I’m usually the last to finish my dinner even though I’m one of the first to sit to the table. Why? Because of my diabetes meal time ritual. Every time I eat. I sit to the table and then push my plate away from me to make room for checking blood glucose levels and the maths.

It’s often left up to us to educate our nearest and dearest about type 1 diabetes and I really struggled with this for a long time. Here is a Cheatsheet you might find useful to explain your new diagnosis.

I have quite a bit of anxiety around basal rate testing. Am I the only one? Or is this just a Gráinne-ism-quirk (another one).

What if I was newly diagnosed all over again? If I was 20 year old me again and newly diagnosed what would I want knowing what I know now about what’s out there in diabetes management? What would I want to have in my diabetes care?

I had completely run out of patience waiting for my health service to be a current and up to date one. So I’ve joined the #WeAreNotWaiting movement and become a member of the closed loop crowd.