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So i have this new aquaintance

So i have this new aquaintance
She is called diabetes two
She makes me feel soothed, numbed out and stress bounces off of me
 
I can live in a semi comatose slurred world
Floating along at 700 mg/dl of blood glucose
 
It is slightly hypnotic  
It has a few side effects,
Infections take advantage of little cuts
 
My feet lose their sense of touch
I dont know when i've stepped on A thorn
So it gets infected
Mu leg swells up and turns purple
The doctors have to get me on antibiotics
But 😯 it is a little late
It has to come off.
 
My brain recently has deteriorated
A freindly cup of coffee no longer brings cheer
just disorientation
My voice talks in a slur
My mouth drys out at any incedence of stress, you see the response to stress is the body produces a burst of adrenaline
Which releases a burst of sugar into the blood  
but i am already sugar soaked
Like aunt jemima pancake syrup
 
So i could never stick to my meds, metformin and glipizide
And i could never stick to diet and excercise
 
So when i took my wife to the doctor,
Instead of going back to
Work, leaving her to take a bus home
I stayed to give her a ride
 
She got her doctor to look at my toes
Blisters that had not healed after six months
The doctor said, "Oh mr Rabbit"
She had some samples of these fairly new week long lasting shots
 
They did the trick
I am better now
 
These shots are different than the old drugs
Because they tickle the sleeping pancreas
Awake
An awakened pancreas actively functions,
Releasing insulin if sugar is high
Other drugs did not know about awakening the pancreas.

Glipizide worked by kind of like pricking pancreas cells
to make the insulin leak out.
But Gipizide didnt wake the pancreas up.
 
The pancreas remained dormant.
Like an unused muscle,
slowly, over time
an unused pancreas will wither away.
 
Not so with my shot.
My shot discovered the pancreas light switch.
 It is helping my pancreas grow a little Each week.
 
It is the only class of drug that reverses diabetes.
Thats why i am telling you about it.
Google GLP1 agonist
The drug i take : Bydureon
 
A quote from a scholarly article:
"GLP-1 agonists, along with glitazones, DPP-4 inhibitors, and insulin, help delay the progression of Type 2 diabetes through protection of beta cells, lessening of insulin resistance, or preservation of insulin production. This makes it easier to control glucose levels and delays or reduces the need for insulin. They appear do this over several years when used in early Type 2 diabetes.
 
Insulin production in the pancreas in people with Type 2 diabetes is greatly reduced by the time diabetes is diagnosed, so any medication that improves insulin production and lowers glucose levels is very helpful. Unlike glitazone medications that reduce insulin resistance, GLP-1 agonists do not affect insulin resistance often found in Type 2 Diabetes. Because of their distinct protective actions, these two classes of drugs may have additive effects that protect the beta cells.  
 
http://www.diabetesnet.com/about-diabetes/diabetes-medications/incretins/glp-1-agonist


*Ok, my leg didn't fall off, but it came close.
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