Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The 38-year-old has had Type 1 diabetes since the age of 13, which meant she had to inject insulin five times a day until getting a new insulin pump. She lives in Meigh, outside Newry, with her husband Gerard (38), a locksmith, and children Maeve (10), Clodagh (6) and Aran (3)
"I can remember as a young child always having an uncontrollable thirst and then running to the toilet. I tried everything to quench the thirst. My mum was a nurse and noticed that I was also tired and losing quite a bit of weight, especially compared to my twin sister Sharon, so she made an appointment with the doctor.
That was in 1988 ? I was 13 at the time and remember crying the night before. I had to fast for a blood/glucose test that morning and two days later the doctor called to our house and told mum that I had to go to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry without delay.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/l...-life-of-my-diabetic-twin-and-i-29772524.html
"I can remember as a young child always having an uncontrollable thirst and then running to the toilet. I tried everything to quench the thirst. My mum was a nurse and noticed that I was also tired and losing quite a bit of weight, especially compared to my twin sister Sharon, so she made an appointment with the doctor.
That was in 1988 ? I was 13 at the time and remember crying the night before. I had to fast for a blood/glucose test that morning and two days later the doctor called to our house and told mum that I had to go to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry without delay.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/l...-life-of-my-diabetic-twin-and-i-29772524.html