The cognitive dance I am doing day in, day out continues to be pretty exhausting. Am I fatigued because of the heat wave or because my diabetes is running wild? Is that twinge in my abdomen a precursor to another bout of pancreatitis or because I am 53? How can a diet as unchanging as mine cause such massive differences in my blood sugar day to day – my sensor chart looks like a kid’s drawing of mountains…and just how many times can I check the sensor app in a day without it being a problem? Did I bring my insulin? Did I bring enough insulin? Did I bring enough needles? Where can I inject myself? Did I take enough? Should I take more? Aaarrggh why is my blood sugar crashing? Did I pack some sweets? Is the fact I have lost all this weight – and thanks to the sun look pretty good by some accounts – a positive to be celebrated or is it just a reminder of the nightmare few weeks that caused the rapid drop in t-shirt and trouser sizes? Then there is the weird case of impostor syndrome at…
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