Some people have such healthy lives
No illness to endure.
But most of us on Health Unlocked
Have things that have no cure.
With help from friends and doctors,
We don't let that get us down,
We laugh and joke like other folk,
And some times act the clown.
Also just like other folk
The years make us grow old.
And we can live as long as they,
If we do as we are told.
But for me has come the time
When I wonder with a sigh.
What's the point of all of this?
Is it time to say good-bye?
Oh don't do that don please x
Nooooo!!! Not yet Don, your wonderful poetry is much appreciated on here and we all care about you.
Take care xxxx 👍😘😘😘
Missed your posts ,so pleased your back Don ,it's not time too give in yet ,you will hurt so many people if we don't see your poems
Please take care
A
Dorothy
Love the poem,I dabble a bit myself.what do you reckon?
I went to see my doctor,
As I had a touch of flu.
But the doctor took one look and said,
Now here's what you should do.
Put your finances in order,
And amass what you are worth.
I'm sorry son you're snuffing it,
Not long for planet earth.
Well the doc was right,
I popped my clogs,
Just like he said I'd do,
And all because I went too late,
With a simple dose of flu.
So now I wait at heaven's gate,
As a choir of angels sings.
And soon I'll sit upon a cloud,
With my halo and gold wings.
(Not just yet though)😇
I reckon you should dabble a lot more, that's brilliant! Cheered me up. 
Cheers,got to have a laugh and joke about life,(or death)otherwise we may as well pack up now.Would love to see more of your poetry,looks like my kind of humour.😉
Well there must be about 100 of them back there somewhere.
I just joined, you can't go I don't know u that we'll.
Two worthy poets please keep them coming!
Oh my goodness,what will we do if there's no Hidden and his clever,very whitty rhymes?
Simple, follow the Hidden 
Just checked out your other rhymes,really good,,love em.Well done and carry on.😁
It's seems your feeling a bit low just know ..... we were all wondering were you were, thought you'd gone off wandering in your camper van.
You've given so much cheer and pleasure to us all, please don't stop.
Take care xxx
So sorry that you're fed up Don, and I think it's time you gave that black dog a boot up the bottom 😉. I hope that the lovely Midge is well. XXX
I need to get out and about again whilst I still can. Just had a serious bout of inertia, mix with a bit of self-pity I think. It's beginning to look like attention seeking as well. 
It's no wonder we all get to feel that way every so often. It's not easy living with lung disease! It's not attention seeking, and even if it was that's fine by me and probably most other members on here. Keep your chin up Don, and if you ever want a chat here or privately by message, feel free to get in touch. Keep smiling, Brian
Life is a gift and it does get bad at times but sometimes can be so good. I should have died a year and a half ago they had all but given up on me at the hospital but my family didn't and here I am getting better slowly but surely. Went and saw some old neighbors the other day they were happy and surprised became they thought I had died. It has been a long slow recovery and I might die tommrow but I am thankful to God for another day.
It's postings like yours that will keep me going @Roessner541.
Good for you Don. I pray a lot now and it helps. I never use to but things change sometimes when you get close to dying I have changed a lot.
Not yet please Don!
i'm afraid nobody here wants to say goodbye to you Don. You'll just have to stay.
Chin up Don and soldier on 😜
Don, you have changed this forum in a wonderful way. Forums go through different phases and people come and go. What you have brought us is beyond price. The BLF bard has brought poetry, fun and creativity to the site. And often amidst the humour a real degree of reflectiveness and poignancy about life and it's ups and downs. And look how you've got everyone rhyming now. Crazy and totally brilliant my friend.
Dont give up I know how you feel but please don't give up God is a healer of all things keep the Faith don't let this illness beat you i still do some of the things I use to do before I became ill I have good days and bad days on my good days I try to get much done as possible in my bad days I try to get little as done as possible lol point is I keep it moving I'm not gone sit around waiting to die I have too much to live for my cord just gone have to go Where I go I still take car trips i clean up cook some times I have to sit and clean but that's ok because after I'm done all I have to do is prop my feet up because I'm already sitting and enjoy a movie lol just thought I throw a little humor in there to make you feel better❤❤
Thank you so much @ladybug5056, that has made me feel better. I'm beginning to feel ashamed at having moaned.
Well all you poets on this post, my local church runs a poetry group I am informed it is good for the soul so keep us going even if the ones like this morning have a sad element of truth. Enjoy your day .
Feels like struggling a lot - sadly no answer but can only offer an arm around the shoulder - its yours - all the best with your struggle and hope there is some light around the corner
Thanks, that's all it took really, together with a kick up the backside.
I'm sure that most of us need one of those now and again Don 😉 I know that I do, particularly at the moment. I was diagnosed by my GP with a frozen shoulder and sent packing with some Ibuprofen gel. Couldn't sleep, dress myself, drive, use a knife and fork and the pain was indescribable. After a week I'd seriously had enough, so went back to doctors and saw a different GP. He showed a bit more interest as I think that he could see that I was at the end of my tether. He asked me to go for an x-ray, gave me morphine and a referral to an Orthopaedic surgeon. Morphine didn't touch the pain and I eventually got to see the Orthopaedic bloke about 5 weeks later who said that it wasn't a frozen shoulder at all, but severe nerve trapping coming from the neck. So he prescribed Gabapentin and physiotherapist. I just cried. I've done an awful lot of crying these last few weeks. If the physio doesn't work (when I eventually get it) then it's an MRI scan and injections. It's coming on HU and reading your poems and other posts, that keeps me going. So onwards and upwards, and keep them coming please. That was a fair rant considering I don't usually say very much! 😂😂😂XXX
People don't seem to be able to connect with people anymore, doctors in particular. Years ago the family doctor probably helped bring you into the world, knew your father and mother, often your grandparents too. Looked at your eyes, into your mouth, felt your pulse and temp and talked to you whilst doing all that and you felt that he had a real interest in your wellbeing, so you trusted everything he said. Now it sounds like I'm describing life on another planet!
People connect well on this forum, that's why it works so well.
Very true Don, that's what makes it so worthwhile. The level of care and understanding is second to none. 😊😊😊XXX
No it's not, though I must confess to having one of those difficult mornings and wondered myself, but it will pass, and we need a bard! Xx
Don Nooooooo. I'm going through a rough time at the moment and I so look forward to your posts and poems on here. Your poems make me smile so YOU need to keep me happy. 😀 When my hubby gets home from work I read you poems out and it makes him smile, so keep up the good work pleasssseee xxx
I didn't realise.
Absolutely, positively NO
Come on Don keep climbing that Mountain Do Not give up
Oh no good byes please, Realistic and as funny as ever. Thanks
Don, you simply cannot go
You're family now don'tcha know!
We're grateful for the smiles you raise
especially on our darker days
when things would surely seem much worse
Without your apt and witty verse.
The truth is Don, you cannot leave!
There are tales of you and Midge to weave
that need you to spin the thread
And weave those pictures in our head.
You, and your little canine friend
Have won our hearts.......it must not end!
As Breffy says - 'Tis not time for you to end! Take care😊xx
That's lovely Magpuss, thank you so much.
Lungs. (A personal view.)
Bit of a fun statement
