TO A YOUNGER DIABETIC
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
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
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
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