Laughing Matters

Glucose Goddess Quips & Wisdom

• “Remember, your glucose meter is not a guilt meter. Rather, it’s like a compass to a mountain climber.”
  
  
• “Happiness for a person with diabetes is finding the insulin-carb ratio for chocolate."
  
  
  Top 10 Responses to the “Diabetes Food Police”
  
  10. “I thought sugar-free meant I could eat the whole thing?”
  
    9. “….Ooops…Glucose overdose!”
  
    8. “I can only please one person per day…today is not your day…and tomorrow’s not looking so good either.”
  
    7. “Chocolate isn’t a vegetable????”
  
    6. “The lack of sugar made me do it!”
  
    5. “…Oh yeah, …watch me!”
  
    4. “My numbers were good last week …sorry you missed them.”
  
    3. “280’s the new 120!”
  
    2. “CHECK THIS!”
  
  AND THE TOP RESPONSE FOR THE “DIABETES POLICE”…
  
    1. “KISS MY INJECTION SITE!”

Amy Tenderich is a freelance writer based in San Francisco, Calif.  She hosts the popular web log www.diabetesmine.com.