Insulearning with Antonia
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I have recently been diagnosed as being Type 1 Diabetic hence why I have set up Insulearning with Antonia to share my Type 1 Diabetes journey with you.
Insulearning with Antonia
2M ago
Aloha all, As the rest of the family spares me the trouble of travelling all the way to Hawaii for a tiring vacation, expending copious amounts of energy floating about at sea on donut rings, paddling like there’s no tomorrow and having real difficulty deciding what exact wave to catch, I am fortunate to be ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
2M ago
You would be correct in assuming that the thought of milk has udderly plagued my mind recently. I get ready for bed, I think about how cows get ready for bed. I go to sleep, I count cows instead of sheep. I wake up, I think about if the cows have also woken up. I ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
5M ago
Hi everyone, sorry for the long gap since my last post. I’ve still got diabetes but have been fantastically and enjoyably busy. I have a reasonable break before my last exam and thought I’d get some admin done which inspired me to write – Antonia It feels like many moons ago that I scored a ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
1y ago
With COVID floating around student-ville since university kicked off back in February, I was lucky to not have gotten it sooner. It was an early Thursday morning when I took an RAT that came back positive. My mood upon seeing those two red lines was not so positive although I wasn’t surprised having had a ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
1y ago
At university, the COVID cases have been growing so it was only a week ago that I managed to make my debut appearance for 2022 at the local gym. It was also going to be the debut of the omnipod (see previous blog) at the gym. It’s such a cool bit of kit that I ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
1y ago
Asides from pedalling my mother’s e-bike around and abusing its power to the maximum whilst fantasising about being on a motorcycle and channelling some “life is a highway” energy, I have not been cycling consistently. Not once did I find myself on a bicycle during my first year of university. Not only was everything within ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
1y ago
When I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes back in early ’20, I was briefly introduced to the insulin pen (insulin injection device) from the comfort of my hospital bed and I knew from that moment on that we were going to spend a lot of time together. Or at least so I thought… Turns ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
1y ago
It was your classic Dunner Stunner (local lingo for a beautiful day in Dunedin, NZ) where I was revising material from the comfort of my college room, engrossed in the wonders of the human body system and sipping on a hot chocolate (sugar-free diabetic friendly alternative of course) when I heard a ping. I had ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
1y ago
To all my eagle-eyed readers out there, you may have spotted a change to the “Celebrities” page on my blog. Now I know what you are thinking but no, unfortunately I have not shot to stardom and turned into a diabetic sensation overnight through the success of my blog and have hence added myself to ..read more
Insulearning with Antonia
1y ago
So a person with diabetes walks into a sugar factory…… You might think that this is the start of bad joke however this is not a joke but a recent experience of mine. During the holidays, following the completion of my first semester at University, my family brought me on the Chelsea sugar factory tour ..read more