Excerpts from the Dr. Suess “Fun with Diabetes” Book

March 2 was Dr. Suess’ birthday. In memoriam, I’m feeling silly today:

Lancets! Test strips! Testing now! I can, you can, we know how.

Look! See! Blood drops, one and two and three.  Why won’t this meter beep for me?            

 

Numbers now. Number’s high! 182 – my, oh my!

Out with the insulin, out with the needle. Out with the afternoon snack-n-feedle.

Corrections, ouch. Corrections ooch. Injections 10x/day hurt my hooch.

Up, up, up and down the stairs -- Now I’m taking stairs in pairs.

Down with the glucose readings! Down, down, down!  I’ll have the best numbers in any town.

Funny, now I cannot think… Think what I thunk and my heart begins to sink.

Oops! Up with the sugar level -- up, up, up! Glucose tablets, gummi drops, and orange juice in a big, BIG cup.

But, see! High again, that’s where I am.  Above 150, gosh darn damn.

And on it goes throughout the day.  Look, what fun! Come on and play.

But if we sweat, then we must eat.  But not a treat! No, not a treat!

Round and round and round it goes, and where it stops could be my toes.

I’d like to keep mine. Yes, that’s wise.  I’ll keep my nerves and feet and eyes.

I’d like to keep them all, mind you… So I’ll do what I have to do.

But like it? No, no, no, I say!  I do not like the vials, the rules, the thinking, worrying all day…

I do not like it one little bit.  Still, I’m glad to LIVE with it.

Comments

[Paul Chaney]

Thanks for that. Humorous, funny and poignant all at the same time. You are a real asset to the diabetes blogging community. Thanks for starting this blog.

[Garry]

Very humorous...Another winning entry, Amy! Paul's comment was correct; your blog is indeed an asset to all of us. Looking forward to each new column from you. :)

[Jo]

ROFL!!!

[terry]

Funny & true story. Since this seems to be the humor column, I'll post here. At a recent hospital-sponsored diabetes support group, the topic was "Importance Of Blood Sugar Testing". The nurses arranged for two guest speakers - representatives of competing manufacturers of testing supplies. The first speaker, I forget his name but its not important to the story, represented Abbott Laboratories. The second speaker, representing Roche Diagnostics, was John Costello. Nobody, not even the nurses, realized we had Abbott & Costello speaking that night!

[Amy Tenderich]

Thanks for that, Terry. Funny! Here's another one: when I first started testing my BG, my then-4yr-old would come up with big eyes and say, "Let me see that boo-boo." And then, "I don't like that boo-boo!" She said it so often, it became a family joke: "Cover your eyes! Here comes mommy's boo-boo!"

[Lisbeth]

That's so humorous and touching but scary too, cause that's the way it really feels I think.
First time i've been on this blog, but it's not the last time!
see ya from Denmark!

[Jeanette Pizarro]

I am sooo glad that I have found this site. Was just diagnosed in January with Diabetes and became depressed. I love your Humor.Please say hi to Germany for me, miss the bakeries a lot was born there. I shall be back!!!

[Paul Foreman]

Hi

I thought I would bring my diabetes website to your attention

Very Best wishes

Paul Foreman
http://www.kentdiabetesinfo.co.uk

[Helen Ballas]

Hello Amy:

I am currently conducting a study on coping strategies of wives of Type I diabetics and how their coping relates to marital adjustment. Just wondering if I can post information about my study.

There is a dearth of psychosocial research in the area of spousal coping and diabetes and I am hoping to contribute to the knowledge base in this area.

Thanks in advance.

Helen Ballas
Adelphi University
School of Social Work

[Tanille bigham]

I have just found out that I have diabetes. Itis kinda cool though.

[Manny Hernandez]

As my son is now getting to the point (4 years of age) of enjoying Dr. Seuss's books, I loved to find this post.

Thanks for sharing this, Amy!

[Steve R]

How I love them: green eggs and ham!!!!

Thanks

[Nina]

Great site! I'd like to add my two sites to yours to give additional information. The first is www.shirleymedical.org and the other is http://nravey.mydiabeteseducator.org.

I hope that the information contained in each is healpful to others out there.

I will write more later, but would like to put your Dr. Suess poem on my websites and hope that is ok with you (I will give you credit of course and refer back to your site.

Thanks,

Nina Ravey, Family Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Diabetes Educator.

[Nina]

Sorry, I typed a org instead of a .com behind my website and so it needs to be changed to www.shirleymedical.com

Sincerely,

Nina Ravey

[Michael Sommers]

Amy, I just found your Blog! What a pleasure! What is also cool is that I am a HUGE fan of anything even remotely related to Dr. Seuss. I have 5 children, all of which have been inundated with Dr. Seuss but none of which have Diabetes.
In closing:

Reading the Dr. Seuss entry in Amy's Blog,
Made me jump higher than a Frog;
People like Amy are such a delight,
Reading her blog entries is always fun - either by day or night;
So now I will end this little entry of mine,
Because I have to go check my sugar and make sure it is fine!

- Thank you and keep monitoring the Blood Glucose readings!

[Sadiyah]

This site is boring. you should have games. thats why I came on this site.... for games. find some games dorks.

[tmana]

All (necessary) humor aside, I tell folks I have two choices: I can live WITH it, or I can die FROM it. I'd much rather the former, THANK you!