Storage Space: A Collection of Contemporary Verse by Darren A. Stein - HTML preview

I Think I May Be Dying

I have been carrying around a pain in my left flank for six weeks. Every day it gets worse.
Eventually my GP prescribed an ultrasound. It indicated that I had a distended liver and should avoid fatty foods, but the pain kept getting worse. Next, a CT Scan. This time, they discovered an infected appendix, but they could not operate because it had attached itself to my colon and threatened to take my lower intestine with it. So out of pre-op onto two weeks of antibiotics, with a colonoscopy and further tests to come. But I am still in pain, and it keeps on growing. I am told not to worry however, I am not
feverish nor vomiting, but I am worried; with two kids and a new job . . . well, at least I have some form of life insurance . . . still, I am worried. I think I may be dying.