Shoot Up or Put Up

Hello, good evening and welcome to Shoot Up or Put Up – a British blog all about the wonderful world of diabetes. Unlike some blogs your soaraway Shoot Up is written by a veritable smorgasbord of writers, occasional contributors and guest scribblers. For your fun and enjoyment, the current contributors are listed below in all their glory:

Writers

In Edinburgh, with cheesy grin

Tim Brown

I’m Tim – you may remember me from cult web-classic www.tiddles.co.uk (according to BBC News 24 the site was “worth going to for the design alone”) but chances are that, unless you have an unhealthy fanaticism for poorly drawn cats, you don’t.

So I’ll start from scratch, I’m Tim, I’m lucky enough to have Type One diabetes and I started this blog back in the halcyon year of 2009 to allow a grateful world to share in a few thoughts about this affliction. Actually, is affliction the right word? Probably not. Right royal pain in the bum might be better.

Anyway, I’m 33 and I’ve had Type One for four years (I was quite late to the party, sorry). For the diabetes geeks, I’m on a combination of lantus and humalog and currently use Abbott’s Freestyle Lite blood glucose meter.

I live with my wife in sunny Edinburgh, United Kingdom. We don’t have a cat.

Tim’s articles | Contact Tim: tim@shootuporputup.co.uk

Holding up a dodgy doorway

Alison Finney

Hello I’m Alison, someone who bumped into Tim on the Internet and ended up helping him out because he’s too lazy to write this blog all by himself. [So true - Tim]

I was diagnosed with Type One in 1983 at the age of 4 so I’ve been at this a while now. I use humalog in a combined insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system and any blood glucose meter as long as it takes 5 seconds or less.

I love travelling and am sadly quite proud to have injected on the Great Wall of China, in the Costa Rican rainforest and whilst watching elephants in South Africa.

I live with my husband near sunny Liverpool, United Kingdom. We don’t have a cat either.

Alison’s articles | Contact Alison: alison@shootuporputup.co.uk

Guest writers

As well as the writing giants above, we have a number of occasional guest writers – their articles can be found here.

You here?

If you’re a UK-based multi-talented writer with diabetes and fancy contributing, why not knock up an article and email Tim at tim@shootuporputup.co.uk. We’re very picky but don’t let that put you off.