1. What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before? Opened up to my family
2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions from last year and will you make any for 2013? I said I'd get back on it with my Diabetes, which I didn't at all. If anything it got shoved below other things. That's not happening in 2013. See previous post for my new years resolutions!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nope
4. Did anyone close to you die? No
5. What countries did you visit? None
6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012? Laughter
7. What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory...and why? Probably Christmas Day, because it was a good one :)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Not losing the plot?
9. What was your biggest failure? Not caring about my D for most of the year
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Two lots of lurgy :(
11. What was the best thing you bought? Presents for F + F
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? My parents :)
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? No-ones
14. Where did most of your money go? My new room, and lent to someone who doesn't seem to have any intention of paying it back ._.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Going away in 2013!
16. What song will always remind you of 2012? Something New - Girls Aloud
17. Compared to last year, are you...
...happier/sadder? Happier
...thinner/fatter? Probably a little chunkier after Xmas :P
...richer/poorer? Same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Spending time with people I'd lost contact with, and my family.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Crying
20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve? With my family, apparently we have some Chinese lanterns..
21. Did you fall in love in 2012? No
22. How many one-night stands? Zero!
23. What was your favourite TV program? Sons of Anarchy
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I don't hate anyone.
25. What was the best book you read in 2012? Too many to list :P
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Sia
27. What did you want AND get? No clue :P
28. What did you want and NOT get? A pancreas..
Sunday, 30 December 2012
2012
Monday, 30 April 2012
Writers Block
Unfortunately I've been suffering from D-blog writers block for the last few weeks, hence the lack of posts :( Not really feeling the D right now, no oomph. So I've done a little Mememe!
What type of diabetes do you have:
Type 1
When were you diagnosed:
August 25th 2009
What’s your current blood sugar:
What kind of meter do you use?
I use the Contour USB
How many times a day do you check your blood sugar:
Around 4-6 depending on whether I've had a low/high during the day.
What’s a “high” number for you:
For me anything above 11mmol, that's when I start getting headache and feeling yucky/grumpy.
What do you consider “low”:
Anything below 4mmol
What’s your favorite low blood sugar reaction treater:
Lucozade Sport as it's super quick after just a mouthful
Describe your dream endo:
My GP actually has T1 so is always incredibly helpful when I go for my reviews, he 'gets' it! He never goes too much into my readings, just how I'm feeling with my D and how I'm getting on. He always makes me feel better and reassures me that I'm doing okay, and not to be too hard on myself.
What’s your biggest diabetes achievement:
Probably getting my HbA1c under 7% after about a year of being in the early 8's!
What’s your biggest diabetes-related fear:
That it'll take my eyesight in the end.
Who’s on your support team:
My family, my angel Aimsy, my GP and the lovely ladies at the Healthy Living Centre :)
Do you think there will be a cure in your lifetime:
Think I got more chance of eating candyfloss on the moon!
What is a “cure” to you:
Having a working pancreas, and none of the crap that comes with Diabetes.
The most annoying thing people say to you about your diabetes is:
"Should you be eating that?"
"You can't have one of those, it's got sugar in it"
"Do you have the bad kind of Diabetes?"
"You have Diabetes?.... But you're not fat"
What is the most common misconception about diabetes:
That there's only one type, and it's baaaaaaad. Ugh!
If you could say one thing to your pancreas, what would it be:
Please behave!
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Howdy 2012!
Apologies for the lack of posting over the Christmas/New Year period. With family related things and the re-appearance of the dreaded lurgy, it's been either hectic or I've been too pooped to even turn my laptop on =/
1. What did you do in 2011 that you'd never done before? Travelled with Diabetes, went to an MCR concert
2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions from last year and will you make any for 2011? Didn't make any. But this year's is to get back on it with my D and to have fun
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nope
4. Did anyone close to you die? Yes
5. What countries did you visit? USA
6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011? Courage
7. What date from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory...and why? November 27th and that's for me to know. Nosey!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Landing myself a new job the day I got made redundant
9. What was your biggest failure? Losing focus with my Diabetes
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Just the usual lurgy!
