Coeliac / Gluten Free

Fin’s Coeliac Diagnosis

It was a normal day in May 2014 and for some reason, I had grabbed the mail as I had left for work that morning, stuffed it into my bag and forgotten about it until lunchtime. Lunchtime came and the first letter was "To the parent / guardian of Finley Rhys Gough". I assumed that… Continue reading Fin’s Coeliac Diagnosis

Type 1 Diabetes

Blogging – 6 months on!

Today, I woke up to 1,000 followers on Instagram and I can’t quite believe it! In just 6 months, blogging has brought me so many opportunities and allowed me to “virtually meet” so many people.

Holidays

Orlando 2017 – Day 12

Day 12 - Busch Gardens Everyone had a lie in today and no one woke before 8.30 am. We left about 9.45 and arrived at Busch Gardens just before 11am.

Holidays

Orlando 2017 – Day 11

Day 11 - Volcano Bay We packed up as soon as we woke at 7.30 and put all the luggage in the car and headed to the diner again for breakfast.

Holidays

Orlando 2017 – Day 7

Day 7 - A mad day of park hopping! So, today was scheduled as a rest day but for various reasons, instead we decided to do a park hop to fit in some extras.

Holidays

Orlando 2017 – Day 5

Day 5 - Aquatica None of us woke up until 8:45am and so didn't get to Aquatica until 10:15am but it was empty and so we parked right by the entrance.

Holidays

Orlando 2017 – Day 3

Day 3 - Sea World As Sea World didn't open until 10am, we had a later start and arrived as the park opened.

Holidays, Type 1 Diabetes

Our Holiday of a Lifetime – Orlando 2017

In October 2017, after counting down the days for over a year, we set off on our holiday of lifetime to Orlando. My motto on Disney holidays is "Go hard or go home!" and our type of holiday may not be for everyone but when it costs in excess of £10k, I want to squeeze out every last drop as who knows when we will be lucky enough to go again.

Coeliac / Gluten Free, Type 1 Diabetes

Back to school!

So tomorrow, Fin heads back to school and starts his journey in Year 5. I've reverted all his basal rates and carbohydrate / correction ratios back to what they were before the summer holidays and made a record of these in his book...….