Typing

Posted on 05/04/2014 by Andrew Reynolds

I am not sure when I lost the knowledge in my brain, but I can no longer tell you which finger I use to press the ‘a’ key on my keyboard. I think I used all of my fingers, including … Continue reading →