Christmas is upon us once again and, once again, I’m feeling slightly on edge about the things that I haven’t got round to doing. Not surprisingly, now that my thoughts are out of my jumbled and ...
As many people in the world of diabetes will know, November is Diabetes Awareness Month. It is a time to raise awareness around the misconceptions of the illness, the day-to-day living, the highs ...
This morning I woke up feeling very happy. So happy in fact that it felt very alien to me and I realised that this isn’t the norm, not at the moment anyway. I know that most people are a little ...
I’m unsure of how to start this article, so I thought I’d just come out and say it… I’m exhausted. All I’ve thought about for the last few months is how much of a struggle I have found being a ...
Recently a friend and I were discussing her PhD subject. We talked about the use of questionnaires for research purposes and we agreed that questionnaires which could provoke negative thoughts ...
My local commissioner has just asked me a question that made me well up…but before anyone thinks the worst, I’m happy about this. You see, she was the first person (in the 13 years I’ve lived ...
It is complicated this diabetes business, isn’t it? The diagnosis of a long-term condition can be life altering. The management differs between us all, and sometimes it changes so frequently that ...
Walking into my consultant’s room I spotted a pillow and a tourniquet that had been placed on his desk. Eyeing it up with a sudden rush of panic and a longing to back out of the room, I knew what ...
A diabetes consultant suggested that for this month’s column I write about psychological support in diabetes care. I considered it and initially I was unsure of how to put pen to paper (or ...
“Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high” – NHS Choices. Yes, diabetes is a lifelong condition, the NHS clearly states that message. ...