Peanuts and Memory

poem

Published in "A Flicker of Hope: poems written by a Wegener's Granulomatosis Survivor."

Author note: I was on IV Cytoxan for a year and the oral form cychlophosphamide for 6 months. Sometimes during those times my memories would scramble. Even now since I have been off an immunosuppressant for a year and prednisone for three or more years, I had a hard time remembering when certain things happened. Considering that I always had a good memory before, it was very hard to know that the medication that saved me also scrambled a lot of my talents. It was hard to keep moving one step forward no matter what was thrown at me.