To my diabetic daughter…..
To my diabetic daughter, Its been just over three weeks since diagnosis, three short weeks to consume a wealth of information and to start adapting to a new way of …
Twin Girl and Type 1 Diabetes
Dancing with Diabetes and laughing in the face of spica…..
The lady sat in the dressing area nudged her friend in the arm and whispered loudly ‘she’s crying, is she ok?’. Unable to resist I tried to follow her gaze to …
The Middle Child – why not being disabled is a pretty poor show….
It has been a long couple of years; we started with miscarriage in 2008 then bounced into epilepsy in 2010, we then quickly advanced to hip dysplasia in 2011 and we …
Putting things in perspective – four days later #diabetes
It has been four days since my eldest daughter was diagnosed with diabetes, four excruciatingly long days which has evoked tears and tantrums from us all. But as always after a …
D is for diabetes – forever is a very long time….
It is 5.39am and it looks like sleep has left me for another woman as my eyes refuse to close and my mind is racing. Two days have passed since …