Tweet Big news recently is the sugar tax – and forgive me for saying this, but I find it a bit of a sticky point. Sugar is the big thing that everyone has decided is causing the health problems of the nation. Never mind the fact that five, ten years ago, we completely blamed fat, and…
Tweet Share I hate to admit it, but my next blog really is about something teenagers hate to admit to…. BEING DISORGANISED! Organisation is key with diabetes. Most people know this – it’s like the timing, the doses, the prescriptions… So, I decided that I was going to do Leedsfest again this year, like the…
Tweet Share So the other day I was at college. Casually sat, wearing a plain white tshirt and a pair of light jeans. My best friend saunters up to me, and sits down before saying; “Oh god- you’ve been shot”. I, of course, reacting to this news badly, jumped up to find that my brand-new…
Tweet Share Bit obvious this one really. But, diabetes- once you get it, you have it for life. At first, my main question was “Am I going to die? No, seriously just tell me straight.” When the answer was, “well no one is immortal but if you look after yourself and manage your diabetes, it…
Tweet Share So, I’m continuing with this list. I don’t know why I wanted to do a list really, but I think its probably my obsessive compulsive characteristics coming through. Unfortunately, I am also rather flaky, so I begin to tire of the uniformity of a list. Anyway…! So, if you have read the rest…
Tweet Share Last time, Helen told us she was going to count down a list of 10 things that if she could, she’d alter about her life as a young diabetic and see if others agreed. You can catch up with her “Number 10“, and carry on reading, this time about going to clinic… “Number…