Blog is moving!

After being unsure initially how this blog would evolve, I’ve now decided that a more suitable location would be http://diabetespoetry.blogspot.com/ - since all the posts contain a poem about diabetes!

If you are following this blog, please relocate to the new blog. It contains all the poems published so far here, but new ones will only be published on the new blog.

Thank you for your time, and I do hope you will join me!

Sulphonylureas!

I felt the need to challenge myself, not to wrote some long, elaborate poem,
But one that would use the word sulphonylureas – it’s a type of drug used in the treatment mainly of Type 2 diabetes. A couple of other quick limericks sprang to mind whilst I was pondering it, but I managed it eventually! I’m still looking for a rhyme for thiazolidinediones though…!



A man went for retinal screening
Without really knowing its meaning,
'You'll have drops, then you'll wait
Till your pupils dilate,
Then we'll know if you need laser healing!'

There was a young man who was vexed at all
This talk about lowering cholesterol.
He packed animal fat in
And took simvastatin,
Now he has a fine level of HDL!

There once was a man who was furious
That he'd been prescribed sulphonylureas!
He took gliclazide,
Saw his blood sugar subside,
And concluded it wasn't injurious!