A big milestone
Countdown to my 50 year diaversary
Living with type 1 diabetes for over 50 years has come with plenty of highs and lows! In anticipation of reaching my 50 year diaversary, I wrote a series of blogs every 4 weeks, looking at a very specific aspect of the condition, from both my perspective and that of family and friends.
24 weeks and counting: Hypos and Hypers - Walking the Tightrope
With 24 weeks to go I consider the risks associated with out of range blood glucose levels and remember the particular difficulties in avoiding hypos and hypers with the unsophisticated monitoring and methods of insulin delivery in the early years.
28 weeks and counting: Exercise and my Independence
With 28 weeks to go, I look at the difficulties of managing exercise with type 1, from the early years when monitoring was incapable of helping you understand the physical impact, to now, when so much more is known about the impact but due to the nature of the condition, management of blood glucose levels remains challenging.