One of my all-time favorite songs, which has taken on new meaning for me, is Coldplay’s “Fix You.”
I know that some people are not Coldplay fams, but this is a great song to me muscially, and I have very fond memories of hearing it live in Manchester a couple of years ago with my eldest daughter on a very magical trip we made to hear them.
It has been made more special by two things:
Firstly, the lyrics have been an inspiration for me, and secondly, by the 2024 performance of it live at Glastonbury with Michael J. Fox—a hero.
The song, about when you are in a dark place, talks of:
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
With these lyrics, I think of those family and friends in my life, including my WhatsApp pump friends, who help me day in and day out by providing the “lights to guide me home,” who have the strength to fight “igniting their bones,” and those who work in the field day in, day out who “will try to fix you.”
Michael J. Fox, to me, is the embodiment of this—in the selfless manner he is trying so hard on all three fronts.
There is an amazing community out there, and I am proud in a tiny, small way to do my bit. This is a real message of hope, thanks, and encouragement.
There are lots of us out there struggling in one way or another, as the song says:
When you try your best, but you don’t succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can’t sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can’t replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
There are good people out there…and we can ‘ignite our bones’ and ‘lights will guide you home.’
Now I know, of course, that the world is not so simple.
One example that comes to mind is the new drug or treatment such as the Vyalev/Produadopa pump. It is simply amazing for me, and I am full of gratitude.
Fix You – There are people I know with the pump who are ‘trying their best but possibly not succeeding,’ who feel ‘stuck in reverse,’ mainly because of the issues with the stomach in terms of wounds/infections (not me personally, although I have had one infection and this morning a significant gush of blood for the first time as I took out the cannula). I and others have started very politely asking for assistance on this issue, in the form of dermatological expert assistance, and am currently being not responded to.
I put this down to the volume of other priorities, workload, and a host of other good and noble considerations. I encourage them to soon respond to the matter because, like the song alludes to, I will work hard to push this issue.
This song is a reminder of beautiful times!!! And I have the T-shirt to prove it (inside family joke :-))
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“Finding light in dark times…” I realize it’s a metaphor, but I tend to see things literally. And this time of year there’s never enough light. Now that we’re in February the days are getting longer. Shortly the sun will still be out past 7PM and it’s already out at 6AM. This is important to me because of my jogging habit. I can’t jog at night because I’m certain I’ll be hit by a drunk driver. I’ve got a treadmill and use it when there’s not enough light out for me to feel safe on the road. So bottom line, the sun is coming back dragging Spring along with it.
This could be my year to come to terms with my health problems.