Last year I felt like I was losing my grip, it was really very scary. I have always been able to remember things, where we held meetings at work, who was there and who said what. It’s not that I see it as some sort of battle or anything – it’s just my life.īut then last year something started to change. I have never, since then, had a day off because of diabetes. I work and have done since I was 16 – I was diagnosed 8 weeks into my first serious job. Obviously I’ve had good spells and not so good spells but (I’m touching wood) I have never been admitted to hospital because of my diabetes, I have a healthy 24 year old son and I would say I have always sort of done what I wanted to do. I’ve had type 1 diabetes since I was 16 and so I have had 35 years of coping and managing. It’s well known in our family that we are just expected to get on with it and that’s what I try to do. I’m not one to make a fuss about my health. Page last updated: 03 August 2022, with the addition of links to resources on menopause at the end of the blog. In this guest blog Anne Cooper, who has lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years and is a senior nurse working in informatics, talks about how silence about the menopause meant she arrived at it unprepared about the new challenges it brings for her day to day management of her diabetes, and what needs to change. “My hope is that people read this and ask questions.” Anne Cooper
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