11. What was the best thing you bought? Presents for loved ones
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration? Amy's :)
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? No-ones
14. Where did most of your money go? Florida holiday
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Lots of things! :D
16. What song will always remind you of 2011? Planetary Go and Lego House
17. Compared to last year, are you...
...happier/sadder? Happier
...thinner/fatter? Same
...richer/poorer? Same
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Laughing and looking after myself
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Worrying
20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve? I spent it with someone special
21. Did you fall in love in 2011? Yes <3
22. How many one-night stands? Zero!
23. What was your favourite TV program? Sons of Anarchy/True Blood
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? No
25. What was the best book you read in 2011? Sookie Stackhouse :)
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Didn't make one??
27. What did you want AND get? A puppy!
28. What did you want and NOT get? A pancreas..
Friday, 16 September 2011
Invisible Illness Week - Meme
This week it's Invisible Illness Week (another one I wasn't aware of until recently!) so I'm celebrating mine with a Meme post.
If you want to contribute please visit Invisible Illness Week where you can Tweet, Facebook or blog, raising awareness and making your illness visible :)
1. The illness I live with is: Type 1 Diabetes
2.
I was diagnosed with it in the year: 2009
3.
But I had symptoms since: 2007
4. The biggest
adjustment I’ve had to make is: getting used to
watching everything I do as it will more than likely affect my BG,
injecting and testing each and every day.
5. Most people
assume: that I ate too much sugar, or that it's odd that I
have D because I'm not largely obese, that I can't eat sugar
6.
The hardest part about mornings are: remembering to test
before breakfast and then remembering if I've injected or not xD
7.
My favourite medical TV show is: Dr Quinn Medicine Woman <
cos she's awesome!
8. A gadget I couldn’t live without
is: my meter is the only D gadget I have, other than that my
laptop/blackberry :)
9. The hardest part about nights are:
wondering whether I'll have a hypo in the early hours causing me to
wake up with a hypo-hangover
10. Each day I take 1 pill &
a billion vitamins. << Actually
I don't..
11. Regarding alternative
treatments I: don't think anything can be an alternative to
insulin, however there are things that can go hand-in-hand. Such as
laughter! Having a sense of humour with an Invisible Illness, to me,
is pretty important. Otherwise I don't know where I'd be now.
12.
If I had to choose between an invisible illness or visible I would
choose: invisible
illness. When I want to say 'Hey look at me with my D' I can wear one
of my D-Tees and when I'm suffering from burnout I don't have to do
anything.
13. Regarding working and
career: they don't fit into my D, my D fits into them.
14.
People would be surprised to know: that I don't mind people
asking me questions about my D, I'm not embarrassed/ashamed about my
Invisible Illness. I'll only get embarrassed if you make a dumb ass
comment about me being a junkie, for example, and it'll be
embarrassment for you. Not me.
15. The hardest thing to
accept about my new reality has been: that I can remember my
pre-D life with no hassle, and also that I may never see a cure in my
lifetime.
16. Something I never thought I could do with my
illness that I did was: carry on with a relatively normal
life :)
17. The commercials about my illness: non-existent
as far as I'm aware in the UK?
18.
Something I really miss doing since I was diagnosed is:
going downstairs in the morning, eating my breakfast then watching TV
in my jammies. Carefree.
19. It was really hard to have to
give up: nothing!
I don't feel I've given up anything due to D, I've gained a lot from
it. Sometimes giving up time with friends etc sucks because I've had
a bad hypo sucks but you've gotta roll with the punches!
20.
A new hobby I have taken up since my diagnosis is: blogging,
regularly!
21. If I could have one day of
feeling normal again I would: probably
cry in shock!
22. My illness has taught me: that
people are amazing, strong & can take on so much then help others
too!
