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Poems

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Professor Robertson
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, 48 Riding House Street, London W1W 7EY, UK; Profmmr@aol.com

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Mary Robertson has undertaken two major journeys in life: one as a doctor, and one as a patient. She graduated from university and medical school in Cape Town, South Africa, but has spent the majority of her medical career in London. While a doctor, she has travelled extensively, including being ship’s doctor on a yacht crossing the Atlantic, and then on a square rigger, which was circumnavigating. She is a Professor of Neuropsychiatry; she is also an international authority on Tourette’s syndrome. She has coauthored three books, coedited two, and has over 200 publications in medical journals. She enjoys opera, tai chi, and photography. She writes poetry on specific journeys. In 2002 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This has been her latest journey.

CHEMO AFTERMATH

I’m tired and yet
I am so restless,
I lie in bed but
My mind jumps around like a cricket
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