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The reality hits you. Eventually. At some point. When you get diagnosed with diabetes and I imagine any chronic disease, illness or life threatening condition, the reality hits that this is for real and it is going to impact on your life in many ways, forever. For some, this means a shortened life. For some…
Read moreWaking up to a beautiful morning with my beautiful family and a freshly painted house in the midst of chaos as we renovate our old 1949 home has got me wondering about a few things. One of these is how we measure ourselves in life. I have never been one to consider myself vain –…
Read moreThis morning I woke up with a Blood Glucose Level of 20 mmol (360 for our US readers), this was despite increasing my overnight insulin rates in my pump yesterday morning due to continually having to take extra insulin during the night. I thought today I would wake with the perfect blood glucose level. I…
Read moreIt’s been a while. Life has been very busy and we have been away from home for over a month. Blogging has not been on the agenda. While I have been away from my familiar environment, my oldest son, my cats and my comforts of home, diabetes has been ever present. It comes with me,…
Read moreWatching the Olympics the past 2 weeks like millions across the globe it always makes me cry, laugh, shout and barrack. I am not usually a sport nut, but this is one time in 4 years where I will watch as much of it as I can. Despite almost reaching Olympia-burnout, I am still going….
Read moreFood, food food. Somewhere in the Western world we have gone wrong. There are still many people in the world who have no food. Children who are starving, Dying. And we sit here with an abundance of the stuff. We keep getting fatter and unhealthier as a collective group. We keep throwing food away. Gorging…
Read moreI was at the doctor today for a non-diabetes related thing, a “woman’s” thing. I was already feeling a little uptight, wishing I was not there, thinking about all the things I needed to get done today and wondering why she was running 45 minutes late. I contemplated running out, telling them I had another…
Read moreA funny thing happens every year in National Diabetes Week here in Australia and I am sure it happens across the world as follows: 1) The main players and policy makers decide on a focus, (which quite rightly given the huge numbers and costs to us all) is usually about something to do with type…
Read more“Sometimes I am my own worst enemy.” What does that actually mean? Does it mean I take aim and shoot myself in the foot? Does it mean I hide from myself in my bunker? Ride head on into a battle with myself and see who comes out best? Shoot arrows back and forth across my…
Read more“It’s because of your diabetes”. How many times have I heard that. How many times have I thought that. How many times have I wanted to shout “Not everything in my life is because of my diabetes!”. And how many times have I used diabetes as a crutch, an excuse, a get out of jail…
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