TO A YOUNGER DIABETIC

Posted by: Jonathan Caswell | July 25, 2012

I hear you’re going to the beach,

Plan eating lots of fried…

Food and treats, a lot of each,

To swim and be sun-dried.

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You say you’ll take extra insulin

With you to ensure…

For the extra treats that you eat,

The blood sugar levels won’t soar.

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And yet they will and a sliding scale

Won’t always save the day…

Jacking sugars up and forcing them down

Will damage in an insidious way.

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Take me, I’ve done it off and on,

For years and now I pay…

Some parts do not work very well

And my sight is going away!

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The leveler blood sugar remains,

The longer and healthier you’ll stay…

Jerking up and down just makes things worse

By the hidden cost that YOU WILL PAY!

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My concern for you is real and good

As we are friends at work…

Don’t twist your body into knots anymore

Don’t lightly with this danger, flirt.

—Jonathan Caswell

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I hear of too many people with diabetes and most of them do not watch their levels and they should. Good message to get out
By: Ron DuBour on July 26, 2012
at 1:54 pm

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- If only I had been less stubborn…but holding the line now may still slow down some things, even if some damage has already started.
  By: Jonathan Caswell on July 26, 2012
  at 4:36 pm
  
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  - just watch what you eat and do what the doctor says
    By: Ron DuBour on July 26, 2012
    at 5:22 pm
Have gotten a number of positive comments at work on this one—just not any from the young person I was aiming at! ‘Tho’ I did add my own adurements to her copy!
By: Jonathan Caswell on July 30, 2012
at 11:16 pm

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