Living the dream recruitment agency. Now hiring We are a recruitment agency specialising in hard to fill roles. Our client, Alison, has decided that with a busy job, voluntary work, personal life and the blogging thing, something has to give. Therefore she intends to outsource her day to day diabetes management. Our client will maintain… Read More »
Tim is still on his hols which means I’m still dreaming about holidays and reminiscing happily about previous travel adventures.The honest one and the shifty one at the Top of the Rock Tim and Katie are spending some time in New York so I wanted to offer them a bit of advice. When we went… Read More »
Diabetes UK have just published their Key Statistics on Diabetes report, 2009. It makes for interesting reading and certainly puts the diabetes problem into perspective. Here’s a look at some of the numbers. Diabetes affects 246 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 380 million by 2025 – so we’re definitely not alone! There… Read More »
Great people of the diabetes online community, I’m pleading with you to share your wisdom with me (if you don’t think you can manage wisdom, don’t panic, general thoughts would be much appreciated). I’m preparing a presentation on the wonders of events for people with diabetes. Why they’re so important and why they make such… Read More »
It appears my expectations of my own diabetes don’t always match other peoples’ expectations. I went for my annual torture session at the opticians recently. The “sit there while I shine a bright light into your dilated pupils until you cry” appointment. OK, its not that bad really, it just feels wrong that I go… Read More »
I’ve talked before about the things I’ve learnt from the interweb but that doesn’t explain why I blog. I’ve been thinking about it for a while. I’d been inspired by the many American bloggers talking about type 1. And while diabetes is the same the world over, I was disappointed by the lack of British… Read More »
Tim heading off on his hols got me thinking about my travels with diabetes. A couple of years ago we spent a month travelling round China. It was brilliant and surprisingly easy from a diabetes point of view. The food was delicious and I ate pretty low carb food for the whole trip which made… Read More »
The CGMS was screaming away at 3am this morning. It woke the husband first who then woke me to discover I was low. I was in usual “I’m fine, honestly I’m not hypo” mode while husband was trying to force juice down my neck. Even I have to admit, he and the CGMS were right.… Read More »