When I first meet someone, I don’t introduce myself as, the type 1 diabetic, who has an insulin pump and pricks her fingers between six to eight times a day. To look at me, you’d just see Amina. The girl, who stands at 5ft 6 and 1/2 inches tall. The girl, from the northwest, with…
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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 alongside my insulin pump therapy. I began to notice that my insulin basal doses seemed to be increasing steadily on a monthly…
Get creative with Diabetes
Since, I didn’t get a chance to join in on the Diabetes blog week. I wanted to post this creative piece, which I had already prepared a while ago. The moment I realised, The Bond Where would I be, without my insulin pump? My constant supply, my night and day. My everything, my all, the…
Super Sweet Bloggers Award
I logged on this morning and I was delighted to see that one of my favourite bloggers xxlovelylizxx had nominated me for The Super Sweet Blogger Award. Amazing! I really had no idea that this even existed. I thought it would be great if I could share a few of my other favourite bloggers. Rules for…
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 avoided. Whether you’re using an insulin pump or injecting, it’s really important that you rotate the sites…
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