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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Guest blog: The new tan line

12 January 2010
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Hi Everyone!

Hopefully you have all had a great break

Every year for our summer break, Andy and I like to head off somewhere remote for a good week or more to relax with some close friends before we have to start thinking about getting back to work and because we don’t have kids, we ALWAYS go camp.

The joys of camping are boundless I reckon. Sunshine, beaches, BBQs, a chillibin full of beer (and insulin), the road trip with it’s compulsory pies and gas station snacks, the music, feet on the dashboard, card games and scrabble. It’s got everything.

This year, we went and plonked ourselves 5 hours north of Auckland in Taupo Bay with another couple who were camping…

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By Aaron on 12 January 2010 at 8.00 am
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More love.

14 July 2008
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It has to be said – for a busy full time worker like myself it’s not easy getting to Diabetes Auckland to buy anything, even though I work about 15mins’ drive away.

So – big shout outs to my friends at http://www.diabetessupplies.co.nz/ for making my life easy by having a simple-to-use transactional website which I can log onto at lunchtime and order glucose tablets from – which I did today. Last time I did this they arrived on my doorstep merely days afterwards, and if you order more than a hundred bucks’ worth you get the delivery for free.

Which begs the question – why are glucose tablets not…

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By Nic on 14 July 2008 at 1.02 pm
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I heart Alison Holst.

13 July 2008
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Hi everyone – hope you’ve been having a good weekend. I had a much needed very chilled one which involved catching up with friends, doing some mandatory chores around the house, watching a hilarious comedy DVD with my husband and sister + brother in law and one of my favourite things to relax by – BAKING.

My Mum used to bake a lot when we were kids (and she still does – she is a BRILLIANT baker) and over the last few years I’ve taken up the craft myself. Pretty ironic as a diabetic really, given that a lot of the stuff I cook is sugary and bad for you. It’s always good to have people lined up to give…

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By Nic on 13 July 2008 at 8.43 pm
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Nic – negative 720, Diabetes 38.

11 July 2008
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Well I have to admit I’m absolutely gutted. I just got my ‘results’ back from the CGMS and of the 720 possible readings (based on a pulse every five mins over 2.5 days) I should have got, I ended up with a grand total of THIRTY EIGHT.

To try to draw conclusions from this ramshackle collection of readings which at best resembles a madman hitting random numbers on a keyboard is virtually impossible.

In fact I’ve just gone back to see how many blood finger prick tests I took over that very time period and ironically, it also equals 38.

No insights on overnights or exercise to be had here. Move along please!

Not sure of my next moves but…

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By Nic on 11 July 2008 at 6.37 pm
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