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Unquenchable thirst,
draining sequelae,
a pervasive feeling of lethargy,
throbbing headaches are master now.
And then blurring of vision,
all is not what it seems,
sweats abound with …
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Contributors ARLM conceived the idea, wrote and reviewed the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
Author note ARLM is a respiratory consultant working and living in Bristol, UK. The poem is a reflective following the diagnosis of type two diabetes to give an insight into the experience of unpredictable yet debilitating apparently invisible illness.
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