WAy Back Wednesday - CAUSE... I'm A t1, Your A t1, She's a t1, He's a t1....

Well, it's way back Wednesday  and the following  was originally posted on December 27th, 2007.  Diabetesaliciousness was Just under two months old, and I was still learning the whole bloggity blog thing.

The following post  is based on the 1970's/ 80's Dr Pepper  commercial where the dude from An American Werewolf in London  sings: I drink Dr. Pepper cause I'm Proud
I used to be alone in a crowd...."

Anyway-  I gave it a diabetes spin- Hope you like it!!

SO, I was going over my whole Type 1 family history in my head the other day......

I'm a T1
MY Dad was a T1
My sister Donna is a T1
My sister Debbie was a T1 and died because of it
My Aunt Pat was a T1
My Aunt Jo-Anne was a T1 and died because of it
My cousin Bernadette is a T1
My cousin Denise is a T1 - I think
My Nephew Brendon is a T1
My mother's Grand Mother was a T1
My mother's uncle was a T2 - she thinks - he might have been T1 but for the life of her she can't remember because he died like 50 years ago.

I start humming the theme to the Dr. Pepper Commercial from the 1970's.
You know the one, where the dark haired guy is by himself and starts to sing: "

I drink Dr. Pepper cause I'm Proud

I used to be alone in a crowd

But now you look around these days

There seems to me a Dr. Pepper craze

CAUSE......

I'm a pepper,

Your a pepper,

He's a pepper,

She's a pepper,

Wouldn't you like to be a pepper to?

Be a pepper, drink Dr. Pepper, Be a Pepper, Drink Dr. Pepper.

Us peppers are an interesting breed

an original taste is what we need

Ask any Pepper and he'll say

Only Dr. Pepper tastes that way

CAUSE......

I'm a pepper,

Your a pepper,

He's a pepper,

She's a pepper,

Wouldn't you like to be a pepper to?

Be a pepper, drink Dr. Pepper, Be a Pepper, Drink Dr. Pepper.

COME ON!!"

At the end of the commercial he's dancing and singing with a whole crowd of "hopped up on the Voo Doo Dr. Pepper" freaks.

NOT TO SELF: YOU WATCHED WAY TO MUCH TELEVISION AS A CHILD

I immediately change the words to suite my family history.

I basal & bolus insulin accordingly don't ya know,

Cause if I didn't..... it would really blow

If my blood sugar is super high or super low

Two places I 'don't really want to go

One extreme I'd start to sweat and shake

The other could knock me out

And put me into a Diabetic Keto Acidotic state...

Cause, I'm part of Diabetic T1 family Craze!

OH......

I'm a T1,

Your a T1,

He's a T1,

She's a T1,

Wouldn't you like to be a T1 to?

Us T1's are an interesting breed....

New Islets of Langerhans are just what we need

Ask any T1 and she'll say

I'm waiting for a cure to come my way....

Cause...

I'm a T1,

Your a T1,

He's a T1,

She's a T1,

Wouldn't you like to be a T1 to?

Be a T1 - just like your Daddy..

Be a T1, my families DNA Double Helix is pretty batty

COME ON!