Blake

37.3 Million Americans have diabetes.  All of these people live in constant stress and anxiety.  The thought of not keeping your blood sugar in the tight ideal range is overwhelming.  Technology has been created to help the lives of these people, but more can be done.  Things like insulin pens, insulin pumps, dexcom are all things that are options for people to help monitor their diabetes.  However, with no insurance, these items are virtually impossible to get your hands on.  These technology need to be more accessible to the American people.  It is impossible to monitor and keep your diabetes in check without any of this necessary technology.  This poem speaks to me because it shows how tough and strenuous it is to take good health of yourself with diabetes.  Technology in the medical world has been improving and needs to continue to improve if we want to keep the American citizens safe and healthy.

Has the technology for people with diabetes improved over the years?  Is using a pump better than using insulin pens?  Is a bionic pancreas in the foreseeable future?  Does this get rid of having diabetes in all?  How can kids manage their diabetes at a young age without having to become an adult quickly?  Can they combine the continuous glucose monitor and the pump to create one device?

Entry 1:

This is a grapefruit?  Are you kidding?  This looks like an orange.  Why?  Grapefruit is the absolute worst flavor of drinks.  The little tiny dots on the grapefruit remind me of blackhead pimples.  Does the grapefruit need acne cream?  I could find him a dermatologist.  This grapefruit looks he has been banged around a little bit.  Some bruises and cuts all around.  Forget the dermatologists, get this thing to the hospital.  I love the way the fruit is chubby, kinda.  It reminds me of my dog who is a little chunky.  Makes her even cuter tho.  I could imagine this grapefruit not being able to jump up onto the couch.  The grapefruit looks pretty cool but I am just not a fan of the flavor in this thing.  As my knee is now rapidly banging off the desk because I am jittery, the fruit does not move because it is perfectly round and peacefully hanging out with me on my desk.

Entry 2:

This grapefruit.  SO weird looking now.  Left in my car for the entire weekend and plus some.  It looks horrendous and gross.  I would imagine it would taste like the marshmallows that the crazy s’mores makers make.  ALL BURNT.  It is squishy now because it is old and shrivelled.  Mold isn’t in there yet, right?  I can’t keep looking at this anymore.  It looks so damn nasty.  His life has frizzled up and gone to a complete and utter waste.  He was probably so excited to end up in someone’s stomach to enjoy but instead he became a nasty fruit and ended up in the garbage.  I need to plan a funeral and invite his friends.  I don’t think he has any friends tho.  Looks like only me and this dead grapefruit.

 

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