Sometimes from birth. <br />Something inside that just doesn't work <br />Or that gives up the ghost without much warning <br />Much later when you're not looking. <br />It can be like that, 'Type 2': sneaky - <br />Creeping around camouflaged under cover <br />Of pregnancy recovery, <br />Everyday tiredness <br />Or typical, middle-aged, weight-gain discovery; <br />Only poking its head above the medical parapet <br />At the hypodermic point of a routine blood test: <br />Results within bounds of the 'normal' distribution <br />One would expect within the population... <br />All bar one or two, <br />Off the scale, <br />Under the heading of: 'Sugar'.... <br /> <br />Diabetes. <br /> <br />Bugger.<br /><br />Tony Jolley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/diab-olical-etes/
