Diabetes, Not Defeat!
By MwsR
I sit here drinking my coffee as I often do
I find myself thinking of you.
Hard to imagine my life before you came
Since you’ve been here my whole life has changed.
You came like a Lion ready to devour its prey
All I could do was just pray that day.
We have since been closer than almost any other thing.
It’s like we are wed without the wedding ring.
I can’t say I haven’t thought of just leaving you
But I thought by now there’d be a scientific breakthrough.
When I am out and about on the town
You are there right beside me, and I frown.
If I exercise you have to be there making sure that I feel your presence
I wish sometimes you’d be absent!
To feel what I once felt
To not worry about stretching my belt,
These things have become prominent to me
I wish for the day you would leave me.
If you left I probably would cry
But hey, that would be me saying goodbye.
Tears of joy people would say
That would be a phenomenal day!
For now, though it’s like a bad twin
You tell me how…I make the when,
I choose to acknowledge you
To understand and fight too.
The diabetes you rule but I tell you how
And without me, you have no power now.
Sink or swim is the saying for this disease
Just don’t say “Defeated”, if you please.
What I Know(Diabetic’s thoughts)
By MwsR
It just takes one bite
And my sugar stays high all night.
One can of a regular coke
And feeling tired afterward is no joke.
Wanting to overeat
But knowing inside it will make my blood sugars peak.
At birthday parties passing up on the cake,
Because you hate that “sugar high” headache.
Feeling tired all day long
The food you ate and what kind was all wrong.
Wanting to get in shape
Exercising only with enough calorie intake.
Going out on the town to a favorite food place
Catching the frown you’re given from your loved one’s face.
Being told “You know that is wrong to do”,
But ask them, “And just who the heck are you?”
It’s not thought about
Never easy without a doubt.
Diabetes is a complication and disease
But doesn’t have to bring you to your knees.
Take control, take back your life.
Make it count regardless of any strife.
How can I loath something so much, yet be appreciative of it?
You came into my life like a thief in the night.
I asked, “Why me?” a million times
Yet, no-one had an answer for me.
I was trapped in this reality.
Healthy eating is my best chance
To combat the damage
To give myself a fighting stance.
You have taught me so much
Yet made me sad and mad and all the rest of emotions
I feel like a prisoner. locked up on this “locomotion”
No pardon, no reprieve
Where is the great cure that will come rescue me?
You have affected me in so many ways
Took my surefootedness and left me
Without anything to grab onto, you see,
Medication is for me like breathing is to live
I wish I could give it away like a gift.
No-one should deal with you
No-one needs you in their life
Rather been cut by the sharpest knife
At least I would be free,
Free of this diabolical disease
My burden to bear, my diabetes.
Diabetic neuropathy is a type of nerve damage that can occur if you have diabetes. High blood sugar (glucose) can injure nerves throughout your body. Diabetic neuropathy most often damages nerves in your legs and feet.
Depending on the affected nerves, symptoms of diabetic neuropathy can range from pain and numbness in your legs and feet to problems with your digestive system, urinary tract, blood vessels and heart. Some people have mild symptoms. But for others, diabetic neuropathy can be quite painful and disabling.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetic-neuropathy/symptoms-causes/syc-20371580
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