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Jazz97 said:
I forget that's something they actually teach in Wales. (Presuming you're in Wales, otherwise why the hell are the kids being taught Welsh!)
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Robinredbreast said:
You could talk of the welsh language, the history of it, the cities and towns, traditions etc and I can say:- the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch(llan-vire-pooll-guin-gill-go-ger-u-queern-drob-ooll-llandus-ilio-gogo-goch) (usually known as Llanfair-pwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll)
is a Welsh word which translates roughly as "St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool

but as i live in Hampshire, that's doesn't help very much lol :oops:
Good luck today:)
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Or you could put on a screening of Pobol Y Cwm and get them to analyse Welsh social structures? Or play words from north and south Welsh and get them to understand the differences?
 
Oxford is full of 'oddities' this morning, May Day is well and truly celebrated here. Not that I have taken part in any of the the 'celebrations' this morning........
 
Jazz97 said:
Why have I not thought if naming my kit!? Inanimate objects deserve an identity!

Also completely forgot its May today.... I have to go back to uni in 5 days Not sure if I'm ready to be away from my mum yet
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Can you get your Uni friends on board Jazz, educate them about the support you might need and how to spot the signs? You should be fine, despite any hiccups. It’s no doubt daunting, but it’s doable.
 
Bore da pawb and white rabbits.
Everyone in my family is Welsh apart from me, still feel cheated and confused when England play Wales.
Madam was a bit rocky again yesterday but my fault as I ate a little bag of Twiglets 13.7g so I was nicely surprised by 4.7 this morning
New regime starting today, need to shed 6k minimum
 
I seem to remember that in Somerset inanimate objects are ‘he’. Now is that more anthropomorphism or is it pronoun economy?
 
Jazz97 said:
Yeah, I've told a few people already... I'm sure I'll be fine, but yeah, just daunting
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Which part of the country is your Uni in? There may be a good diabetes team at the local clinic.
 
Jazz97 said:
Winchester. Luckily a city with a sizeable hospital should anything go drastically wrong!
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If you can travel to Southampton I believe there’s an excellent team at the Uni Teaching Hospital there - see if you can register? No discrimination intended () but I found a real difference in knowledge about T1 between the Teaching Hospital where I had daughter No 1 and the local hospital where I had daughter No 2
 
Not saying you’re having babies, Jazz, just an example of how good T1 knowledge is at a teaching hospital, and Southampton has a Medical School.
 
Changing the subject away from babies, it was the orthopaedic team at the Westminster that saw that I had real knee problems and did the first ops in the 80s after years of non-diagnosis in minor places.
 
Mornin' all. A little aggressive on the morning rises this morning (one of the downsides of being quite insulin sensitive is there's little leeway beyond 0.5u on MDI) so my new-ish Libre sensor started warning me of an impending hypo in xDrip before. Checked and it was right about the direction but about 0.6mmol out. Good excuse for a few grams of twirl bites that were sitting on my desk to flatten the arrow out with a mug of tea. :D

No May Day celebrations that I've seen around here - just a miserable morning with the rain returning. Boo! Have a good Wednesday everyone.
 
db89 said:
Mornin' all. A little aggressive on the morning rises this morning (one of the downsides of being quite insulin sensitive is there's little leeway beyond 0.5u on MDI) so my new-ish Libre sensor started warning me of an impending hypo in xDrip before. Checked and it was right about the direction but about 0.6mmol out. Good excuse for a few grams of twirl bites that were sitting on my desk to flatten the arrow out with a mug of tea. :D

No May Day celebrations that I've seen around here - just a miserable morning with the rain returning. Boo! Have a good Wednesday everyone.
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Well done @db89, 'Flattening the arrow out' sounds like a tad of blacksmithing !!
May the sparks fly and the arrow be chastened !!
 
Well I'm having a lovely morning! Looks like nurse 2 gave the right advice on waiting 20 minutes, so no high BS for Jasmine this morning!
(Yes I refer to myself in the third person. Like I said earlier, can't judge anyone for being odd! )
 
Jazz A term used here frequently is 'You mileage may vary' or rather 'your diabetes may vary' (YDMV) so what works for one person may not work for another - Nurse 2 got lucky this time - I'm not knocking either of your nurses, and in fact it's a good thing you're getting 2 different professional opinions, tomorrow your breakfast might kick in later and Nurse 1 might be right. The key is working out what your body does most of the time and being prepared for when your body throws a curve ball. Being fairly newly diag'd you may also be suffering from the honeymoon which can throw more curve balls than normal. Take the wins when they happen, learn from when things don't go as planned.

Good luck at uni. Have you spoken to anyone at student welfare services or the like? Come exams you'll want/need permission to have hypo treatment, testing kit, insulin etc with you at all times.
 
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