Metaphors of your diabetes
It is an ancient reeking beast with huge claws, and wicked teeth. It lays in slumber in the darkness like the dragons of childhood fairytales. When it awakens beware. It cares nothing for my alacrity, my watchfulness. It trys to escape and kill, set fire to the world....if it is able. I fight to keep it where it belongs as have others who stood this ~watch~ before and beside me. For brief times I have been granted sweet relief, as others stood in my place allowing moments of rest.
For thirty eight plus years, I have fought to keep it "contained" and have succeeded most days. My armor is dented, broken, shreaded... in many places my sword is badly notched. I say plainly that I am weary beyond endurance and belief but I still stand and will fight...
Comments....? Other metaphors which describe your beast??? For those who have seen this before in the past my apologies.
Stuart
Tags: diabetes, diabetes-metaphor, disease, dragon
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Permalink Reply by Doris Ann Dickerson on -
You said it the only way I can think of. Yes I've fought that dragon for the last 35 years of my life and watched as others have helped me fight the fight!
The only other thing I can say is that 35 years ago when I was 10 and took this thing the Dr told me I would never have children and if I did I would NEVER live to see them grown (he also told me I would die before I was 30 ) and he was soooooo wrong. I have lived to see my daughter's be 19 (soon to be 20) and 18 and lived to see my 19 year old take this dease and have 2 of her own healthy girls! I WIN!!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Stuart on -
Hello Dorris:
Thank you.
Sheer acts of stubbornness, pure spiteful willpower (on our parts).... bravo to us all!
Want to slap the "dragon's minions" when they spew such ~horrible venom~?
Stuart
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Permalink Reply by Doris Ann Dickerson on
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Slap him? I wanna make him hurt soooo bad......could hitting his funnybone do that to him? HA! I know it does to me! Yes we have to be the stubborness ppl here cause I don't know if I said it to you are not but HE'S NOT GONNA WIN OVER ME!!!!!
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