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Blog Entries With Tag: Type 1Blog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Dec 20, 2013
Yes, I’m going on a sailing holiday again in the winter – I swore after the one I did with my DH back in February – I would never EVER do this again. I became very sick during that holiday – stress with one of the Admirals on board due to their demand of use of water / food. Not good for any person – diabetic or not. This time, the gang we’re with – they’ve either read my blog I wrote OR we’ve talked – and I’ve been up front with them – and they’ve all said – WE ARE ON HOLIDAY – IF WE SPEND $100 MORE ON YADDA, YADDA, YADDA – WE ALL SHALL WALK THE PLANK TOGETHER. Okay, the plank bit they didn’t say – but I’m sure with abit of rum in them – we be doing double flip swan dives off the plank. Last year on the charter we were on in the Bahamas, one of the couples on board is an RN. She swears that she feels due to taking COLD FX prior/during the holidays this is why they didn’t get ill like they had the previous year. I figured, as an RN, who knows abit about diabetes, that it should be alright to take. I went into the FAQ area to find out more – and it seemed to be alright for “diabetics” –but it did state that you should speak to your GP or pharmacist prior to taking. So, armed with this info – I spoke with my pharmacist yesterday – who told me NOT to take it due to my having Type 1 diabetes – where our autoimmune system has been compromised (this is what causes us to become insulin dependent ). She said with Type 2 diabetics – its fine to take – as their diabetes is not the same (no kidding). She said in taking this supplement (its main ingredient is North American ginsing) – that my autoimmune system would become abit whacky – and I’d be MORE prone to getting ill. Phew – saved myself some $$$’s and potential harm. What did she recommend instead?
Oh, and on the honey advise .... my Mum takes it – but mainly for seasonal allergies I believe. She doesn’t even get a flu shot due to severe allergic reaction to it many years ago (and she’s never had the flu since I was a little girl – she’s very lucky). Though when researching for this blog post I’ve come to the conclusion that due to mixed opinions (they say it doesn't work) - I’ll just give it a go. Plus it does taste good on toast in the morning - right? So, I’ll be looking to see when I arrive at my sunny destination – for local honey – to aid in my plan to not get sick like I did last year and pray I’m not sitting in the airplane with a person about to hack up their lungs (can you tell I love flying the friendly skies?).
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: Type 1 (1) autoimmune (1) pharmacist (1) flu (1) honey (1) COLD FX (1) sailboat (1) pneumonia (1) sailing (1) Related posts:Jenna and The Hypo Fairy | Questioned by my pharmacist on my insulin regime | Diabetes Expo | About me | In the Diabetes Groove | My Diagnosis Story | What's Up? | Run, Fatboy, Run | Am so excited! | Sailing AwayBlog: Steve's BlogPosted: Oct 3, 2012
It was the first week of the school summer holidays in 2009. Francesca was 6 years old. She had been feeling (what we thought was) under the weather for a couple of weeks. She was very tired but it was the end of the school year and she had been very busy with various things, so we put it down to that. She was also drinking vast amounts and going to the toilet a lot, which didn’t seem surprising, given the amount she was drinking One morning, she woke up considerably worse so my wife took her to the doctor with a written list of symptoms so she didn’t forget any. The doctor didn’t seem unduly concerned and told her to take Francesca to the hospital for a blood test. It was too late to take her that day and we had no idea how urgent it was, otherwise we would have taken her to A&E. We took her to the hospital the next morning for the blood test. Francesca was so weak by then that I had to carry her from the car to the phlebotomy department. The nurses struggled to get blood from her and seemed very worried. I thought for a moment that they would fetch a doctor or take us to A&E. In the event, they took her sample through for analysis immediately. Less than an hour later, after I had gone to work, my wife received a phone call from one of the doctors at our surgery. He told Claire to take Francesca to hospital immediately. When she said she couldn’t as she didn’t drive and it would take me possibly half an hour to get home, the doctor said “She needs to go to hospital now so I’ll call an ambulance. Please pack an overnight bag. “She rang me and I raced home but they had already gone to hospital. I raced there and arrived to see Francesca on a bed with lots of tubes attached to her. We were told her fingers and toes were cold and this meant that her body had started to shut down. We had got her there just in time. After spending a few hours in A&E, she was transferred to the children’s ward and put in her own room. Later that evening, the paediatrician decided to transfer Francesca to the High Dependency Unit at the bigger hospital in Coventry in case her condition deteriorated so that she was already where she would need to be. She was transferred by ambulance under blue lights. Fortunately, she didn’t get any worse and was transferred back the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton the next day. While she was there, we began the daunting process of learning what we needed to do for Francesca; blood tests, insulin injections etc. There was an enormous amount of information to take on