Aaron: What’s your weakness?

10 March 2010
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I was reading Nic’s post this weekend called ‘Devil in the Pantry‘ about trying to resist the temptation of eating the jar of Nutella and it got me thinking about what, out of all things that sit in my pantry from time to time I have absolutely no self control over. That is, if it’s there, it’s gone regardless of how much insulin I have to pump in.

This may seem strange but for me the list is…ahem:

Ice-cream cones
Caramello chocolate
Turkish delight
Lemon flavoured glucodin tablets
Rasberry licorice – yum

There are a couple of others on this list of mine too I have to admit but what about you guys?

What items,…

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By Aaron on 10 March 2010 at 9.00 am
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Aaron: How much info is too much?

1 March 2010
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Hi all!

New week, new month, new season!

Pardon my absence for the last  couple of weeks – I’ve been a bit crook and have been coming home from work completely knackered and quite incapable of doing much other than going straight to bed! Nic has been cranking out some awesome content though so I’m sure that you have hardly noticed

Having been sick, the last couple of weeks have been a struggle in terms of BGs and not just fatigue with, unsurprisingly, lots of fluctuations and heaps of hypos and highs as I’ve been trying to get the levels back under control. For a couple of weeks I thought I was just working too hard and not getting…

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By Aaron on 1 March 2010 at 6.57 pm
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Aaron: Happy Birthday!

12 February 2010
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Tomorrow, the 13th February, is my diabetes’ 19th birthday!

There won’t be too big a celebration because we’ll be at a wedding in Manukau but I will quietly have a large coke, some lollies, an ice cream, several beers, some bacon with cheese and a great big dose of insulin to celebrate!

O.K., maybe not but I will take a moment to reflect on the fact that 19 years ago as a 8 year old I was told by a doctor that I would “have to have multiple injections every day for the rest of my life” (my parent’s weren’t there either).  I also remember my exact response too – “Oh well“. I’m certain that I didn’t quite get the…

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By Aaron on 12 February 2010 at 9.23 am
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Aaron: The other half says thanks

10 February 2010
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I was having a think the other day doing some ‘positive re-framing’ (I hate that expression! It’s like, ‘moving forward’ and ‘at the end of the day’) and I was coming up with a list of things that I was grateful for.

Lots of things on the list obviously like my mates, family, having kept my job through the recession etc but I was also thinking how grateful I am to and for this blog.

Without wanting to sound over the top I truthfully think that Nic has done a amazing job bring this blog to life for us and then running it. It takes a certain kind of person to come up with the idea, actually do it and…

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By Aaron on 10 February 2010 at 12.09 pm
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Guest blog: The T1 tyre

18 January 2010
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I mentioned in my post about camping over New Year that I am no Brad Pitt and that little thought spurred another which then spurred a conversation with my friend about weight and T1 diabetes.

We are all well too aware of the hazards of eating crappy food and putting weight on for no other reason than being a little over indulgent but my friend and I were talking about how us T1’s have got a little more than the average person to factor in if we want to be the belle of the ball. If I exercise I tend to go low and gobble some glucose, if I aren’t paying attention then I have hypos, since going…

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By Aaron on 18 January 2010 at 8.31 am
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