Site-Wide Activity – Shoot Up or Put Up

Alison wrote a new post 5 years, 10 months ago

It seems Diabetes Week 2018 has hit upon the soapbox I’ve been jumping up and down on for years: #languagematters when you #talkaboutdiabetes. And while ShootUp has plenty of serious posts on the topic, we bel […]
Alison wrote a new post 5 years, 10 months ago

Shoot Up is never knowingly on trend. Its not really our style. But 5 years ago Alison penned a post that is at last relevant – Diabetes Week 2018 is all about the power of language in diabetes care. And that w […]
Alison commented on the post, My diabetes story in a single graph 5 years, 10 months ago

I love that graph. The bigger picture makes the results so much more meaningful.
Tim wrote a new post 5 years, 10 months ago

Living in Scotland, like I have done for the last twenty years, has many downsides. The weather is consistently crap, the winters are dark and the accents are, sometimes, impenetrable.

However, there are also […]
Tim commented on the post, ECED launches Libre quiz 5 years, 11 months ago

Thanks for keeping us up to date Neville!
Tim replied to the topic Statins in the forum Living with type one 5 years, 11 months ago

Hmm, I will have an investigate
Neville the Newshound wrote a new post 5 years, 11 months ago

Shoot Up’s second favourite Scottish wonky-pancreas-supporters, the Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes have launched a handy new “quiz” for Libre users.

I’ve put “quiz” in inverted commas […]
Cecile replied to the topic Statins in the forum Living with type one 5 years, 11 months ago

Pity, ’cause ACE inhibitors (such as Enalapril) are great for maintaining a poker face…
Tim replied to the topic Statins in the forum Living with type one 5 years, 12 months ago

Nope, never even heard of ’em!
Cecile replied to the topic Statins in the forum Living with type one 5 years, 12 months ago

I don’t associate statin missiles with precautionary measures: for that you usually pop kidney-cosseting Enalapril bullets, don’t you? (I have, since about 2006)
Alison commented on the post, Thoughts on diabetes and mental health 5 years, 12 months ago

Wow Rohan. Thank you for such a brilliantly honest piece of writing. I’m so sorry you’re going through this.

I’ve never been in your situation. But aspects of it are very familiar. After several miscarriages I […]
Tim commented on the post, Thoughts on diabetes and mental health 5 years, 12 months ago

Thanks Rohan for writing about your depression so openly and frankly. As I allude to above, it’s so important to talk about mental health graphically and without recourse to euphemism if we’re to take it seriously.
Rohan wrote a new post 5 years, 12 months ago

Friend of Shoot Up and regular contributor Rohan talks about his mental health and how it interacts with his diabetes. Just a warning that Rohan is very frank and this article does contain references to […]
Alison commented on the post, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…Fiasp 6 years ago

Poor you, that sounds awful. My response was nothing like that, just a bit tingly under the skin. But it is the first insulin that’s ever provoked any kind of adverse reaction like that in me. I dread to think […]
Alison commented on the post, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…Fiasp 6 years ago

Hello stranger. Nice to see your name again. It sounds like it would be worth a try for you. Good luck.
Tim commented on the post, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…Fiasp 6 years ago

We like small, incremental steps. But “being a 7 an hour after a meal with 6 units of insulin on board” sounds terrifying!
Alison wrote a new post 6 years ago

When shiny new rocket-fuel insulin Fiasp hit the market, my insulin tart tendencies immediately sprung into action. I had a chat with my consultant (“I’d like that please, I think it might help with pos […]
Tim commented on the post, Hello again 6 years ago

Yeah, you can scan through anything – I think it needs to be within c. 4cm. I’ve scanned through 19 layers of winter clothing…
Tim commented on the post, Hello again 6 years ago

Ah, the card idea seems like a good one
Tim started the topic Statins in the forum Living with type one 6 years ago

Now I’ve reached the positively ancient age of 40, I apparently have a much higher risk of terminal death. As a result, every time I go to the hospital for my usual check up I’m offered statins.

So far I’ve not bothered with them; but what do you all think? Are statins a sensible, precautionary measure; or pointless, ineffective prevention of a…[Read more]
Load More