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A couple of curly ones.

Nic — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:13:43 +0000

As you know, typing is not something I’m set up to do in my current state, so the aim of the game this week is brevity.

With that in mind I thought I’d get a couple of quick whinges out before the weekend.

Whinge 1. When people think it’s funny to pretend they think you get high on insulin.

I had this at work the other day. The guy who said it is a nice guy and very intelligent, but not blessed with wit unfortunately. I was taking my BG as I spoke to him (he’d come over to my desk after all). He took one look and said something like “oooooh, can I have a…

Thursday poll: should we re-name T1 diabetes?

Nic — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:07:24 +0000

We’ve had discussion on this before, but I thought I’d throw it out there as a poll:

5 reasons T1 is on the rise…

Nic — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:29:10 +0000

This article came via email in my inbox a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was pretty interesting. Not sure all of the reasons are viable nor proven, but interesting for discussion.

This is what it said:

A 2009 study in The Lancet found that new cases of type 1 diabetes in kids could double in the next 10 years. Possible reasons for this dramatic rise include:

1. Too big too fast. The “accelerator hypothesis” theorizes that children who are bigger and grow more quickly are more likely to develop type 1 diabetes.
2. Too little sun. The “sunshine hypothesis” comes from data showing that countries situated closer to the equator have lower rates of type 1…

Not the Spring break I had in mind.

Nic — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:04:02 +0000

A picture tells a thousand words, and one-handed typing takes a thousand years, so I’ll summarise.

1. Awesome! Husband takes me with him on work trip to Queenstown.

2. Haven’t been on a snowboard for 15 years plus recently had baby so very respectful of zero skill base and altered balance overall.

3. Cousin lives in Queenstown and lends me his wrist guards.

4. Do things right by kicking off with a lesson. It goes really well. However it emerges that cousin has given me two left wrist guards. Wear one and put other in pocket.

5. BG too high to have lunch after lesson (17.1 – had turned pump off in anticipation of hypos but with exercise as you…

Thursday poll: do you record your blood sugars?

Nic — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:44:26 +0000

Do you have a question you’d like me to pose in a poll? If so, please send your question to me and I’ll put it on the list.

Aaron: America has some benefits

Aaron — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:00:21 +0000

I don’t know if it was because I was staying the San Francisco area (hippie, organic food and greenie central of the US) but contrary to what I had expected in my head, I totally LOVED San Francisco and the wider bay area in general. Not to say that I thought I would hate it, I just didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. Good weather, fantastic food from jalapeno poppers at a diner style restaurant/cafe place to mexican, ethiopian, burmese and white miso ice cream, good people no disasters all made it a fantastic 7 days in the states.

There are many people and experiences I will remember from our week there which I could list…

Good sorts, and great chats.

Nic — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:39:22 +0000

Well I’m pleased to say that the third DYNZ conference was another brilliant one! I set off in the rain on Friday afternoon, and four hours later (having had the windscreen wipers on the WHOLE WAY) I turned up at the Heritage in Rotorua for the conference. The hotel was a typical kitsch sort of Rotorua feel, but it was pretty impressive. Lovely rooms, good food and an amazing outdoor heated pool and spa pools (neither of which I sampled seeing as I didn’t think to take my togs with me – duh). The main room where we held the conference was a huge auditorium which had a multi-level stage with fake rocks around it and artificial NZ fauna (tacky,…

Welcome new readers!

Nic — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:20:09 +0000

A big warm welcome going out to those of you who went to conference and have come along to this blog to check it out!

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More about the conference in tomorrow’s post. Have a great week!

Nic

Rotorua, I’m a ‘comin.

Nic — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:33:37 +0000

As you read this, I’ll be on my way to Rotovegas for the Diabetes Youth New Zealand Conference 2010. As opening speaker and MC, I’ve got my work cut out for me. I’m hoping it comes pretty naturally as have had so many things going on in the last few weeks I’ve not had nearly as much time for prep as I’d hoped!

Anyway, I’m looking forward to all of the speakers, and particularly the session on Sunday morning which comprises a panel discussion and interactive sessions about the daily challenges of life with the big D. It will be a bit like this blog, but in real life

I will bring…

Stunned.

Nic — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:39:43 +0000

In a total David vs Goliath scenario last night, this little website beat all of its competitors to take out the Netguide Best Lifestyle Site award!! I found out last night by text message (I had been offered free tickets at the last minute but opted instead to come home and pack my bags and get ready for the DYNZ conference) and many hours later I am still shocked!

To put this into perspective, the winners of the other categories are the likes of TVNZ , Telstra Clear, The Warehouse, Mighty Ape, Stuff.co.nz and Google. Does the song “one of these things is not like the other ones” spring to mind?

Overall, the out-take from this is that you lot…