Recently I suffered an unwelcome visit from a mild throat infection. I mention this not to get sympathy (because I know I’ll get Sweet FA from you lot) but because it really messed up my blood glucose levels. Despite being hobbled by MDI, I tend to keep my blood glucose in the single figures (go… Read More »
One of the many wonderful features of diabetes is the sheer, damned boredom of it all. Diabetes is generally about the day to day uneventful plod of checking our blood glucose and balancing carbohydrate and insulin intake. While there are sometimes the exciting peaks and troughs of extreme hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia – which do, admittedly,… Read More »
By Samantha The dreaded hypo’s are back. Uh-oh. Man the barricades. When I have bad hypos, I turn into something like the monster from the black lagoon, all growly, pale and nasty. And over the past week or so, I’ve been having some rather nasty ones in the vein of at least two a day… Read More »
During the summer last year we went round to some friends of ours for a dinner party. Yes, a dinner party – now that I have reached my thirties, I no longer have the desire to frequent sweaty nightclubs of a Saturday night, downing expensive, sticky drinks and being much, much too close to the… Read More »
Here at ShootUp we believe a healthy dose of cynicism is as important a part of living well with diabetes as insulin, carb counting and a balanced helping of optimism. I’ve already admitted the cardinal sin of not being excited about a cure and questioned whether the sexiness of finding a cure distracts us from providing… Read More »
Today, I go into battle. Excuse me while I suit up…and the somewhat serious nature of this post… Since deciding that an Insulin Pump would be the best option for me, I seem to have had nothing but trouble from ;
Before we get on to the main article suggested by the intentionally provocative headline, first things first – happy New Year to all our beloved readers. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas (or equivalent winter-based festival) and a fab Hogmanay. I certainly did; hurrah! Anyway, avid reader Rachel brought my attention to this… Read More »
Welcome to 2010. A brand new year, a fresh start. And a shiny new lancet in my finger pricker. I’m not reknowned for remembering to change my lancets but I always make the effort to start the new year with a sharp new dagger to spear my finger. Happy new lancet to you all!