First Prize in InsulinNation's Diabetes Poetry Contest
Once a certain death
Diabetes is now
something a person can live with.
Diabetes is now
something a person can live with.
Once a certain death
of a boy I read about
reminded me
Diabetes isn’t something a person can ignore
and live with.
of a boy I read about
reminded me
Diabetes isn’t something a person can ignore
and live with.
Once a certain death
standing in the darkness by the bed
as I came sweating and trembling to awareness
reminded me my death
is something I live with.
-Jerry Nairn
From
<http://insulinnation.com/living/your-type-1-diabetes-poetry/> standing in the darkness by the bed
as I came sweating and trembling to awareness
reminded me my death
is something I live with.
-Jerry Nairn
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
- Heart disease: 614,348
- Cancer: 591,699
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 147,101
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 136,053
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 133,103
- Alzheimer's disease: 93,541
- Diabetes: 76,488
- Influenza and Pneumonia: 55,227
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 48,146
- Intentional self-harm (suicide): 42,773
From <https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
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