[acb-diabetics] diabetic poem

[Patricia LaFrance-Wolf]

This was posted on a web site called diabetes-communispace (sponsored by 
Roche -- they are open about it and not heavy-handed about pushing their 
products). I thought I'd share it. 
I found this poem on a blog called Diabetes Mine. Though not a Dr. Seuss 
original, it has Seuss's playful tone and is a light-hearted but resonating 
expre ssion of rising above the condition, much like the voice I hear from 
this community. 
Lancets! Test strips! Testing now! I can, you can, we know how.
Look! See! Blood drops, one and two and three. Why won't this meter beep 
for me? 
Numbers now. Number's high! 182 - my, oh my! 
Out with the insulin, out with the needle. Out with the afternoon 
snack-n-feedle.
Corrections, ouch. Corrections ooch. Injections 10x/day hurt my hooch.
Up, up, up and down the stairs - Now I'm taking stairs in pairs.
Down with the glucose readings! Down, down, down! I'll have the best 
numbers in any town.
Funny, now I cannot think. Think what I thunk and my heart begins to sink.
Oops! Up with the sugar level - up, up, up! Glucose tablets, gummi drops, 
and orange juice in a big, BIG cup.
But, see! High again, that's where I am. Above 150, gosh darn damn.
And on it goes throughout the day. Look, what fun! Come on and play.
But if we sweat, then we must eat. But not a treat! No, not a treat!
Round and round and round it goes, and where it stops could be my toes.
I'd like to keep mine. Yes, that's wise. I'll keep my nerves and feet and 
eyes.
I'd like to keep them all, mind you. So I'll do what I have to do.
But like it? No, no, no, I say! I do not like the vials, the rules, the 
thinking, worrying all day.
I do not like it one little bit. Still, I'm glad to LIVE with it. 

Cheryl A. Lieberman, Ph.D.
Cornerstone Consulting Group
Phone and fax: 617 576 1363
www.cornerstoneconsults.com

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