House to myself

Normally the idea of a national holiday fills me with glee. No, not that Glee. Rather, just a happiness that the day will be mine to fill with whatever I want.

But what if the day arrives and it is too mine?

Let me explain: today is Monday, it's also Labour Day here in NZ. About 85% of the population is still in bed with a hangover from last nights All Blacks win against France. Some are still partying.

Closer to home, my family is all out of town. Like, everyone. Just for today. They have all managed to conspire against me (kidding!) and leave me on my lonesome.

Now that's normally not a problem. House to myself. Hmmm, maybe go shopping or do a bit of gardening or work on some web designs I've got on the boil.

However, a thought entered my mind last night and has been keeping me mildly concerned: today I will be a T1 diabetic with no support systems. No handy T3s around to pass me juice or remind me to test.

No one to ring 111 should I (ahem) need it.

I shall have to be extra vigilant.

I shall have to test every hour. Maintain focus. Because I don't want some diabetes mishap to ruin my "house to myself" day.

And yet, it already has.

I am pretty well practiced at this. I've been living with T1 for 23 years now. But there have been only a handful of those days where I've been completely and truly geographically isolated from all my T3s. From those I love. It's disconcerting.

I will be fine, no doubt it's more an issue of overactive imagination than anything else. I mean, my breakfast test was ok at 8.6mmol/mol. Gotta be happy with that.

And yet, diabetes will mean I cannot have a carefree day away from everyone and everything. Because it's always there.

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Introducing myself is so awkward

Hi there, I'm Philippa.

OK, so I've actually been blogging elsewhere for a good wee while now, but there were several topics all mixed together.

A new fresh start is what I need.

This blog will be about my life as a Type 1 Diabetic in New Plymouth, Taranaki. That's in New Zealand. The land of kiwifruit, The All Blacks, pavlova, jandals, Pharmac, and the Buzzy Bee.

I will document my life and how diabetes affects me. I also plan to share how to treat my diabetes, and cool technology I use to help control it. Oh yeah, and the DOC. Welcome.