Recent Content by Electra Darling

I’ll speak to her in a couple of weeks’ time and let you know what she says then :) I agree it’s so depressing to hold off, and the longer it continues the more I feel that we might as well just give it a go because normality won’t return for ages anyway!

Thank you so much, that’s really kind. Likewise if you want to chat or vent or moan or anything, feel free to message me too! Xx

Thats great that you’ve got such support :) and you’re right that it’s never going to be 100% safe anyway, even for non-diabetics, so you’ve just got to weigh up the risks on all sides and work out what’s best for you. Good luck, lovely!!

I agree, it’s horrendously depressing. I also think you may be right that it may become more like the flu; even if we do develop a vaccine, there’s the potential that it may mutate quickly like the flu does, and a new vaccine may have to be developed every winter! Do you have a specific...

I am in the same boat and feel your pain! I managed to get my HbA1c down from 58 to 46 in just four months and was so excited to be able to start TTC. I was just waiting for an eye screening appointment and then coronavirus hit, and we decided not to try after all. Now I’m really struggling to...

Hi, I’m new to the forum. I’ve had diabetes for 18 years, diagnosed when I was 12. I’ve been on an insulin pump for 15 years, and am self-funding CGM at the moment. I also trained as a doctor, and until recently was working as an orthopaedic surgeon (I have since quit in favour of an alternative...