Six months with Type 1 Diabetes
My old chess foe, type 1 diabetes, has been laying pretty low for a while. Twin girl has been coping admirably well since her wobble a few weeks ago and …
Twin Girl and Type 1 Diabetes
“Mummy I have something to tell you”: A tale of diabetes
“Mummy, I have something to tell you.” My eldest daughter stood in front of me with tears glistening in her eyes, her pale face seemed wracked with worry and I …
Type 1 Diabetes: Is it a big deal?
“It’s no big deal, they can control it so well nowadays, fifty years ago she may have died…” A well meaning chap in the cafe said this to us today …
Fate is an ironic bastard…
Fate is an ironic bastard at times. It took a while for us to notice the signs of twin girl’s diabetes, we put the excessive bed wetting down to the …
Type 1 diabetes: Being more than just a number…
Since the October diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes twin girl and I have both started to refer to her in a numeric form. This morning started with the following conversation; “What …