Starting Up

Well, my first (last?) post.

K. was diagnosed nearly 12 months ago, and, as is the way with these things, it is becoming hard to remember a time pre-diabetes.

A bit of background first (but not the D-Day story, that'll have to wait).    We felt very alone in this struggle up to a couple of months ago.  Then, thru my interest in running, I became aware of blogs, and started searching for blogs about diabetes.   

I started as a 'lurker' (if that's the right word), watching, reading, and becoming aware of a strong, supportive diabetic community online.  And i learnt more over the last few months about the real struggles of people with diabetes and their parents than i could ever had thru the traditional methods open to

I didn't post (or even follow publicly) for a while however - an inherent reluctance to share emotional stuff combined with a fear of loss of confidentiality to conspire against putting anything online.


But over the last few months i realised that the comfort i was getting from these blogs only happened because others were willing to share their fears hopes and struggles with each other in a bid to ease the burden of coping with a difficult condition every day.  This knowledge only grows thru a willingness to share.

So, i will write about it all as honestly as i can and treat this blog as a kind of diary, just for me (who knows, prob no-one will read it anyway).

And the name?  Its a Temporary Pancreas because that is what my wife and i are - we need to do the job of K’s pancreas until she is willing and able to do it for herself.   We’ve a responsibility to keep her blood sugar level as close to normal as is possible to minimise the damage this condition will do to her little body over the coming years.  Its a job we’re not doing very well at the moment, but hopefully we’ll get it under control soon and allow K to grow into the strong confident young woman that she will become