Sweet ek se.

Swee@

 

 

I'm gonna open

a can of worms

a can

of sour sweet worms

this diabetes thing

is getting

out of control

no I did not

eat 27 candy bars

I overdosed

on energy drinks

ended up

in High Care

got doomed

to glucose checks

and insulin needles

now I am

bombarded

with, "natural cures"

for diabetes

on social media

and in the press

the sugar war

 rages on

unabated

 listen up

it's lies

all lies

I recorded my progress

carefully

dutifully

I wrote down

my "score"

and then

sheepishly

spiked myself

with the correct

dosage

40ml AM

20ml PM

my glucose levels

cheerfully

dancing

up and down

I di not like it

the whole process

being

admitted

to clinic

being given

a life sentence

of needle pricks

being

horrified

by tales of

danger

of losing

life and limb

literally

and I

succumbed

I you know me

you will

know

retreat

is my

most effective

form

of attack

I feint

defeat

and then

Wham

land

the killer

punch

I started taking

less insulin

ended up

with less than

30 ml

a day

half the

prescribed dose

and for

the

last fortnight

nothing

niks

nada

zero

zilch

and my glucose

count

ranges

between 5 and ten

never high

my

pancreas

is

"pancreating"

merrily

or it

is producing

life giving

insulin

all on

its own

yes I

dutifully

prick

my fingers

and do

a glucose check

when required

AM and PM

and

I record it

Is it

a miracle

or

 Placebo

effect

or

maybe

just

maybe

I was

taken

on a syrupy

ride

by medical

practitioners

and powerful

pharmaceutical

companies

I do

not know

all

I know

is I have not

taken insulin

for

a fortnight

and my

glucose

levels

are

stable

and within

acceptable

levels

Amen