Ramapo Reservation October 22

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prognosis

for Jim

Feeling bone tired after a very long day

Three hours in traffic to get to the appointment late

Still arriving early for the consult talking and waiting with my friend

Then learning the prostate cancer has spread to your bones.

We have so many questions

We keep the doctor with us for an hour.

I am there to help you process the information

Making hard choices what treatments to suffer.

The unknown quality of life time remaining

Could be said of any of us in the abstract sense

But with this there is a core certainty

There is no cure.   Instead, a promise of pain.

I am so sad it has come to this.

How I value your enthusiasm and optimism.

How I hope that you can keep going for a long time

And I can ease your difficult days in some way.

It is day one of the rest of your life

Still sinking in what to expect will happen

Admiring your courage to face reality

Feeling bone tired after a very long day.

NJBG October

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