With much reluctance and regret I have decided to finish up at WordPress.

My last post will be next Saturday 4 November New Zealand time, and I will continue to read the posts of blogs that I am following next week. After that I will be gone.
My diabetes is growing worse, and severely restricting the time and energy I have available for whatever activities I do during the day. At this time I have started typing up summaries of the family history in my head for my niece to whom I have already sent my two cartons of records. As we email each other it is clear that her mother – my sister – has shared little knowledge of our family. Their family and I have lived in different cities for nearly fifty years, on different islands. Crossing our very narrow and very deep Cook Strait is expensive, and getting to the far end of the South Island is even more expensive. We did not do it often. My niece is very interested, and I am so glad that she is so interested. But I have much typing to do on my computer. I have no children of my own, and have been single for some years now. I am so happy to have such a keen successor. But taking the time to do this means I have to sacrifice WordPress time.

I had my annual review with the diabetes nurse this morning, after an extra one off session with her two months ago. We have another meeting in one month’s time. For the first time she said – yes diabetes is a progressive condition. After age seventy especially we are at the mercy of the great genetic lottery in the sky. I must work with what I have.

Thanks to all who followed me. It has been great knowing you all.