{"id":6918,"date":"2014-11-11T05:33:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T10:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6918"},"modified":"2014-11-11T06:42:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T11:42:09","slug":"a-50-something-man-prepares-for-a-doctors-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6918","title":{"rendered":"A 50 Something Man Prepares for a Doctor&#8217;s Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vigorous<br \/>\nOr almost dying<br \/>\nI&#8217;d like to know<br \/>\nBut sick of trying.<\/p>\n<p>Sorting out<br \/>\nSymp-toms diverse<br \/>\nTo help, I thought<br \/>\nI&#8217;d write this verse.<\/p>\n<p>Is that ache<br \/>\nbehind my thigh<br \/>\na signal I&#8217;m<br \/>\nabout to die?<\/p>\n<p>Does pain and tingling<br \/>\nin my face,<br \/>\nmean I&#8217;ll soon leave<br \/>\nthe human race?<\/p>\n<p>See my swollen<br \/>\nlittle finger<br \/>\nWill I go or<br \/>\nwill I linger?<\/p>\n<p>Pitter patter<br \/>\nin my chest<br \/>\nNo big deal, or<br \/>\nin peace I&#8217;ll rest?<\/p>\n<p>That dull pain in<br \/>\nabdomen mine,<br \/>\nmaybe cancer or<br \/>\nmaybe fine.<\/p>\n<p>Discomfort centered<br \/>\nin my head<br \/>\ncourse&#8217;s par<br \/>\nor pretty soon dead?<\/p>\n<p>Doc, d&#8217;ya think<br \/>\nI&#8217;m in big trouble,<br \/>\nleaving feet first<br \/>\non the double?<\/p>\n<p>Is my ending<br \/>\nuntimely, near<br \/>\nThese last few days:<br \/>\nprecious, dear?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s that you say,<br \/>\n(tell me no lies)<br \/>\nI just need some<br \/>\nexercise?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really doing<br \/>\npretty good?<br \/>\nJust eat and live<br \/>\nthe way I should?<\/p>\n<p>Gosh thank you doc<br \/>\nI&#8217;m satisfied,<br \/>\nbut what&#8217;s that pain<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s in my side?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vigorous Or almost dying I&#8217;d like to know But sick of trying. Sorting out Symp-toms diverse To help, I thought I&#8217;d write this verse. Is that ache behind my thigh a signal I&#8217;m about to die? Does pain and tingling &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=6918\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[519],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6918"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6936,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918\/revisions\/6936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}