My medicine makes me dizzy
which keeps my husband busy
for I will faint
that's his complaint
it throws him in a tizzy!
I passed out in the shower
just like a wilting flower
in the naked buff
now that was tough
'twas not my finest hour.
These side effects are creepy
I often get too sleepy
just one quick drink
I'm on the blink
and sometimes get too weepy.
These drugs are hell
as you know well
but what are we to do?
Blood pressure high
I don't know why
just something to get through!
A contest entry
- Prescription Drugs' Side Effects... a comedy of all sorts... by Melodies.
600 points, ended January 28, 2008, 4 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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This poem flows nice, it is easy to read an understand but it is so hard to accept that life could go this way. My best wishes fear friend.
~Sonja~
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Drug side effects can be wicked! I laugh at the commercials where the side effects are twice as bad as one's original illness! The funiest ones are the drugs for ED! Hilarious!
Your poem portrays the side effect blues well. Blood pressure meds are tricky, because with high blood pressure you usually feel ok, but it's a ticking time bomb if not controlled. The meds for it make you feel worse than you did. Stick with it the program, MB. Maybe try a different med or dose, perhaps?
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Oh, I am so sorry for high blood pressure, for I think I might be headed that way.
I am trying to avoid a full-blown case that needs meds. Your poem is excellent with images and drama that bring the reader to the conclusion that medication is a last-case choice. 
You're right on! 
Thank you for this excellent poem. 
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Thank you so much for the silver trophy! I really enjoyed the contest and putting my trials with BP meds to poetry! By the way, my high BP started when I was quite thin and exercised daily. Sometimes I don't think your size or activity matters...it's all in your genes!
Always love your contests and your wonderful sense of humor. I often marvel at what you think up for a contest!
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EEEKKK!!! I am going for a walk every day and trying to will away my mounting blood pressure. But I have a feeling it is something to do with my genes, but my jeans as well, because it is only today that I could snap the waistline shut.
I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that if you take a fish oil capsule everyday and go for a 45-minute walk at least three times a week, the test group that did this, LOST WEIGHT FOR SURE! The ones who did the fish oil without the walk got nowhere. The ones who just did the walk did a little bit okay, but not as much as the ones who did the fish oil, too. GADS, I am seeing results in only four days. I could button my pants. hehe lol
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