I woke up early on the morning of this years diaversary, although a celebratory day it's still a difficult day to face and the memories of being scared in a hospital with doctors and nurses rushing about and saying strange words like diabetes come flooding back. So I try to take control of the day and not stay in bed moping. The first thing I did was create the picture collage below, of all of the happy memories that I've had related to my diabetes. Including carrying the Olympic torch, meeting others with the condition and making new friends.
I put the collage onto Facebook with an accompanying message saying thank you to my friends and family for all of the support that they've given me in the last 13 years. I wasn't expecting it, but the response was over whelming. People were so kind with their wishes and wonderful comments and it reminded me all over again how lucky I've been to benefit from their support in managing and coping with having diabetes. It's not all athletics meets and Olympic torches, I've had my fair share of hospital visits, bad blood sugars and down days. But it doesn't seem so bad when you're not on your own.
I spent the morning of my diaversary heading to the hills, literally! What better way to battle diabetes than by doing some hill sprints? My blood sugars behaved themselves and it was a really good training session. Feeling I deserved a treat I then wiled away the day with family at the Celtic Manor Resort having afternoon tea - a favourite activity of mine. It was a lovely way to spend the day and made my diaversary into something fun, opposed to something I needed to dread. So here's to many more years and positive things to celebrate about having diabetes!
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