As always, diabetes has made me susceptible to a more uncommon and dangerous infection, but my GP has been brilliant in making sure I get rapid treatment. Fingers crossed I’m now on the up and can continue to avoid a dreaded hospital stay 🤞.

So it would appear I have a strep B infection in my kidney…spent a week on the wrong antibiotics and I am feeling so so rough right now. Thankfully now on the correct antibiotic and hoping to recover quickly. Seriously who gets a strep B infection?! Me, obviously….

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I very much forgot that kidney infections are brutal. I have been rotting in my sofa all week but have finally started improving today!.

Nailing the diabetes control whilst treating this kidney infection 💅. Honestly though today was the first time in 4 days I ate more than one meal. Still can’t bend over but we can’t have everything.

Currently existing under blankets with a surprise kidney infection. Big shout out to my hot water bottle for its support during this time, and to Stanley cups for the giant volume of liquid they can hold so I can minimise leaving my sofa for drinks.

Very happy to report I have held my first ever Ackerman Group Meeting, complete with an authentic Colin the Caterpillar. It is still INSANE to me that I am trusted to help multiple students get degrees.

Today I wore a floppy hat and held a big stick. Good day

Still in Canada for another 3 weeks!. Spent the week running some very long experiments for proof of concept, and this coming week is the big one where we go for gold. Still making time outside of the lab for Canadian adventures though 🥰

Just caught up on the UK news and decided I might just stay in Canada?.

Slowing down in Canada 🇨🇦 .Getting some great work done and spending the weekends in the trees and sea

Finally found bears. Cried like a baby. Very good day.

Obviously never leaving Canada

We have somehow against the odds made it to Canada after some last minute eTA issues, an M25 closure and about 3 hours sleep in the last 24 hours. See you in September England!

You can all thank me for the sunny weather l. It’s my eye screening today. You’re welcome.

(To clarify, I booked flights 2 weeks ago…then got in a car crash, whilst preparing a grant submission…and having to move out into a temp flat. It’s been a weird month).

Anyways due to some weird very last minute circumstances, I’m going to be in Canada for 8 weeks from Saturday, all planned in less than a month 😅. It is going to be awesome and I’m gunna do some fun science and I can’t wait. But I now have 3 days to prepare….

Oh noooooo I’ve turned into the 1am catch up emailing academic 😭. To be fair, facing being out of office for 2 months, flying out 3 days after a grant submission really pushes you to get things done….