You know how everything has a name nowadays.  Like stupid days we can buy cards for… So Singles Day or National Pizza day (it’s a thing.) Diabetes has a whole host of names for related conditions that are a spin off from the condition itself… (I know, like having Type 1 isn’t enough, turns out…

This morning was its usual blend of parenting chaos.  As I made three entirely different breakfasts, and I called out my usual mantra of instructions, hints, and orders. I reminded the kids to brush their teeth, grab their packed lunch, get a drink, and not to forget their coat. Out of the corner of my…

Dear Type 1, Hi….. How to start. You moved in with us six years ago, I’d like to note that you have not paid a single penny towards the mortgage or even the food bills.   In fact you have overall drastically reduced the household income, thanks to you I walked away from my career and…

I just wasn’t prepared for the wave of emotion that would slap me hard in the face this morning when I pressed the blue F on my phone. It had been a normal morning, the school run was hectic, mainly because I refused to get out of bed after spending half the night changing insulin…

I am in battle, and I am losing. It is 2.15am – I don’t recall the last time I typed at 2am.  Probably during finals week at University all those many moons ago, when I thought I would be able to catch up on sleep in later life. Or maybe when the children were babies…