Radio Episode 164: Confessions of a diabetic

<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-GB">"The first few weeks back at school became tougher than they had ever been over the holidays. Not only was I tired, I was thirsty ALL THE TIME. I couldn’t even concentrate in class. All I could think about was how thirsty I was, despite drinking over five litres of water each day. What was happening?</span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-GB">“It’s just a hot summer,” I kept telling myself.</span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Little did I realize that my nice, ordered world was about to be turned completely upside down. It wasn’t until one night at an orchestra rehearsal that my body decided it couldn’t go on any longer. I was ready to collapse and Mum decided we would detour via the hospital wh