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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Right vs Left


Left handed when newly awake
Right handed in two hours time

Right arm and right hand may jump and release.
Left hand, as back up, prevents accidents!

Epilepsy’s effects but a flip away 
when brain shifts from sleep unto wake

Right handed ease for the rest of the day
Next day's dawning: left hand picks up the slack

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This poem was inspired by an odd suddenness of movement in the early morning.  It occurs at about the same time I would ordinarily have my seizures, thus I have equated it to an effect of epilepsy. There is no indication of its veracity, however I am cautious. I assume that my sleep quality has been poor, that I may have forgotten to take my pills, and in general am not as stable as  I need to be. Fortunately, I have had few of these incidents in the last couple of years. I did speak with my neurologist.  He didn’t think they were related.  I am recognizing them as red flags that attention is needed to my sleep quality and habits. 


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