Two years ago, I finally started to see a way out past the haze of a severe neurological drug reaction that had gone on agonizing months due to medical negligence.

I’d been clinging to my bodymind through poetry, and when my medical providers refused to document their mistake when they blatantly mutilated my medical records to cover up their negligence, when they violated HIPAA by denying me my records retaliated against me by dismissing me as a patient for invoking my rights, when their friend, another provider tried to gaslight me into letting it go