board. We met with the diabetes nurses (who we would see a lot more of in the years to come) and the dietician, all of whom were full of advice. After spending five days in hospital, Francesca was considered well enough to be released, much to her relief. We left the hospital loaded with books, sheets of information and lots of the medical equipment that would become part of our everyday lives. A few months later, in February 2010, Francesca was dealing really well with everything but we were starting to worry about our five year old son, Jacob. He started showing the signs of type 1 but a blood test and a urine test were both clear. However, one evening when we were doing the necessary with Francesca, Jacob asked to be tested. The meter read ‘hi’. Off to A&E we went, complete with overnight bag, and our worst fears were confirmed. It was a heartbreaking moment for me when he looked up at me and said, “Am I diabetic too, Dad?” Because recognising the symptoms had helped us to have him diagnosed much sooner than Francesca, he was only in hospital for one night. The doctors wanted to keep him in longer as his BM’s were still too high, but we felt we knew what we were doing by now and he was upset at the thought of staying in hospital another night, so we took him home. Night-times can be difficult to predict or monitor, and children with type 1 have died in their sleep because their blood sugars go so low without them knowing, so one of us gets up in the middle of the night every night to check their BM’s. This is why we need to find a cure for type 1. Naturally, I wan5t to do my bit to raise funds for the JDRF. I am involved in a project for World Diabetes Day. Mums of type 1 children made a video called ‘A Mother’s Anthem’ which you may have seen. The suggestion was made for a Dad’s version. I decided to take up the challenge and saw the potential for a song. The lyrics are from the Dad’s perspective. The song will be available as a download and (hopefully) a CD single as well. All funds raised will be donated to the JDRF. It will be released to coincide with World Diabetes Day on 14th November.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: Eyes (1) Innocent (1) World Diabetes Day (1) song (1) Dad (1) A Mother's Anthem (1) JDRF (1) cure (1) Type 1 (1) Related posts:Diabetes Expo | About me | In the Diabetes Groove | My Diagnosis Story | Run, Fatboy, Run | Am so excited! | America's (The World's) Silent Killer | Jesse you will NOT be forgotten! | Some words about my twin | FREE Medical ID Bracelet for month of NovemberBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Apr 17, 2012
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: Diabetes (2) Type 1 (1) teenager (1) Foundation (1) Hands (1) DHF (1) Ecuador (1) FUVIDA (1) Insulin For Life (1) JDRF (1) IFL (1) Katia Shannon (1) Sweet 16 (1) Related posts:Surviving the Holocaust with Type 1 diabetes | Eating from the ground - Yuca Fries | My first month with Bowie my Dexcom G4 CGMS | My 13 year old self describing her DKA in the 70's | Miss Idaho is Defeating Diabetes | Sugar and Your Health | When You're Hot, You're Hot | My First Night with Dexcom G4 CGMS | Diabetes among us... | Diabetes ExpoBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Jul 28, 2011
Well, I just got back from a whirl wind tour of Vermont. Yes, I went in my little Smart CDI and …. it did not break down on me – Whoo! Whoo! My little French fry machine as I like to call it – as it’s built in France / engine is from France – is my way of making myself not feel so bad about the woes it’s had over the past 6 months with a mechanic buggering up the car. Smartie is now all better.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: food (1) dinner (1) Vermont (1) John Candy (1) Blue (1) Ginger Vieira (1) The Antidote (1) Dana Heffern (1) Smart CDI (1) FFL11 (1) CWD (1) mini-dose glucagon (1) Type 1 (1) diabetes (1) Related posts:Surviving the Holocaust with Type 1 diabetes | Eating from the ground - Yuca Fries | My first month with Bowie my Dexcom G4 CGMS | Miss Idaho is Defeating Diabetes | Sugar and Your Health | Crack Free #ShowMeYourPump | When You're Hot, You're Hot | My First Night with Dexcom G4 CGMS | Diabetes among us... | Diabetes ExpoBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Feb 7, 2011
What started off this whole blog title is an article that popped up on my desktop from the UK, stating that a virus called Enterovirus is the 2nd leading cause of the common cold virus could perhaps be the cause of Type 1 diabetes in children. The article goes on to say " that children with Type 1 diabetes are nearly 10 times more likely to show signs of enterovirus infection than children without Type 1 ". The genetic factor has sort of been tossed around for awhile and is still up for debate amongst the medical community to this day. What has been revealed with combined studies is that they can't pinpoint the exact environmental factor that sets off Type 1 diabetes but this virus is now being more thoroughly researched. I know over the years with discussions with other diabetics that were diagnosed at a young age, that many of us have muddled this idea in our hand that it could be to do with the environment we lived in, as well as genetically being passed on to us. I know my great grandmother who died at quite an old age, was discovered to have diabetes, probably Type 2. This wasn't the cause of her death though, it was just time for her body to go onto the next life (or that's the way I like to think of it through rose coloured glasses).
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