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MIA, Diabetes and life
Hi guys It’s been a while since I last wrote a post. I’ve totally been MIA lately due to a lot of different things happening in my life at the moment, some things are D related and others are just …...
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The curious Peanut boy
My 3 year has a very inquisitive mind and could absolutely drive you mad with the millions of questions he can come up with. He never wants to hear the straight forwards answer. He always wants the...
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World Diabetes Day – Insulin discovery
Since I come from a science background. I thought that this year for World diabetes day I would concentrate on one of the major breakthrough’s in diabetes. The breakthrough which stands out in my mind...
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Sugar High Sugar Low Preparing for pregnancy
Before conceiving I had a lot of things to contemplate such as being fit, healthy, eating well, having tight control of my blood glucose levels and most important of all achieving at least an A1c of...
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My Diabetes……
How it all started At the age of 11, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The symptoms were very subtle to start with. Sheer exhaustion was the first to hit me. My mother began to question ”why was I...
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What is Type 1 Diabetes?
What is Type 1 Diabetes? Type 1 diabetes occurs due to a lack of the hormone Insulin in the body (Insulin is produced in the pancreas). When food is ingested this lack of Insulin causes blood glucose...
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Test your sugar girl!
Blood glucose levels = diabetes management A major aspect of being able to manage my diabetes is to regularly test my blood glucose levels. This involves inserting a test strip into a blood glucose...
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My first hypo!
Let’s face it you can never really be ready for that first “hypo”. “What was to come?” Although I’d read about the symptoms, I could never have imagined the way it would affect me. I wasn’t really...
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HbA1c!!!
HbA1C! When I first became diabetic I had no idea what this even meant. I just knew that every 3 to 6 months I would have blood taken from my arm. This blood sample, which seemed like gallons of blood,...
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Don’t complicate it! Part 1
AVOID, AVOID, AVOID!!!!! This is what I think when I see, or hear “diabetic complications“. One of the reasons why I stress the importance of having good blood glucose levels and HbA1c control, is to...
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Avoid retinopathy
Let’s prevent retinopathy How can we avoid these complications? Here are some of the steps I try my best to take to avoid complications. 1. BLOOD SUGARS, BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS, BLOOD SUGARS. Get...
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Work your sites
By sites I mean, injection and insulin pump sites. The site, where a needle must pierce the skin to allow insulin to be delivered into the body. As a type 1 diabetic, this is something which can’t be...
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Type 1 diabetic on Metformin
Type 1 diabetic? CHECK Insulin dependent? CHECK Taking Metformin? ERR CHECK Yup your vision isn’t failing you. I’m a type 1 diabetic on Metformin. I started to take metformin over 4 years ago...
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Hope for a cure!
Since I was diagnosed, I always hoped that one day I’d wake up to the news of diabetes being cured. For now this is a prospect that I can only dream about. Type 1diabetes has been with me for 19 years...
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Get creative with Diabetes #2
Without Me It’s strange symbiosis we share I who lift you up, morning noon and night. Yet you’d rather live without me You’re provider your protector, your shield from an everlasting sleep. Yet you’d...
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