I’m jumping in here, and surely don’t know what’s going on, but I feel
obliged to point out that diabetes has been recognized in language back
to Ancient Sumer, then Egypt, Greece, possibly India too.. they died of
"the sugar", to use a European term..
More to come, if you let me.. history is a vital source of
understanding and inspirer of invention..
Regards.. Bill
what concerns me here is the utter invisiblity of the
POTENTIAL HUMAN BEING WITH THE POTENTIAL TO SHARE VALUE
WITH OTHERS THROUGH INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC AND OTHER
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
of those who are grapplings with diabetes in their lives.
all of the figures citing the medical costs incurred by society as a whole
for taking care of or neglecting the needs of those with diabetes obscure
THE RICH FINANCIAL AND CULTURAL LEGACIES BEQUEATHED TO
SOCIETY
by those who are grapplings with diabetes in their lives.
i wonder what the true costs are of prematurely lost lives, invalided people
and so forth in terms of lost contributions to society.
all of the fear based exhortations divide diabetics from non-diabetics as
categories of competing demands and imperatives. what i would like to see is
a campaign which makes visible the need society has for the many wonderful
talents for those with diabetes.
end of sermon.
melynda at the insomniac’s hour
melynda reid who wears hats but does not type caps
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oops my apologies for all the CAPS in my last few postings. guess who just
discovered the caps lock key? is it true this will keep my hats from wandering
off on strange adventures in search of other characters to play with while
i type fondly thus?
matta hatta who is still as shiftless and restless as ever
melynda reid who wears hats but does not type caps
eel: mely…@titipu.resun.com or nosc.mil!titipu.resun.com!melynda
snail: p o box 378 greensboro, florida 32330