Animas Vibe pumps Rung five – official pump demo – Animas Vibe Yesterday we had a 4pm meeting with our local Animas representative Emma at our the hospital. It was Emma’s first meeting with the Paediatrics Diabetes Team at Winchester and that meeting had happened earlier yesterday, which is why …
Roche Accu-chek Combo pump and meter Rung five – first official pump demo – Roche Accu-chek Combo After our carbohydrate counting training refresher yesterday morning we stayed at the hospital for lunch as we were due to have a demo. It was all a bit of a rush as we …
The NHS Eatwell plate. (not for each meal you understand) Rung four – carbohydrate counting This morning Amy and I attended a carbohydrate counting training refresher course at our local hospital in Winchester. We’d already attended a similar session back in September 2011, just after we returned from India, when …
There’s many rungs on the ladder towards the pump Climbing each rung I’ve viewed the progression to Amy getting a pump as a ladder, one that we appear to be well and truly on. For the record I don’t really like climbing ladders but I’ll make an exception for this …
A Medtronic Paradigm Veo wearer with pump and CGM At Amy’s quarterly clinic on the 15th March 2013 she saw her first pump, within 28 hours she was on the waiting list. But let’s go back a stage or two first. On a high Amy’s decision that she wanted a …
Accu-chek’s Combo pump and meter Pumps: are they any good? Having been a member of the Twitter diabetes online community (#DOC) for several months now I’ve learned one key thing about pumps: they’re pretty good. Quotes like “the pump gave me my life back” are commonplace and it’s a rare …
25th December: Amy, 4 days before being diagnosed, opens a present she’s wanted for a while 30th December 2010 Whilst the care we received from the staff in the Northbrook ward of Winchester’s Royal Hampshire County Hospital was nothing short of excellent there’s something about being in hospital that just …
A cup of tea cures everything (nearly) By Petr Kratochvil via Wikimedia Commons 30th December 2010 In the children’s ward at Winchester hospital there’s a room where parents can go if you need a little time out, without children. Equipped with kettles, fridges and toasters, a sofa and some chairs …
Ladakh, India By Jochen Westermann via Wikimedia Commons One of the things they did as soon as Amy was diagnosed was to give her a pen and a pad, so that she could write down any question that popped into her head. In the next 24 hours many questions were …
By Feliciano Guimarães via Wikimedia Commons On the 29th December 2010 Amy boarded the type 1 diabetes coach – destination unknown – and we all joined her. Luckily we can get off for a breather whenever we please, unfortunately, she can’t. We were lucky that Amy didn’t go for too …
Glucagon By Intropin via Wikimedia Commons Oh. My. God. One day you’re told your child has a serious illness and the next you’re being told what to do if they don’t wake up. It’s been a hard 24 hours. 30th December 2010, just after lunch: Amy was eager to get …
Novopen, made by Novo Nordisk After being told Amy had type 1 diabetes we were given some time to be together before one of the wonderful DSNs came back to enquire whether Amy was hungry as it was now dinner time. She was hungry, as she had been for the …
international symbol for diabetes Diagnosed 29th December 2010 Feeling poorly I had been off school sick in early December, away from my friends who I missed. But it was only a horrible cold and I was sick once or twice. It was nothing to worry about, soon I’d be okay …
On the 29th December 2010 Amy’s carefree childhood ended. I had no idea how a couple of days in late December would change our daughter Amy’s life forever and that of our family. Amy and I were looking forward to a girlie shopping trip to Eastleigh on the 28th December …
Whenever I think back to Amy’s diagnosis there’s a part of me which harbours a nagging doubt about whether a particular event played any part in the start of the autoimmune destruction of Amy’s pancreas. I know what the doctor’s say, that it just happens and you can’t do anything …