John Howard's Page

Another three months and it'll be a year since Matt was diagnosed. Looking back I'm surprised how quickly everything has become part of our normal life, so much so that this last week nobody really noticed that Matt's test strips were almost finished and he's been eking out the last few until we collect his prescription. In the early days that would have been cause for guilt over lack of planning and foresight, but this time we all heaved a collective shrug of our shoulders and carried on as nor… Continue

Happy New Year... I know I'm a little late, my excuse is that I have just started a new job and I have been buried with meeting new people, trying to remember names and learn about the organisation. So sorry for the hiatus. I hope you all survived the Christmas break unscathed. We've done pretty well with only a few highs, some of them a little unexplained which has been puzzling. Now we're back into the school routine hopefully things will settle again.

It's early days and there isn't much to see here yet, but I hope that over time this will become a useful and thriving community of people who can find help, support and humour as we support our children's journey to adulthood with diabetes. This isn't my place, it belongs to all of us and I hope you'll feel welcome and able to share your thoughts and stories.