Hello you! Your soaraway Shoot Up is a community of people who live with diabetes. We have a diabetes forum and a blog written by Tim and Alison who are both lucky enough to be pancreatically-challenged.
Feel free to see what's going on in the activity stream and to pitch in with your comments on the blog and on the forums. To post on Shoot Up it's easiest if you create an account. If you're not sure how blogs and forums work, we have a handy guide. Finally, if you can't be bothered reading, watch us on our YouTube channel.
Recent blog posts
When pump company Animas contacted ShootUp to see if we wanted to go along to their Sports and Exercise weekend, we were shamefully too busy and lazy to go. Instead, we conscripted less lazy ShootUp reader Anna Presswell to take up our free place. Here’s what Anna thought of the weekend… Last weekend I had the [...]
INPUT are holding another of their marvellous insulin pump exhibitions, and this time they’re heading up north to Chester. If you want to know more about what insulin pumps do, see what’s on the market, find out about how to get funding, or just meet some people who use pumps, pop in. I’ll be there, indulging [...]
It’s that time of the year again when I pop along to have my eyes tested by my local optometrist. I have them photographed once a year at my local hospital as part of my usual check up, but I also get my optometrist to check them because I value my eyesight (I really, really, [...]
After a morning spent opening the eyes of MPs to quite how big a deal Type 1 diabetes really is, the JDRF Type 1 Parliament moved on. The afternoon session was question time with a variety of clinicians, politicians, researchers and civil servants. Four areas of debate really stood out for me, and they all [...]
JDRFcorralled 60 something children and adults with Type 1 diabetes into a room yesterday, introduced 50 something MP’s into the mix, stirred in a few key messages and stood back. Even with no added sugar, the result was very tasty. Did you know… Type 1 is more common than meningitis, but is frequently misdiagnosed? Prevalence [...]
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From the archives
As well as being a regular commentator at your soaraway Shoot Up, Dave is a blogger extraordinaire and regularly posts over at http://www.thetangerinediabetic.blogspot.com/ ——————————————– The day was planned perfectly. Twice a week I work in Leeds, which is a leisurely two-hour train ride away from home. Strips for my (current) favourite testing machine ran out [...]
Avid readers of your soaraway Shoot Up will know that I’m currently on an 18-month long NHS waiting list for a pump. You’ll also recall I’m not too chuffed about this for obvious reasons. As, on the whole, I’m generally a pain in the arse I’ve been writing polite letters to everyone concerned about this [...]
In my fantasy land where my diabetes is like a Disney fairytale, I float through life like Snow White. Beautiful and graceful with a song in my heart and a good word for all. I’m conveniently omitting the Evil Queen as she doesn’t fit with my perfect image. Occasionally though (or to be honest, most [...]
Those with a working pancreas only tend to see the big stuff when it comes to diabetes. The dramatic hypos, scary injections and lots of stabbing and bleeding. What I find really hard to explain is the minutia, the constant drip, drip, drip of diabetes related thoughts and activities that take place even on the [...]
It’s quite hard to spot a diabetic. We’re a varied breed, not easily definable by external appearance. We come in all shapes and sizes, and most of us don’t even have the added Borg like qualities of a pump to mark us out from a crowd. But what about our houses? I suspect a wander [...]
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