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Poem – What if?

What if you had such a hard decision to make you didn’t even know where to start, no one you knew had any idea how you felt… and you were told it might take you 12 months to decide?

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Author MelaniePosted on 15/08/2020Categories vascular surgeryTags choices, poetry, vascular surgery

Poem – Alive, or Dead?

Snippets of memories from my two weeks in Dunedin HDU in the battle to save my left leg. Poetry speaks better than words sometimes.

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Author MelaniePosted on 01/08/202012/08/2020Categories Opinion, vascular surgeryTags death, gratitude, life, poem, poetry, vascular surgery

Poem – Almost

Sometimes, when it comes to describing how I feel about this whole leg thing, less is more when words are used.

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Author MelaniePosted on 31/07/202012/08/2020Categories Opinion, vascular surgeryTags poem, poetry

Poem: How do I?

Poetry- something I haven’t written for a long time. But sometimes it has better words – less is more.

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Author MelaniePosted on 10/07/202012/08/2020Categories vascular surgeryTags how to, poetry, vascular surgery

The right to grow old

Sometimes we look at our wrinkles, the cursed grey hairs and hate the hand of time. But for some, growing old is a dream that will never be fulfilled. Be grateful, love each day and smile.

Here is my first poem in a wee while.

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Author MelaniePosted on 25/01/202025/01/2020Categories OpinionTags growing old, poem, poetry

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