It’s poll results times again – hurrah! Last month we kicked off a barely disguised popularity contest by asking who’s your favourite UK-based diabetes charity. Despite the inexplicable unpopularity of Diabetes UK’s recent rebrand (“I’ll never support you again, you bastards, unless you reinstate the pink hummingbird!”) they came out top by some way, with… Read More »
Last month (well, maybe a touch longer ago than last month, but who’s counting?) we asked how much does your partner help with your hypos. Do they run about like a mad thing helping you find Lucozade or do they shrug noncommittally and go back to watching the X Factor, or something equally inane on… Read More »
Well, well, well, it’s poll results time again and last month we asked how many people do you tell about your diabetes. This was designed to tie-in with Diabetes UK’s Diabetes Week theme of sharing one’s experience with diabetes. The fact the Diabetes Week was in June shows that we don’t really update the poll… Read More »
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, it’s that time of the month again – the eagerly anticipated poll results post. Huzzah! Last time we asked what medical identification should a diabetic use. As usual the silly result came top, with “Tattoo saying ‘diabetic’ on forehead & brass bell” garnering 46% of the vote and… Read More »
Da da daaaaaaa! It’s that time of the month again – poll results time. Last month we asked “When do you think the holy grail of a closed-loop insulin pump/BG monitor, that actually works, will be available?” Soaraway Shoot Up readers are obviously a pessimistic lot with “It doesn’t matter, the NHS will never fund… Read More »
Well, it’s poll results time again chaps. This month your soaraway Shoot Up asked why should the NHS pay for CGMS for diabetics? For the acronymically-challenged among you, CGMS stands for Continuous Glucose Monitoring System and is a device which checks your blood glucose every five minutes or so and beams the results back to… Read More »
Weeeeeeeeeeelllll, it’s that time of month again when we crank up the supercomputer and calculate the results of the soaraway Shoot Up poll. Last month we asked who was your diabetes-related idol from a choice list of luminaries. Top of the results by a country mile came “None of the above”. Which is a great,… Read More »
It’s that time of the month again, chaps and chapesses – poll results time. Last month I asked how we diabetics should help wrench the government out of decades of poverty and despond by saving money for the NHS. The results were both disturbing and startling, with 52% of my readers voting for the option… Read More »