NZ diabetes conferences this year.

14 March 2010
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Hi all

I’m pleased to be attending two diabetes conferences this year, both the Diabetes NZ one (I’m actually MCing this conference) and the Diabetes Youth NZ one.

Would love to hear from any of you who are going along to either so we can keep an eye out for each other! Details:

Diabetes New Zealand conference
1-2 May 2010
Mercure Hotel, Wellington

More info here.

Diabetes Youth New Zealand conference
20-22nd August 2010
Heritage, Rotorua

Details of conference still to be announced.

Aaron and I are thinking of doing a roadie from Auckland down to Rotorua so give us a holler if you’re keen for a convoy. BYO wine gums.

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By Nic on 14 March 2010 at 8.07 am
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Needlewood.

10 March 2010
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I’m a bit short on inspiration today, so when my friends at Skull and Bones put up a name generator for people to re-create the controversial Wellywood sign, this was the best I could do on the T1 front. Any better plays on words you can come up with on the subject of diabetes?

Create yours here:

http://wellywood.skullandbones.co.nz/

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By Nic on 10 March 2010 at 2.50 pm
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Guest blog: 50 years of Type 1… and ruling it.

9 March 2010
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In the last couple of weeks a chap named Roy Camp has been commenting on the blog, and some of the comments really piqued my interest – this one in particular: Talking about careers and those with restrictions. I tried to join the army when I left high school in 1962. I can still see and hear the sergeant telling me that under the Geneva Convention, they would not be allowed to stop the battle to let me take my insulin. I wonder if that would still apply today? Based on this, I asked him to do a Guest Blog. Roy is from Dunedin, and has had T1 for more than 50 years. Here is his story.… [thanks Roy!]

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By Nic on 9 March 2010 at 9.57 am
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Last call for insulin pump funding support letters…

7 March 2010
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Last month I mentioned Ruth Hill, who is putting together an application to the Ministry of Health for funding for insulin pumps and their consumables.

She needs as many letters as possible to submit with her application, so please write yours and send it to her at ruthanna99@gmail.com. She already has more than 121 letters, but the more she has, the more compelling her application will be.

I’ve mentioned this before, and if you’ve sent a letter already or even decided against sending one for whatever reason, please skip over the rest of this post.

However, if you believe in this lobbying, and have just not had time to write a letter, you still…

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By Nic on 7 March 2010 at 8.47 pm
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Calling on the T1 community – your advice please.

4 March 2010
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Hi all

I got an email from a reader this week, with a few questions in it. An outline of the questions as follows:

1. Have you even been in contact with anyone around my age (26) who is using a pump that wouldn’t mind a few questions?

2. How do you start the pump process?  Do you contact your diabetes team at the hospital first (as unhelpful they may seem to be for me), or do I contact the pump suppliers first?

3. Also, what happens if I shell out all that money for the pump, and then realise it really isn’t for me?

Given that I’m no expert on things (merely an observer and player much…

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