Doctors Who Smoke

I wrote this piece once
Doctors smoke
I put it up on poetry.com
But they took it down
They would
There are doctors who smoke
The drinking culture at Kings
Was obscene
There was this one girl
A student
Who used to make herself
Sick
Just so she could drink more
But the ones who smoke
They know the negatives of smoking
But there are positives of smoking too
Believe it or not
I’ve looked them up
I used to smoke American Spirit
As it doesn’t contain chemicals
The real killers
It kept me in tune
With the native Americans
And the rituals associated with smoking
So I’m in Agios Nikolaos
In a waiting room
With my boyfriend
Who has just had an ECG
Which is normal
So we’re waiting to see the doctor
Diabetes type II
Which I did a presentation on
During my Access course to Medicine
And another one at Kings
Sleep Apnoea
FND
High blood pressure
Anti depressant withdrawal syndrome
Due to Venlafaxine
Do you know how it feels
To be me?
Do I know how it feels
To be you?
I do try to understand
Yes there’s the method acting
But there are also my senses
And my gifts
I wanted to work in A&E
And/or research medications
Because most of them are terrible
With dire side effects
Treat the cause
Not the symptom
Like most western medics do
You need to look at your health overall
Tongue analysis
Heart rate
Nutrition is absolutely key
And how much exercise you need
You’re individual, unique
It’s fascinating and important
To get to know your genes and DNA
We are in the dark ages
But we haven’t always been
If you look to the East
And you look to the past
There’s a lot we need to remind ourselves
Meditation
Vibration
Healing
Kinesiology
Reiki
Your chakras
Biokinesis
So with all that’s going on in the world
And trust me there’s a lot
Try to stay calm
Level headed
Sleep is vital
For literally everything
I’ve saved three lives
In my life
All in a different way
One, the Heimlich Maneuver
Another, a baby who had a severe dairy allergy
Which I told his mother about
But she didn’t listen to me
Until he was in hospital and could hardly breath
I said doctors don’t study nutrition
And that cream’s got lactose in it
If you don’t take him to a nutritionist
He may die
So she did
And he got better
The third, I used my gift
Which I don’t often do
But this spirit was frenetic
So I passed on what he had to say
And days later she told me
‘You saved my life,
I was going to put rocks in my pockets
And jump off a cliff
But after what you did
And what you said
I didn’t
Thank you’
I tend to block it out
That gift
But I’ll use it if I have to
Otherwise it’s too distracting
And to be honest
I’ve got enough to focus on
With the living
Do you suffer from anxiety or depression?
The two most common
Mental health conditions
Please try therapy
And if you can’t wait
Can’t afford it
Look within
And keep reading
Your gut is like your second brain
Understanding that could be the key
The real code to your web
Medication should be your last resort
Seriously
Because trust me
They’re so hard to get off
And your brain becomes reliant on them
They also damage you
The stars change colours
As do we
Make sure you do the right thing
When your colours change