"This drawing, by a nine-year old boy who could not be traced, was kindly supplied by Dr Tim Dornan ( Hope Hospital, University of Manchester School of Medicine, Manchester, UK) . I first saw it several years ago, and have always found it inexpressibly moving; there is a copy above my desk as I write. The artist depicts himself as a rabbit, trapped in a cage and facing a future of endless insulin injections. He asks ‘Is this my life?’
This is a picture that should be on the desk of every researcher in diabetes." Professor Edwin Gale, Editor-in-Chief.
Diabetologia thanks the artists and paediatricians for their support for this cover series.