23. Want to know a secret? One thing people say that gets
under my skin is: “You Can't”. In the words of Sherman
Klump.. “YES I CAN”
24. But I love it when people: love
me for who I am, and not because/despite diabetes. Also telling me
that they've passed on some of their D-knowledge to someone else
:)
25. My favourite motto, scripture, quote that gets me
through tough times is: When life gives you lemons, make
lemonade
26. When someone is diagnosed I’d like to tell
them: that they aren't alone. There will always be people on
hand to offer support and advice both on and off-line. You can have a
great life after diagnosis :)
27. Something that has
surprised me about living with an illness is: sometimes I
can cope with it.
28. The nicest thing someone did for me
when I wasn’t feeling well was: gave
me a bear hug and asked if I was okay <3
29. I’m involved
with Invisible Illness Week because: us PWD have to speak up
and make D visible!
30. The fact that you read this list
makes me feel: happy. If you have an Invisible Illness and a
blog, make yours visible too and take part in the Meme posts :)
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Then and Now
hey folks
i've seen a few of these on different blogs now and fancied joining in!
definately been strange looking back at how things were and how they are now :)
- a few months away from my 12th birthday
- singing along to the Spice Girls
- not diabetic
- carefree
- just starting secondary school
5 Years ago I was- overweight
- unhappy with my appearance
- finding out which friends I could/couldn't rely on
- taking my GCSE's
- starting to come out of my shell with a part-time job
1 Year ago I was
- still coming to terms with my diabetes
- making great new friends at work >>
- 3 stone lighter and looking a little ill
- depressed and angry
- telling the 'friends' I couldn't rely on where to go
- spent the entire day under 10mmol
- played on the Wii with Amy <<
- updated my blog
- cleaned my room
- tried on some new clothes
Today I
- had my hair cut
- got to lie-in until half past 8
- played on my blackberry
- am not letting my D bother me
- am feeling relaxed
- stop – spice girls (dance moves too =D)
- summer of '69 – bryan adams
- who knew – pink
- make me wanna die – the pretty reckless
- At Last – Etta James
- pay off my parents mortgage and bills
- emigrate
- give a chunk to charity
- travel around the world
- ummm... go shopping?
- true Blood
- scrubs
- csi
- ugly betty
- gossip girl
- my family
- my friends
- club
- the DOC
- my blog
Saturday, 1 January 2011
First 2011 post
Saw this on Scullys blog and couldn't resist :)
Happy New Year! Hope its a good one with lots of good levels!!
1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before? Joined a great online forum and started blogging :)
2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions from last year and will you make any for 2011? I don't make them any more, I always try to stop biting my nails.... but I've kinda given up on that :P
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nope4. Did anyone close to you die? No
5. What countries did you visit? None in 2011 but Florida this year!!6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010? More confidence and emotional stability
7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory...and why? 1st June when I passed my driving test first time!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Passing my driving test
9. What was your biggest failure? Letting my D affect me more than it should.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Three bouts of the lurgy this year, one of which I'm still suffering with now – not impressed at all!
11. What was the best thing you bought? Olive!
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration My mum and dad, they still don't really understand diabetes but always help me and are there for me when I need them
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? No-one's made me appalled but a couple have disappointed me.
14. Where did most of your money go? My first car, Olive :)
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Passing my driving test, my 21st birthday
16. What song will always remind you of 2010? I couldn't think a defining song of 2010... Eminem & Rihanna was played a lot though
17. Compared to last year, are you...
...happier/sadder? Happier than last year, but still in the middle
...thinner/fatter? I weigh more than last year but I'd lost a lot just after diagnosis so I'm pretty happy with my weight now – for a change!
...richer/poorer? Probably about the same?
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Having fun and enjoying myself
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Worrying, getting upset over stupid things
20. How will you be spending New Year's Eve? XD bit late on this one, I spent New Year's Eve in bed watching Troy
21. Did you fall in love in 2010? Nope
22. How many one-night stands? None. Who would honestly answer this anyway? << my sentiments exactly!
23. What was your favourite TV program? True Blood <3
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? I don't 'hate' anyone.... just intensely dislike ;)
25. What was the best book you read in 2010? Best books were the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlene Harris
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? Didn't really make one :D
27. What did you want AND get? Some great friends! Online and off
28. What did you want and NOT get? Mr Right
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