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Briefing Note re Work Foundation Musculoskeletal Expert Summit,
2 November
2011
Ode to an Inflamed Joint
The Autumn meeting of the SSR was held in Troon on the 27th and 28th October. The conference dinner took place on the evening of the 27th in the Barcelo Hotel, Troon, and the after dinner speech was given by Dr. James Rose.
Dr Rose is a Consultant Gastroenterologist in Ayr Hospital, and entertained diners with tales of the overlap between the specialties of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology. He ended with a fine display of his poetry writing skills, and has kindly allowed us to share this with all members:
“Ode to an inflamed joint”
Dr James Rose
October 2011
Woe to you my flexible friend
That could once support and bend,
Now the seat of Celsus’ signs;
A consequence of Cytokines.
Swollen, hot, red, full of pain
You may never be the same,
For I have a great foreboding
That your cartilage’s eroding.
If I could kneel, this is my plea
To nuclear factor kappa B,
Just resist that I-kinase
In the cytosolic byways.
As for you, bold TNF,
Go on, just restrain yourself.
Do not heed that hyped up T cell
Urging you on for merry hell.
For you I’ve tried those copper bands,
The waters, crystals, magnets and
Liniments, applied kinesis,
In private, self-induced emesis,
Avoided all that’s rich and naughty
Even sprayed on WD 40.
Envoi
And, since naught else comes to mind,
I must try to rise and find
In a near botanic park,
A damn good dose of willow bark.
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