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Poetry and prose
Poem
An unpredictable vision
  1. Andrew R L Medford
  1. Correspondence to Dr Andrew R L Medford, North Bristol Lung Centre, North Bristol NHS Trust, Level 6 Gate 10, Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK; andrewmedford{at}hotmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2017-011269

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    Unquenchable thirst,

    draining sequelae,

    a pervasive feeling of lethargy,

    throbbing headaches are master now.

    And then blurring of vision,

    all is not what it seems,

    sweats abound with …

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    • Contributors ARLM conceived the idea, wrote and reviewed the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

    • Author note ARLM is a respiratory consultant working and living in Bristol, UK. The poem is a reflective following the diagnosis of type two diabetes to give an insight into the experience of unpredictable yet debilitating apparently invisible illness.

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