Diabetes

Seeing stars…

So the last few weeks have been very stressful, especially for Samuel. Well, that’s not strictly true. Every third day has been stressful for about half an hour. For some reason, Samuel has been buidling up a fear of having … Continue reading →

Bleeding Cannula

No, I’m not swearing. Although I am annoyed with Samuel’s cannula’s in one respect. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, that we had started to see the odd breakdown of his infusion site on the third day of use. … Continue reading →

World Book Day

Guess who Samuel is going to school dressed as, for World Book Day?

Infusion Site breakdown

Samuel’s blood’s have been pretty good for the last couple of weeks, except when we approach the end of his third day on his infusion site. The site needs changing every 3 days and for the last couple of times, … Continue reading →

Clock watching…

It makes a change from watching Sam’s bloods. But watching the clock is the only option this weekend. Samuel is away for two nights at a Scout’s weekend camp. He has the responsibility of watching his bloods himself. This is … Continue reading →

A romantic in training

Who said romance is dead? A normal Monday morning would involve me sneaking out the house before anyone is awake to go for a swim. But this isn’t any Monday morning is it? How romantic would that be? So as … Continue reading →

Sam’s single worst day

On Thursday, Samuel had his worst single day since he left hospital after his diagnosis. As you can see from the graph, by about 7pm on Thursday Sam had risen to 25 (450). To get him down, we tested him … Continue reading →

I wish I was Type 1 Diabetic

Recently I have found myself wishing I had Type 1 Diabetes. I would like to spend the day worrying what my blood glucose levels are. I want to have to prick my finger and take a blood test first thing … Continue reading →

Lies, damn lies and statistics

Samuel’s pump comes with a USB interface that allows us to download the data to my laptop. It also includes some software that allows us to analyse that data. My natural interest in numbers means I like analysing Samuel’s pump … Continue reading →

Calling all generous benefactors

Are you generous? And a benefactor? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Because I have a need for you. Look at this list of really grueling challenges that I would like to do. London to Paris Cycle Challenge for … Continue reading →