Not a right lot by the looks of things. We might have disappeared for two years but on our return our blog posts still offer no useful purpose in society and the comments are a happy mix of abuse and general pedantry. So, aside from having a baby which changed just about everything, has anything actually… Read More »
Get a toddler. They don’t have to be yours, you could borrow one for a while as long as you get the owners permission. They’ll revolutionise your daily pancreatic duties: No more missed blood tests. Your toddler will wake you everyday with the cheery refrain “its morning time. Do your blood test”. No excuses. You… Read More »
The deepest, darkest days of January are the perfect time to be planning holidays. And by sheer coincidence Diabetes UK have just launched their 2014 programme of care events for families and young people. I gushed endlessly about the marvellousness of these events a few years ago, so if you need any convincing that meeting… Read More »
I’ve always hated diabetes junk. Never mind limbs rotting off and kidneys drowning in a sea of glucose. Oh no, my number one diabetes whinge, out of all proportion to the gravity of the problem, is diabetes junk. And when I thought I was coping well with the multitude of boxes of infusion sets, test… Read More »
Eva and I are now three months into life and motherhood, and so far so good. Eva has learned to smile, recognise people, chatter away and be generally adorable. Mummy has also learned a lot… Abandon any hope of pre-bolusing for meals. Just because the baby is asleep when the plate hits the table, doesn’t guarantee… Read More »
Yesterday I celebrated 30 years of living with diabetes. We had a marching band, fireworks and champagne. Or we might have done if anyone of us had actually remembered my diaversary. In reality, mid nappy change I realised what date it was and celebrated with a clean t-shirt to replace the one Eva had just… Read More »
It’s three weeks now since we started playing at being parents, and we’re having lots of fun. My caesarean scar has healed beautifully, which is of course amazing as most clinicians seem to expect that it should be oozing green pus and festering nicely by now, me being diabetic and all. I still can’t lift… Read More »
I have to say, having Eva by caesarean was a thoroughly pleasant experience. A couple of weeks before she was born we decided that Eva would be coming out via the sunroof so that gave us time to do a bit of planning. I had two big concerns – controlling my diabetes during and after… Read More »