What A Nerve

by CJ Maleney   Feb 19, 2019


I shouldn't react, yet I do!
I should feel no pain, yet I do.
Involuntary actions are not something I'm akin to.
Yet I have no control and spasms grip me.

I have not a wound to bleed,
Nor any broken bones.
No noticeable injury adorns this shell.
And still I feel damaged!

Some may argue that to be numb is a blessing!
I would rather endure pain than this numbness!

I would happily take those sticks and all those stones.
Because the pins and needles are driving me insane.

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  • 5 years ago

    by Dagmar Wilson

    Hope you get to feel better soon. Hugs

  • 5 years ago

    by Mr. Darcy

    Man, I feel your pain.
    I remember having an ongoing issue. I went to a 70 year old back doctor. She was 5ft nothing, but managed to lift me from the floor and realign my spine and correct my problem.
    Go see a specialist.

    See my new poem. It's for you!

    • 5 years ago

      by CJ Maleney

      Read it it's ace

      I'm currently waiting for a CT scan and psycho but god knows when that'll get sorted.

  • 5 years ago

    by ddavidd

    O yes you are in a familiar territory.

  • 5 years ago

    by CJ Maleney

    Had a trapped nerve (my self prognosis) for months now and it's driving me nuts. Can't even maintain a correct posture.

    I get phantom pains through my shoulder, arm and hand as result. I can kinda deal with that and ignore it, but that horrible tingly numb sensation that flows through my arm is vile

    I seriously pity people who have to endure this as a permanent state of being

    The human body is an amazing piece of engineering. When it goes wrong though it really goes wrong.

    • 5 years ago

      by ddavidd

      Yes if we indulge

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