DBS Poems

My DBS was not so bad,

I missed the whole darn thing,

They say amnesia let me block it out;

Yes, the results are wonderful,

No longer in that chair,

I am up, I am walking, I can trot about!

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My neurosurgeon promised

Dyskinesia would be gone

Oh, he was right, it’s almost gone away.

Gone the contorting body parts,

I can be perfectly still,

Gone all that bob and weave, that swing

and sway.

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Winter Scene

Evergreens enrobed in ermine,

ON

Glorious winter sight!

Bare tree branches frosted,

We’re With You

Icing of the softest white.

Tracks crisscrossing backyard snow,

OFF

Visitors in the night,

Brilliant beauty underscored,

Bathing all in morning light.

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2/7/04

A PD Limerick

Having PD makes you freeze.

It’s not like a cold that makes you sneeze.

Freezing makes you stop in your tracks.

Now – hear me –that’s the facts!

Freezing can put you down on your knees.

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Life is like a Roller Coaster

Life is like a roller coaster.

It’s always a different thrill each day

For it’s never the same ride for all.

Sometimes it’s up,

Sometimes it’s down.

Twisting and turning

Through thick and thin,

Up and down,

Which way will it go?

People scream, people shout,

Others cry, others laugh.

No matter how hard

This ride seems to be,

You just gotta get through it.

Just have faith in yourself!

If you follow the track,

For it will take you home.

Life is like a roller coaster,

It’s the best ride there is.

Stepfanie McCaffrey

My dear friend, Parkie,

We recognize these “OFF” times

That you are going through.

It hurts us to see you suffer.

We’re not sure what to do.

So we say, ”Stand bravely.

Keep your chin up

Until you’re “ON” once more.

Your support group stands beside you

Just as it has before.

Ed McCaffrey 10/14/00

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