Sweet life/Duffy’s diary
but I will be making a few
personal resolutions’
‘I once gave up
I read a really great post on an internet blog my photography skills and take more time out
recently. It was titled ‘You don’t have to be a to see friends and family. And then there are
chocolate for a
superhero but you probably already are’. The the things I feel I should do – like getting out of
gist of the blog was that you always hear stories bed straight away in the morning rather than
whole year. I’m about all the amazing challenges and feats that hitting the snooze button, and starting to save
pretty amazed
people with diabetes manage to do in their for a pension.
‘condition’ – climb Everest, run marathons, And although I may not be planning to run
when I think of
even win gold medals. But these people were a marathon, sail across the ocean or walk up a
amazing before they achieved all these things, mountain, if I can achieve my goals and stay fit
that now; I’m not
simply because they live with diabetes every and healthy, I’ll be one happy 30-year-old at the
single day. It went on to say that if you live a end of the year! n
quite sure how I
happy, fulfilled life with blood glucose results
rarely on target and you never get to complete
managed it!’
About Nicola
an expedition to the North Pole, you’ll still be a
superhero for having lived with diabetes. Since graduating
I guess it’s a bit like having a personal trainer! When I read this it gave me a boost and to in fine art,
Those of you who have been reading my some it may seem a bit self-indulgent to think Nicola Duffy, 29,
column for a while now may remember that we are wonderful people just for living with has worked on
I was diagnosed just nine days into 1998, so diabetes, but why not? I know I work hard when magazines and
it wasn’t a particularly good start to the year, it comes to my diabetes; it crosses my mind newspapers and
although I was relieved to finally know why I virtually every waking hour of the day – and is now a picture
had been feeling so ill. Twelve years on, there even sometimes in my dreams! editor in London,
are days when I wish I didn’t have to think having recently moved there with her
about everything I eat and do and how much Here’s to 2010 partner Chris. She enjoys knitting and
insulin I should take, but there are worse things This year, as well as resolving to change things is a passionate Liverpool FC fan.
NELLIE RYAN than diabetes that I could have to deal with. about my diabetes, I’d also like to brush up on
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