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March 14, 2009: Seacoast Online article by Jeanné McCartin
Diabetes is a laughing matter.
Or not.
Well — really not — says Haidee Soule Merritt, diagnosed at age 2; which is why she's poking back by poking fun at the disease with a new book of cartoons "One Lump or Two: Things That Suck About Being Diabetic, Volume 1." The 38-year-old illustrator and lamp-maker-with-flair has lived her share of the disease's difficulties, including a round of eye surgeries about 10 years back that lasted over a two year period of time. Read more . . .
March 2009: "This is a MUST book for every one who is a diabetic or knows a diabetic. Haidee has written it from her heart and with oodles of humor. She has taken a serious condition and allowed us to see it from a diabetic's point of view. I could laugh with her, cry with her and appreciate what she goes through to keep going on." -- Shaine Harvester
"Haidee Merritt has produced an insightful, hilarious take on having diabetes based on real-life experience. Her book, One Lump or Two- Things That Suck About Diabetes is a perceptive and inspired comic book which could have been a collaboration between George Carlin, Linda Barry and Harvey Pekor. This is not a book to give to someone recently diagnosed with diabetes, but is perfect for laughs for those who have lived with diabetes and know the many and varied experiences life brings when coping with a disease 24/7. This is not for the faint of heart, either. It is perfect for a crowd raised on "The Simpsons" or "South Park" or "The Daily Show". I am sure that even a Red-State Type 2 person with diabetes would find themselves chuckling at many of the comics. Diabetes Educators will probably want to post out-takes in their offices. I even see the potential for a tear-off daily calendar in Ms. Merritt's future as her audience unfortunately continues to expand. Hats off to a person who has lived through many of the experiences diabetes brings with it and whose book deserves the attention of patients living with diabetes and of diabetes educators everywhere." -- Daniel Crowe, MD, CDE Diabetologist/Southboro Medical Group
Feb. 19, 2009 a reader writes: Hi Haidee,
I just left Dr. Raven's office with a smile on my face. Your book is hilarious! I just wanted to say thank you. No one is ever so real about this god forsaken disease, and you are a breath of fresh air.
As a wannabe writer, I'm always sending in stuff to the paper I know would grab a reader's attention. Well, you grabbed mine, and I want you to know that I plan on spreading the word. I think your books will usher in a brand new era of Diabetes Education.
For lack of a better description, you're f***in' awesome, keep it up!
--R.A.--, Portsmouth, NH
The Sweet Diabetic, blog entry, Feb. 23, 2009: "There really isn't a cartoon in this book that I didn't identify with. Merritt has been a diabetic since childhood. She freely admits that she wasn't always a good patient.
I do agree with her that finding humor in the diabetic lifestyle makes it easier to cope with. Merritt has accomplished that quite easily with One Lump Or Two.
One Lump Or Two is a book that I find myself going back to again and again. It is so "me," if you know what I mean. I think you will have no problem identifying with the humor too.
I really love One Lump Or Two and highly recommend it. Laughter is always good medicine."
Gossip: A Comic Book about Diabetes? Seacoast Online, Feb. 26,2009: "Haidee S. Merritt (of the Wentworth Dennett art studios in Kittery, Maine; sells re-created/up-cycled lamps, owns a gardening biz by the same name — that one), just self-published "One Lump or Two?" a comical book about — of all things — diabetes. "I did the book as a labor of love. I've never done cartooning before for anything," says Merritt who deals with it personally. "It was kind of an art therapy thing — to get it out there and share." Merritt, an illustrator, cartooned without erasing, "I just let it go," she says. To date she's completed three books; the first 200 cartoons strong. "Every day is a new page," she adds laughing. Merritt hopes to publish others in the future."
