Just a little prick …

I guess I should start at the beginning, although thinking about when that was makes me realise that I actually don’t know when it was, so instead I will begin on Wednesday 2nd November 2022 .. the day I was told I had diabetes.  I don’t know how long I’ve had it, I really didn’t have any symptoms so your guess is as good as mine!

It was a massive shock and not something I expected when I visited the doctor that day for the results of a blood test.  Going back a further 17 years to when I was pregnant with my son, I had gestational diabetes and was warned that at some stage in the future it was likely to come back, I just didn’t expect it now. It floored me and caused a mass of emotions, anger at myself for not taking as good care of myself as I could have, guilt for putting my family through this once again and sadness … extreme sadness at what my future holds.  The self pity didn’t last long though.  I just need to get on with it.

So, I headed home with a bag full of insulin pens, needles, blood testing kit, etc etc .. and my new diabetic life began.  This blog will be an avenue to vent my sucesses, my failures, my frustrations and also document my journey through the world of diabetic food.  It may even include a recipe or two … if I find any I like!

A week along and it’s going ok .. good days, bad days, good bloods, bad bloods and the never ending question of “What can I eat”.   I don’t do things by half, it’s all or nothing.  I am determined to beat this and get rid of it.  It will take some time and a lot of hard work, but I WILL do it.

Forgot to mention .. the name of my blog?!   I have a phobia of needles and when I told the doctor that I wasn’t sure that I could inject myself, his response was “It’s just a little prick”