I began traveling "officially" when I was eighteen years old. Before that, I had been on family holidays, but my first real trip with diabetes on my own was a city break to Paris and despite constant worries from my mum and dad about letting me go and how I would manage my diabetes whilst away, I went and I had a successful trip, so successful that I've been travelling ever since. So far I've ticked lots of countries off my list including, Brazil, Bangladesh, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Thailand, Germany, Italy, Cambodia and much more.

This is a post that’s very close to my heart, in that I am currently travelling and at times my ability and patience to keep going when things get tough to have been tested. I am currently on the beautiful island of Ko Samui in Thailand and I am surrounded by beauty, but whilst travelling the mixture of the intense heat and a new atmosphere, as well as constantly being on the go, has got me worn out. I found myself quite ill for the last week.

This blog was originally published on "There's More to the Story" in 2015 before I had my diagnosis of PCOS and endometriosis. I no longer have a period anymore, but I realized I haven't talked about this topic in general much! So I wanted to share this post!

I remember a DSMA (Diabetes Social Media Advocacy) chat where one of the questions was about acceptance- all in all- I feel like I have pretty much accepted diabetes (to a point and as much as you can)– then I realized- I do not accept the combination of diabetes and my period- and to be honest- I really don’t plan on it. 

Just last week I saw my endocrinologist. At this visit, it just happened to be that time of year. The time where they do all the laboratory tests to see if there are any issues that may be lurking just under the surface. Flying under my symptom radar so to speak. And so we did all the tests.