Annie,

I really liked your poem! I liked the last part, 'doctoring isn't about diseases, but the patients you see.' I totally agree that sometimes the person gets lost, and only the disease is focussed on. It can be so compartmentalized.

I like being creative too...I've been painting/drawing, writing poems/short stories, and singing/playing guitar/piano/percussion since I was maybe 12 or so...

I like science and math, but my sister is the one who's good at them...She took astronomy in university, but ended up doing environmental science...

I definately agree, Jana...I was thinking that maybe the chemicals in the paints we use (for the painters) maybe could have caused our MG? It was a little theory that was floating around in my mind for a while...

I used to oil-paint, and used turpentine plus linseed oil on a regular basis-in a pretty non-ventilated, small room-for years...

I've been painting a lot more lately...I'm almost finished a pretty large painting on wood of some flowers set to a stark white background...The flowers are all multicoloured....I'm also working on small canvas paintings (each about 5 X 4 ")....There are nine of them with a girl spinning...Each still of her spinning is a different colour, monochrome...I'm really into colourful things lately...Maybe 'cause my mood's sorta grey, and I'm bored as the house of commons channel (yes, even the channel finds the house of commons boring, it loses reception often...lol)