In The Ol' Mailbag.
Nothing makes me grin more than the emails I have the pleasure of receiving from people who read this blog. I hear from kids in high school whose best friends are diabetic, or from people who have been living with this for days (or months or decades), and from the wonderful parents of diabetic children. These people offer me a glimpse into what their life with diabetes is like and their perspectives are beyond inspiring.
They also make me laugh like hell, like Cindy from Indiana and the fantastic L. Bird photos that she sent my way.
When I opened my email yesterday from a reader, I clicked on a link they sent that made me lean in close to my computer to make sure I was seeing what I thought I was seeing. Oh, and then I laughed like a lunatic.
The picture is a small bit too graphic for me to post on the site, but it involves little plastic G.I. Joe guys and some unfortunate roadkill. The subject line – “Giant Squirrel Caught!” – is in reference to the pesky fella in my eye. Click here for the picture.The fine people who read this here blog are nuts. (Ah, there's the pun.)
And so, so appreciated.
Comments
LMAO! That is awesome! Dang, GI Joe is a bad mamma jamma!
Posted by: George | January 31, 2007 11:51 AM
That pic is the only thing that has made me laugh out loud today...because I hate squirrels.
Posted by: Slobbering Bob | January 31, 2007 12:14 PM
Hah! Funny stuff, man.
Posted by: julia | January 31, 2007 01:03 PM
That's awesome.
If you click on the picture, it makes it bigger...
Posted by: Allison | January 31, 2007 02:05 PM
LMAO!! For a minute I thought they were real guys and wondered what the hell they were stepping on.
That's hysterical.
You do have some nutty readers ;) (I'm contemplating whether I'll include myself in that statement).
Posted by: Shannon | January 31, 2007 05:57 PM
That is a great picture of an unfortunate squirrel.
Went to the eye doctor myself yesterday. She said a lot of diabetics have eye bleeds between appointments that heal and are never even detected. Wonder if it is true as I have never heard that before...
Posted by: Sara | January 31, 2007 09:33 PM
OMG that is so going on the fridge, between the soup nazi and a 'Roslin for President/Impeach Baltar' campaign flyer :):):)
Posted by: SparkleMotion | January 31, 2007 10:15 PM
hi kerri,
your blog rocks!!!! i visit every day :o)
ash
Posted by: ashleigh | February 1, 2007 05:48 AM
Hi Kerri -
Did you get some mail about BD being bought by a company called Sanvita?
They sent one to us for my son Tommy and with it was a card that if we send it in, we would " get 6 months more on our meter warranty."
Hmm. I don't know much about the ins and outs of the insurance policies here. Tommy has minimed 512. He has a bd meter, although I loves our old one better ( freestyle). Do you think it is in our benefit to send in the card?
Thanks for any insight!
Mary Ellen O'Neill
Posted by: mary ellen | February 1, 2007 08:25 AM
Mary Ellen,
I just checked out the Sanvita thing and their website states that recently purchased the BD blood glucose monitoring system. So they're making the meters and strips now. If you're using a BD meter, it looks as though Sanvita is the company making your meter/supplies now, not BD.
Here's a link to the Sanvita site, which also has a number you can call with questions.
If anyone else has any info on this, please post it here or send it Mary Ellen's way!
Thanks!
Posted by: Kerri. | February 1, 2007 09:53 AM
That was pretty funny. That looks like a huge squirrel.
And I will include myself in your nutso readers!!!
Posted by: flmgodog | February 1, 2007 10:58 AM
That's a great picture!!! Awesome.
Posted by: Scott Johnson | February 2, 2007 11:26 PM