Days in the life of a T1 Diabetic...

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As part of Diabetes Awareness Month, I thought it might be a good idea to get as many T1 Diabetics together on one day to produce a "Day in the Life", that shows what a T1D does every day, how often they think about and act on their diabetes. I propose November 16th as the date.

My idea was that everyone who participated would write a diary of the day that ended up something like the below and post it in the forum, and Diabetes UK could then write an article pulling from all the experiences.

Example:

4.50am - Got up, felt a bit wobbly, checked blood. 4.5 is okay. Must be going down with something.
5.05am - Time for a shower - took off the pump, set it aside and got in the shower
5.15am - After dressing, reattached the pump, attached to my waist band, had to reorient it to make sure the outlet was down - let's keep those pesky bubble near the plunger.
5.45am - ran for the bus, nearly missed it - panting a lot - scanned Libre and it said 3.2. Ate 3 glucose tablets.
6am - Sitting on train, tested glucose - 4.1. Glucose worked.

I've seen the Diabetes Fairy's travels, and I think it's a little different to that - more of a crowd surfing project. What do people think?
 
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Hi Tim. 🙂 I think the Diabetes Fairy blog is already chronicling diabetic lives, but with the silly addition of a cuddly toy that talks, which makes it interesting and entertaining - it gives us the opportunity to inject a bit of humour, as well as tackling diabetic issues and explaining what our day-to-day is like. 🙂
 
Hi @Bloden, I've read the Diabetes Fairy's blog, and I am trying to aim for something a little different. What I'm trying to do is show just how often people do or don't do things that deal with Diabetes. It's primarily aimed at T1Ds as their management is generally different to T2Ds. Having read her blog, I'm not sure that she often portrays just how much is involved in "Intensive" diabetes management (DCCT definition), although what she does, she does do with humour.
 
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