#Wordless Wednesday~ What’s in your Mary Poppin’s bag?

This is my first wordless Wednesday post and it was inspired by one of my fellow D bloggers a1-Conceive! In her post “The day I lost it at the grocery store…”, she mentioned how us D ladies usually have to carry huge bags so huge that in fact they resemble Mary Poppin’s bag in size. So the pictures below…

Cyborg for a month or perhaps longer :/

As a lot of my readers may know I’m from the UK. As a type 1 diabetic living in the UK all my diabetes care and expenses are paid for by the NHS (National Health Service). This means that all my diabetes equipment, my insulin pump, my test strips, my blood glucose machines and even…

JDRF UK – My story

JDRF are a type 1 diabetes (T1D) organisations, who are known worldwide. They fund research with the main focus of finding a cure for T1Ds. One of the things I love about this organisation is that it is run by other T1Ds and they provide information for children, teenagers and adults with T1D. They are constantly…

D related disappointment!

On Saturday, I had a routine eye check at the Eye hospital. As a type 1 diabetic having regular eye tests and making sure your eyes are in tip top shape is the best way to avoid any complications which might occur. Side note: I never miss an appointment I usually have my eyes checked every…

Diabetic Mathematics! Mathebetics….

I really and truly hated maths when I was in school, it’s quiet ironic that now my life revolves around numbers, equations and ratio’s. Initially my understanding of diabetes and numbers was zero. Insulin units, bolus, what?? I was totally clueless… As the years have gone by I’ve developed a much better appreciation for these…