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My Body Aches
Special Feature WHAT’S UP DOCS?
My Body Aches Aung Zaw Win, MD, MA, MPH
Michael E. Ullian, MD Guest Editor
I come from Myanmar, a neglected third world Fat in my gallbladder, my body is curled Here I come, O’ Land of the Free! Your insurance card? I can’t reply with glee. Years of neglect, molar’s paying the price Free dental care? I asked for some advice I was answered with a stare, without any flair Sorry, from your pocket must come the fare. Tis the season to be wary, for the Flu touches all I can’t help it, I have it, Now I can’t even crawl I need a prescription to buy the med, But alas, I don’t have it, with tears I said. Because of my bodily woes, my spirit is low My mind is slow and my thoughts cannot flow, Who will take care of my mental health? That I value far greater than wealth. My plan has no vision, I don’t see well I tripped and down the stairs I fell My back is in pain, I walk with a cane How my body aches, my body, my bane.
From the Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California. The author has no financial or other conflicts of interest to disclose. Correspondence: Aung Zaw Win, MD, MA, MPH, Notre Dame de Namur University, 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002 (E-mail: aungzwin@ gmail.com).
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The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Volume 349, Number 6, June 2015
My Body Aches Aung Zaw Win, MD, MA, MPH
Michael E. Ullian, MD Guest Editor
I come from Myanmar, a neglected third world Fat in my gallbladder, my body is curled Here I come, O’ Land of the Free! Your insurance card? I can’t reply with glee. Years of neglect, molar’s paying the price Free dental care? I asked for some advice I was answered with a stare, without any flair Sorry, from your pocket must come the fare. Tis the season to be wary, for the Flu touches all I can’t help it, I have it, Now I can’t even crawl I need a prescription to buy the med, But alas, I don’t have it, with tears I said. Because of my bodily woes, my spirit is low My mind is slow and my thoughts cannot flow, Who will take care of my mental health? That I value far greater than wealth. My plan has no vision, I don’t see well I tripped and down the stairs I fell My back is in pain, I walk with a cane How my body aches, my body, my bane.
From the Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California. The author has no financial or other conflicts of interest to disclose. Correspondence: Aung Zaw Win, MD, MA, MPH, Notre Dame de Namur University, 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002 (E-mail: aungzwin@ gmail.com).
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The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Volume 349, Number 6, June 2015