Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Imperfection

Today's Prompt: This one’s for you, baby. Dedicate a song to your condition. Why did you pick that song? Find a youtube or link to a version to embed in your post.

I've always had songs that reminded me in some way of diabetes. The one that used to make me laugh as a teen was Sheryl Crow's 1996 hit Everyday is a Winding Road because of the line "Everybody gets high, everybody gets low. These are the days when anything goes." And now that I have a continuous glucose monitor, it's obvious that "winding road" is a particularly apt description of my blood glucose trends.

I started a thread on TuDiabetes a couple of years ago that was a lot of fun - Dia-Beatles. We took Beatles lyrics and changed them up to fit diabetes themes.

It's no secret that I relate to music. So many of us find real catharsis in music. That's why there is a field of rehabilitative therapy based on music and our responses to it! Sometimes my Twitter feed is full of angst-ridden song lyrics from people in the diabetes community because it just describes where we are that day, that minute.

The day after we got home from our trip to Kansas City for Simonpalooza - a gathering of more than 20 people from all over the world who knew one another mostly only from online interactions - I heard this song on the radio and it brought me to tears.

That's a rarity. I'm not a soft touch.

But it made me think of the people in my community and their individual and collective struggles. It made me think of the friends who shared their weekend with me: Simon, C, Scott, Bob, Jess, Sara, Victoria, Sarah Jane, Cherise, ScottyJ, Allison, Barbara, Kelly, Jeff, Kim, Mike, Amanda, and Heather & Becca.

I'm dedicating this song to them today.

Here it is, Pink's F*ckin' Perfect (the clean version):



This post was written as part of NHBPM - 30 health posts in 30 days: 
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11 comments:

  1. Wow, thanks Mel that is a fantastic song! It was fantastic to finally meet you and have a chance to talk with you

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  2. I heart this song. I heart this post. And mostly, I heart you and all my friends listed above!

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  3. What a great song and post. You are perfectly awesome in my book, and it was so fantastical to finally be able to meet you in person! Loved spending time with you and everyone there.

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  4. Thank you! That's fabulous and much needed.

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  5. beautiful! thanks melissa. i needed that smile right now. <3

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  6. I absolutely LOVE this song! I cannot wait to meet you this weekend!!!

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  7. Thanks for the tune & the DOC love. I feel blessed to journey that winding road with you & our d-peep friends.

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