I got up at 7am to get ready for my diabetes centre appointment, i booked a taxi the night before as the hospital is too far away to walk at that time in the morning. I wanted to make sure that i had time to wake myself up, shower, grab some breakfast to take with me. If i rush in the morning my levels end up dropping because i get so flustered. Got to the hospital… a nurse walks out “Laura? Did you get a letter?” “yeah i got a letter with my appointment time 9am” “no a letter saying that because of the strike your Dr has to cover another ward”

thinking to myself- well clearly i didn’t get that letter otherwise i wouldnt be sat here this early in the morning when i’m in my final semester at uni and have other stuff to be getting on with. MY HEALTH IS IMPORTANT AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE. In January of this year i had over 30 hypo’s, mainly in the morning’s and i requested a diabetic hospital appointment, 3 months later they give me one, and it’s cancelled. Never mind. I’m used to dealing with my own problems. Sometimes though it’s hard trying to juggle and adjust everything, i don’t want future complications, i need advice and just someone to keep me on track.

Talking of mornings, my solo performance is the first to kick off the run of our final degree showcases. at 9.30am. I found this quite ironic as mornings are the worst time of day for me. I could just stay in bed and skype in my performance, after all i did want videos and projections. I could just be laying in bed slowly getting up, eating my breakfast, nice and slowly. The slower and less stressful the better for my levels.