Ill health can so often be
Enough to make one sob
When only just to stay alive
Becomes a full time job
Inhalers, pills and tablets
Don't always work as should
And then become as useful
As a lump of Christmas pud
But are we all downhearted
With feeling below par
Ask this at your peril
Cos yes we frecking are!
(It won't last.)
Unfortunately just how i feel at the moment. Tomorrow may be better 🤧😉
It will be a b righter day tomorrow, I'm sure. 😘
Yes I've got a persisting chest infection on 2nd lot of steroids and antibiotics and it keeps flaring up the minute I finish a course going back to Dr again tomorrow......this is really getting me down now. I keep telling myself it will pass I will get through it 😔. Xxxx
I had that from jun to September. Eventually realised it was withdrawal from steroids symptoms . My sputum samples showed no infections, but was tight chesty, mucus heavy, very breathless, walking went to a few steps. I’m now on a long withdrawal programme. I’d stop steroids and about 5days later, as bad as ever. What do your sputum samples show?. If this is only your second set of the steroids and antibiotics, it could well be a persistent infection.
Good luck
Thanks for making me laugh x
Know the feeling. Now got chest infection just what I need before Christmas. Back on the extra meds
Love and hugs Don and to everyone feeling poorly at the moment. Xxx👍😘 GET WELL SOON ALL. Xxxx
One sniffle or a snuffle does not a sick bed make
I am sure that you'll feel better when you next awake
Midge will look after you she's very good at that
In fact she is far superior to Scruffy the lazy cat
She will bring you tissues and warm drinks and keep you warm in bed
Whilst Scruffy will still be eating tuna not noticing i'm dead. 
Get well soon Master Po x
I don't mind the sniffle or the snuffle or the wheeze
Just tell me how I got so old and grumpy will you please?
Another virtual hug coming your way.
It’s so cold. When I let the management ( aka cats) out and in i their,i put my scarf on or else I’ll be coughing forages. take care
Oh my dear Don, Don't be glum,just go and have a tot of rum!
I can't believe I just made a rhyme Don, I hope its not catch in. Take care, Chrys
Oh dear. I am sending you a big virtual hug! Your poems are so inspiring to us. I do hope you will be feeling much better very soon.
That hug had an immediate effect, thank you.🙂
Oh no we're not Cap'n - I won't allow you to feel below par 
I hope you feel better soon 🙁
Good evening to you Mr.D. and I have to stop and then re-start my reply,as I kept laughing at the word "frecking" !! 😂😂
Reminded me of Mrs Brown's Boys on the television ..... She's always saying "fecking" !! 😂😂
Hope you've had a good weekend?Has Midge behaved herself or has she been keeping an eye on your every move. ?🐶🐾🐾💞💞
'The sun will come out tomorrow - Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow There'll be sun...'
Aw, little Annie, what a lovely child. 🙄
At least we know we are not alone when feeling rough. There is always someone with worse troubles and someone to cheer us up. An old saying "if wishes were horses, beggars would ride" maybe true, but I do wish you well Don, we need you!! Love Iris x
Thank you Iris. Somehow being told that there's someone worse off than me doesn't help a great deal. Reminds me of my mother going on about little black babies when I wouldn't eat all my porridge. 😉😘x
Its "count your blessings", Don!
Well yes, that works for me. 😊xx
Know what you mean Don. Sometimes annoys me when I’m told there’s someone worse off than me- I don’t care I feel dreadful & need hugs sympathy & some drugs that actually work!!!
Beginning to think I should hit the brandy and blow the kit if it, one infection after another & mi progress. Who fancies a virtual pub crawl??
Me me! 👍😁
Too right Don I love your poems well done
Hear, Hear.
Don, sending best wishes for some improvement. Sometimes it is difficult to remain positive and buoyant isn't it. But a new year and improved health is just round the corner.
Don-1931
Hi good little ditty, I have many of those same feelings. What a way to get get old & ill eh.
IKeith
Sympathy!.
I find I think I’ve got treatment to control things, when suddenly my body changes direction and tablets don’t work any more. It’s think time, and try different things. Can you get outside at the moment. I’ve found the 20 min a day outside seems to make me feel better psychologically.. I used to walk but at the moment, a lot of it is stand and take rest. My body’s peculiar in that it likes the cold air, it loosens phlegm. If the car heater goes on, I start coughing big time. I hope you find something that works for you.
We all love your poems so please keep them going. Lots of love and hugs
Xx
That is so true, if you get yourself out just for a short time it helps. I really must drag myself into my campervan with my motley crew and put myself around a bit. Thank you. xx
I hope you’re starting to feel a bit better now.
I'll be fine thanks HH. After years of not been able to sleep I now have trouble staying awake! 🙄
Oh dear 🙁 Take care of yourself and try to keep warm.
so ill,
Feeling so ill but what a Sleep.
Bronchiectasis and ill health retirement 
