Limerick: Slipped Disk Poem by Kim Barney

written July 2016

tried to post 08 August 2016, could not (PH was messed up)

posted 09 August 2016

Actually, my doctor is very competent, so my apologies to him for that last line, but I had to make it rhyme, didn't I? He told me years ago that the numbness in my leg was caused by a bulging or slipped disk in my back. He said surgery was an option, but had only a 50% chance of being successful, so I chose not to do it at the time.

(Maybe now, years later, the odds have improved, but what good would back surgery do me when I really need new knees and new hips?)

If I were a car, my brother would say just to jack up the radiator cap and drive a new car under it.

Also there is nothing wrong with my thumb, but I had to make another rhyme on that line. I had the idea of using a different body part there, but thought I had better sit on that for a while.