As part of GT1 celebrations of World Diabetes Day and the 125th birthday of Frederick Banting and his life saving insulin, we have a pop up unit in Swan Walk, for the dayRead More…
Thanks Frederick!
It was World Diabetes Day yesterday, celebrating the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who is responsible for my daughter and my husband, as well as all people with Type 1 Diabetes, beingRead More…
Time for a nap!
I saw this picture today and couldn’t help but relate to this worn out puppy! With nights of unexplained and stubborn highs, followed by unexplained hypos throughout the night, I’m flagging somewhat!Read More…
Hot Hypos and Hero Constellations
How hot has it been lately!!?! It seems so unfair that the minute the children get back to school, the sun come out and it becomes beach weather! However, I have toRead More…
Happy new school year to all our superheros!
Well, it’s that time of year again…new shiny shoes and neat covers of exercise books, beautiful sharpened pencils of all colours and all school equipment present and correct for the once! AsRead More…
Lists, overconfidence and happy camping smiles :-)
This is the list I wrote for our camping trip. I was naively and completely convinced that I had included absolutely everything I could possibly need, and would even go as farRead More…
Thanks to Tech!
Sometimes I get so fed up with technology! It drives me bananas when my teenage children seem to have their phones so attached to their hands, that I fear that they almostRead More…
Tightrope walking!
So it’s been a time of lots of ups and downs lately! The quiz night was great and sold out. Everyone had fun and we raised enough money to keep GT1 goingRead More…
Eggs, Radio and Family Quiz Night!
Well, it’s been a busy time lately! We’re about half way through the Easter holidays, with relatively non crazy numbers, just kidding, as usual, numbers were a little nuts with chocolate eggsRead More…
Stroppy T1D, pockets full of glucose and cups of tea :-)
So, it’s half term, and we’ve made it through pancake day! I can’t believe how much easier pancake day was this year! We didn’t even need to get the books out thisRead More…