catch up

Things have been pretty hectic recently, I'm currently a quarter of the way through my final placement for the 1st year of uni, I've only got three more weeks before summer starts!!

 

This year has gone so fast its unreal, it only feels like yesterday that we were moving in and now I'm starting to pack to move to our house at the end of the month.

 

Diabetes wise things have been a bit hit and miss, I've been doing jabs more so that I can concentrate properly on placement but I have noticed that I've been missing them occasionally in the evening meaning i end up having to correct and I'm definitely not testing as much as I should... I also keep forgetting to take my inhaler, other tablets and basal insulin... not ideal and my chest is definitely not liking the lack of inhaler and my morning levels have been slowly creeping higher than I would like so basal insulin will def have to become more of a priority.

 

to be fair though, the majority of times that I forget to take the basal, inhaler and tablets is when I'm staying elsewhere for the night and don't want to carry everything with me because it takes up so much space in my bag....

 

I'm also having a tough time with my mental health again.... I've got a lot of stress going on (mainly home life, but uni definitely isn't stress free right now) and although I've been coping a lot better with it all, sometimes it all gets too much and I've had a few nights where I have literally cried for most of the evening. I just hate that I play such a huge role in sorting out problems that go on at home and I am relied on so much for solutions. on top of that I'm stressing about money, whether my car will pass its MOT next month, the paperwork I have to complete for placement and my upcoming appointment with the consultant....

 

I'm sort of stuck at the moment, there's not much I can do to get help with the mental health until September now as I don't have time to go to the doctors while im on placement (as it is ive got to take a bit of time off to get my blood test done for the consultant appt) , and cos I'm home for 9weeks over the summer there isn't really much they can do to help while I'm not here.

 

I reckon I should be okay though with the support of people on the diabetic sites and my boyfriend keeping me going...

 

its also diabetes week this week.... I'm not sure what I'm going to do for it this year, I might try and do another day in the life of a diabetic at some point and post it on here as well as trying to get across to people what exactly diabetes is. ill see how the week goes though...