Long Type i diabetes Poems

Those two partners pretended to be against each other, with one of them pretending to
be a 'bad influence on the other one,' but the so-called good kid was just as bad as his
partner in crime....

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I have been an adult one-set diabetic since 1998.  I have developed a point system to help me keep track and better manage my diabetes.

The normal blood sugar range is between 80-130.  In...

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*This poem is based on Type One Diabetes Mellitus, which I have had for 14 years. A
hyperglycaemic attack is when there is far too much sugar in your blood, and it causes
symptoms such as: Dehydration,...

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I had my blood drawn to find out.
If there were issues with some doubt.
My doctor said it's time to move.
Get off your ass, get in the groove.

Cut down on sweets, glucose is high.
I know it's...

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Healthy people you better think twice. While you are feeling so good go out and enjoy your life.                 ...

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Was it Banting and Best,
Collip and McLeod’s feat ?
Whose efforts bore fruits,
And  ‘Insulin’ was discovered.
Or was it the Compassionate Creator.
Who really Sorted out the pancreatic mystery,
And Granted man the sense,
To perfect the pancreatic extract,...

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Neil is a para-cyclist who has often paired up with, 
One of two people, either Sarah Storey’s husband, 
Or Craig MacLean to pedal to gold, it’s his smith, 
Having been a track sprinter, built up...

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An incurable condition: Type 1 diabetes
Potentially fatal hypoglycemia- low blood sugar 
Surprise onset, no forewarning, telltale symptoms absent
Abruptly overthrowing any semblance of cerebral control

Potentially fatal hypoglycemia- low blood sugar 
Life saving glucose has been wiped...

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How on earth we have found each other?
You asked in one of night messages
In the facebook groups its one way or another
On the same train we were passengers
We got off at the same station
We took...

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By Elton Camp

While Jack Spratt his diet may hate
He hasn’t got a problem with weight

And he won’t have any trouble at all 
With his level of the bad cholesterol

What Jack puts on his plate
His doctor...

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My Diabetes
Getting Type 1 Diabetes has changed my life.
It often gives me lots of grief and lots of strife.
How I wish I could give it a way,
But come what may, it is here to stay.
Four...

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My feelings are so pure and intense—they travel through time. They can be easily dispersed and dismissed as nothing by my schizophrenia, my illness. 

Can there be light? Yes, perhaps. These thoughts keep bothering me....

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Obesity worldwide epidemic followed by worldwide epidemic diabetes
17 billion Americans have diabetes
16 million at risk developing diabetes
Than people who are normal weight

Diabetes a major problem in US characterized by inability to keep blood-sugar levels consistent
2...

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