..@Oblomov25and @Libre2, this reminds me of something I wanted to say to you both ( and other Diabetics/with Diabetic DC et al., .., I don’t really have any experience, or, I’ll be honest, knowledge of Type 1 (or 2) at all, other than my flatmate at Unis BF had it and we’d sometimes swing by his on the way back from a club, if he’d forgotten his insulin…
Anyway, during the GCSE’s I was at work and, at lunch I usually stay at my desk ( with my Times… very old school and now expensive vice to have! (I get it delivered)), but it was really warm and my colleague suggested walking down to the river to eat….. we did, had a lovely time, good chat and walked back. I had not noticed her inject herself while we were sat down and did not know she was diagnosed a couple of years ago..
We were walking back inside to our office and she started to mumble and tried to tell me what was happening…… but I had no idea what was wrong, long story, which I’m sure you both, sadly, have great experience of, she wasn’t well…but she said afterwards that she had calculated everything she ate, but whether it was the brief warmth, or wherever, she went into a “hypo” (oh, this is really embarrassing to say, or a “ hyper”, I’m still not sure which?) and it took her quite a while to recover.
My point is, I hold you, @Libre2‘s DS, and ALL people who have to organise and regulate their food/ drink intake daily in such AWE….. I don’t think anyone who has no experience of Diabetes has the faintest idea of what you guys go through. And, @Libre2, I have often thought of parents of DC with Diabetes over DS school years. He has Epilepsy, different seizures, including Tonic - Clonic ( “ Grand Mal”, iback in the day 🙄!), and had Buccolam Midazolam as an emergency drug to be administered if a seizure had lasted more than 5 minutes ( as well as calling 999), DS Specialist Epilepsy Nurse went to his (tiny village) school to train the staff how to administer it…, But! They would “ misplace” the Controlled Drug from the locked cabinet, didn’t give an air they realised the importance, but the low point (which was what cemented how scary it must be, being a parent of a diabetic DC), was when they were going on a school trip.”, and I checked they had his Emergency meds, “ Yep, of course!”, his teacher said “ , so you just take the cap off the syringe …..💉.. and jab it in his thigh?…..”……. “ Ummmmmm. No. No, you do NOT. That is an EPI-PEN! For Allergies. He has EPI-epsy, and a drug that is injected into the buccolam inside his cheek”! ….. Sigh!
Anyway! A very longwinded way to say I’m in awe of you both, and A MASSIVE High Five to @Libre2DS, and all other DC, who had to deal with this on top of the sheer stress of the exams! 🌟🤩🌟🤩🌟🤩