VITAL STATS

Name? Magali
How old are you? 31
Where do you live? Adelaide, SA
What do you do? Ex-medical scientist, looking for a career change.
Anything to declare? um... chocolate.


MORE ABOUT YOU

A few words about yourself? I was born to French parents and consequently have a love affair with food, especially those disgusting cheeses everyone gags at.
Where were you born and raised? Port Augusta, SA.
Favourite piece of music? Anything by Madonna
What makes you laugh? Kids, especially my niece.  You never know what comments they will come up with next - usually something of the earthy and unmentionable-in-public kind.  "You can't run - your b**bies will bounce up and down!" *cringe*
Your greatest achievement? Recently having 6 papers published in peer-reviewed, international journals.  Finishing a degree a uni.  Gaining my Distinction in Lifesaving. Being a loving daughter to my parents and cool aunty to my niece.
Goals for the next year? To have a job that I really enjoy, that fulfils my inner needs and that contributes to humanity.
If you could have three wishes, what would they be?
1. to have my brain back, please. I lost it in a car accident 2 years ago
2. a cure for the big D
3. a cure for the big C.

ME AND THE BIG D

How long ago were you diagnosed with Diabetes? On my 12th birthday, 19 years ago.
What does a hypo feel like? I have 3 kinds: the dopey 'I can't stop giggling at the contents of my pantry but I don't need food'” no brainer type.  The second type is the hungry, sweaty kind where I can't stop stuffing food in my mouth. Then there's my least favourite, where I'm overcome by the blinding rage of anger and want to scream obscenities at passers-by.                   
Best/worst/most embarrassing hypo? Mixing up my actrapid and monotard shots and ending up in hospital with 2 glucose drips running non-stop, for 3 days.  What a beauty.                                                            
Does everyone around you know about your D? Everyone does, I've never hidden it.  My moods are so affected by glucose swings that I couldn't hide it if I tried.
What do you say/do to the food police? My father is the Captain of the food police.  He usually says, "do you need that?"  I just reply, demurely and with arched eyebrows, "Do YOU?"
Are you a Person with Diabetes or a Diabetic? Diabetic. Definitely diabetic. I'm not into PC.                                          
Public injections - what's the etiquette? Go for it. I've done it standing on buses and walking down the street - not a soul has batted an eyelid.
Any wisdom to share? “Life's not fair, and You can't always get what you want.