T1D

Everyday there are highs & lows, multiple injections or a constant drip of an insulin pump. Everyday there are health issues to deal with. Everyday this disease has to be managed. It can not be controlled. It may be silent to you but Type 1 Diabetics fight everyday and all you usually see is their smile. If you know one, you know a hero.

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Oh what a night! Anyone other parents experience that moment when at 3am you wake, have a look on the child’s numbers, go back to sleep and wake up just before 4am go test, let it cruise? This of course was after a massive bike ride, 6hr temp -20% basal, 44 uncovered carbs... 

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Banting House

The Banting House in London Ontario. Such a powerful place to visit. 

Dr Frederick Banting’s copy of his Nobel Prize

Replica of Dr Banting’s surgical kit, as he would have had during the war.