Oh, the pod! It has a very special meaning for us insulin-pump wearers…
A small reflection on the “evolution of pods” from type 1 illustrator and generally creative gal Haidee Merritt:
* CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS *
btw, we’re looking to begin featuring a variety of artists here in the Sunday Funnies section starting this Fall. If you’re an artist who can create post-able work that somehow fits under the header of “diabetes funnies,” we’d…
… a post as lovely as a tree…
Especially not this one, a unique take on the tree of life, from the much-admired mind of our T1 illustrator Haidee Merritt:
{Enjoy the whole Funnies series, by clicking here}
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Eat right. Check your sugar. Exercise!! Check your sugar. Dose your meds. Check your sugar. See your doctor. Check your sugar. Have your blood drawn. Check your sugar! Repeat, repeat, repeat.
*Whew* — it ain’t easy keeping up our energy levels as PWDs, ay?
We’ll let extraordinary T1 artist Haidee Merritt take if from here……
Some might call this a stretch for a “Funnies” column, but hey — we can either laugh or we can cry, right?
Life in the Chronic Financial Fast Lane from our fave type 1 artist Haidee Merritt:
Yeah, yet another way that life with diabetes is all about the numbers.
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It’s the little stuff with diabetes they don’t tell you about that sometimes gets you down, right? Like grappling with skin irritations and finding test strips stuck in places they do not belong (thx Scott!).
As usual, our beloved T1 illustrator Haidee Merritt has the images that say it all:
Ahem… yeah.
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