I learned something new about TuDiabetes today ... I didn't realise you could add photos to TuDiabetes from your Flickr account. Way cool! So I added a few.



For World Diabetes day, I've turned my website blue and blogged a little about diabetes and the great support that's available online. The link is here.



I have other noteworthy news too. I've had a hole in my… Continue

I still have the bronchitis and sinus infection I had when I last wrote in December. And now the hole in my side is nearly healed over but is infected. My back is filling up with fluid, and the very last thing we want is for the hole to close over with the inside infected as it would mean they'd have to open it back up again.



To bring you up to date, I had breast cancer in 2001, and probably had diabetes back then, but it wasn't checked, even when my surgical scar took ages to heal… Continue

I've been 'unwell' for days now, and I'm so tired of it. Last Friday I saw my GP and he diagnosed bronchitis and changed my antibiotics from Keflex (which I still have about a months supply of) to Vibramycin (2 wks worth). He said to go back on the Keflex as soon as I finished the other antibiotics.





Thing is, the fevers I've been having (and accompanying high BGLs) are actually worse this week than they were last week. Amazingly, I can now seem to 'almost' function normally at… Continue

Today marks 9 months since I had surgery for an abscess in my back, and I'm still recovering from it, with a hole in my side that tracks 11cm deep. I still have regular dressing changes, and my back is a hodge podge of scars and odd swellings. I can't believe it's been this long and although the opening where packing is inserted and measurements are taken is smaller, it's still there, and not showing much sign of going away anytime soon. The depth of the track is actually DEEPER now than it was… Continue

Giving Thanks ... Thanksgiving 2007





I don't often write enough about the GOOD things in my life, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to stop and be grateful for the big and little things that make my life so much better than it could be.





I have a wonderful husband, who loves me as much as I love him. His love and caring can pull me through the darkest of days, his sense of humour and silliness brings me giggles any time.





That family and friends… Continue