New feature: Articles page.

10 March 2010
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Hi all

A few of you have asked to see various articles I’ve written and had printed. You’ll see there is now a menu item titled ‘Articles‘, above. Go there to see the articles I’ve had printed during the lifespan of this blog.

Cheers

Nic

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By Nic on 10 March 2010 at 10.39 pm
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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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JDRF Launches Adult Type 1 “Toolkit”.

25 February 2010
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I saw this news come across the wire yesterday from TuDiabetes.

The kit sounds really useful, here is the outline of it:

Written by people who have type 1 diabetes, the Toolkit is an essential “how-to” guidebook about living with the disease. It offers information and advice on a plethora of topics, such as how to deal with the diagnosis and day-to-day management of diabetes, how to tell friends about the disease, and how to juggle the demands of diabetes at work. It describes how diabetes affects physical and psychological health, relationships, and parenting. It gives tips for approaching things like diet, exercise, travel, and work and explains how to educate others about type 1, especially on what to do…

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By Nic on 25 February 2010 at 9.18 am
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BGs.

22 February 2010
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By Nic on 22 February 2010 at 8.44 am
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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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