It was growing before my wife’s cancer.
It waxes and wanes,
Grows big and painful in the winter,
But almost disappears each summer.
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A kindly doctor offered to freeze it off,
But warned of a little pain.
I took that to be a lot of pain,
And I had a lot of travel at the time.
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She gave me instead a script for some poison
Which the pharmacy couldn’t source.
I’ve since prescribed myself walking barefoot
And filing it down when I seldom remember to.
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It’s a curious thing,
My health, which was always lousy
Has been better than ever,
But for this niggling detail.
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It’s nearly gone now,
But I’m pretty sure it was too
This time last year,
As we buried her ashes
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With that teaspoon
In that awfully tidy place
Far away.
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Wish me luck,
And the wart.
And be grateful
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Happy wart free future, Stephen!
Gwen.
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We’ve been through a lot together, I’m not sure I’m ready to go it alone.
Best wishes to you both Gwen.
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And to you!
Gwen.
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Is this a plantar wart? AKA a verruca? I’ve had to deal with quite a few of those. My most popular ever blog was about treating them with tea-tree oil and thuja. And you’re right, burning them off with liquid nitrogen at the doctor’s does hurt.
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Wow, 94 responses!
I don’t think I’m looking for a cure, as it’s not really a problem.
I’m under dermatology at the excellent Guys Hospital and they have me on an immuno suppressant injection which costs £1,000s, but is down to once in 5 weeks, I think it’s helping, and the wart, and sore eyes are the only unfortunate side affects. The wart could be 5 years old, or more, and it is what you say, but I find those words too ugly to utter.
The funny thing about it being infectious is it’s never found the other foot.
And it really goes down in the summer, so I’m going to try keeping shoes off as much as I can, perhaps take a long winter break somewhere warm where it’s acceptable to go shopping barefoot. Perhaps I’d like that.
Thanks Michael.
S.
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