Ask a diabetic rock star! – Shoot Up or Put Up

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- 12 February, 2011 at 12:25 pm #9943
  
  Tim
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  Brett Ryan Stewart is a young, up and coming American musician whose stuff is quite pleasant – you can listen on his MySpace page here – http://www.myspace.com/brettstewart. He’s also Type One diabetic and, for some bizarre reason, agreed to be asked questions about being a diabetic rock star by the Shoot Up mob.
  
  I know you’ve always wanted to interrogate diabetic musicians; so ask your questions in the thread below and I’ll submit the best ones to him and publish the results.
- 12 February, 2011 at 12:36 pm #12190
  
  Tim
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  Geek us out – tell us about your preferred basal / bolus, pump / MDI insulin regime and how you manage your diabetes
- 12 February, 2011 at 12:37 pm #12191
  
  Tim
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  When were you diagnosed with diabetes?
- 12 February, 2011 at 12:39 pm #12192
  
  Tim
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  1) Does diabetes effect your rock and roll lifestyle? For example, does it prevent you from chucking televisions out of hotel windows and having drink-fuelled orgies with hot chicks, etc?
  
  2) Have you ever actually thrown a television out of a hotel window? If not, why not?
- 12 February, 2011 at 12:46 pm #12193
  
  Anonymous
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  Never mind the Diabetes, lets just talk about drink-fuelled orgies with hot chicks… I think a video interview with the ladies would be in order also. ???
- 12 February, 2011 at 2:53 pm #12194
  
  Anonymous
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  Have you ever had a hypo mid gig? If so, did it result in a complete gig stoppage, or just an interlude while sugaring yourself up again?!
- 12 February, 2011 at 3:12 pm #12198
  
  Tim
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  @mikeinspain – I was expecting @teloz to say that!
- 12 February, 2011 at 4:17 pm #12199
  
  Annette A
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  Does gigging send you hypo? Or does the stress of being centre of attention counteract it?
- 12 February, 2011 at 6:10 pm #12200
  
  Katie
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  Describe your music in 3 words.
- 12 February, 2011 at 6:11 pm #12201
  
  Katie
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  where do you wear your pump when you are on stage?
- 14 February, 2011 at 2:32 am #12204
  
  Hairy Gnome
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  @mikeinspain – Glad to see that you’re able to follow my line of reasoning! Roflmao!
  
  Sorry @Tim, I wasn’t paying attention, I’ll try and do better!
- 14 February, 2011 at 8:53 am #12207
  
  Tim
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  Who would win in a fight between you and Nick Jonas?
- 14 February, 2011 at 8:54 am #12208
  
  Tim
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  Do you think Diabetes-Pop is going to be the next hot niche music sub genre?
- 14 February, 2011 at 8:56 am #12209
  
  Cecile
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  This is a question I might also ask of Shoot Up’s resident violinist, @caroline: Seeing that the hand you use to squeeze and stroke strings with tends to get callused, do you have to set your finger pricker on a deeper depth to get to blood, or don’t you milk that hand at all?
- 14 February, 2011 at 9:01 am #12210
  
  Tim
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  We have a long running thread on the forums made up of diabetes-related limericks. We’ve found that it’s very difficult to rhyme anything with pancreas or insulin. Is this why you have so few songs about diabetes?
- 14 February, 2011 at 2:10 pm #12212
  
  Anonymous
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  Ooooh hypo and guitar playing is *not* a good mix…
- 15 February, 2011 at 7:54 pm #12229
  
  Tim
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  Do you, by any chance, have a new album out soon?
- 16 February, 2011 at 10:45 am #12230
  
  Anonymous
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  Do you tune your instruments/songs to your pump alarm? (perhaps we pumpers could record a christmas single x factor eat your heart out!)
- 21 February, 2011 at 2:54 pm #12283
  
  Tim
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  Who are your diabetic heroes? If indeed you have any.
- 21 February, 2011 at 2:55 pm #12284
  
  Tim
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  Would it be utterly marvellous to have a diabetic super-band made up of type ones? They’ve done it for professional cycling – http://www.teamtype1.org/ – so why not music?
- 21 February, 2011 at 2:58 pm #12285
  
  Stephen
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  Do you know who Nicolae Paulescu is?
- 21 February, 2011 at 2:59 pm #12286
  
  Tim
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  @Stephen – no one knows who Nicolae Paulescu is That’s because Banting is Best (weak pun intended…)
- 21 February, 2011 at 4:32 pm #12288
  
  Alison
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  @Stephen I love the fact that he called his version of insulin pancreatine, that’s a far better name for it – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Paulescu
- 21 February, 2011 at 4:34 pm #12289
  
  Anonymous
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  Ooooh, a diabetic supergroup… While it may never be ‘super’, I have a diabetic friend who plays (or, at least, played) bass. I play guitar. All I need now is vocals and drums and I’m there!
- 21 February, 2011 at 4:42 pm #12290
  
  Tim
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  I know we’ve got other talented & musical readers and I’ll do vocals (I’ve got a bloody awful voice, but no fear of singing in public at the drop of a hat!) So there’s nothing stopping us!
- 21 February, 2011 at 7:08 pm #12292
  
  Stephen
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  I’ll do the photos / publicity / web site / viral stuff as I don’t have a musical bone in my body
- 22 February, 2011 at 1:28 pm #12295
  
  Tim
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  @Alison – I think we should start a pancreatine revival; refer to it instead of insulin!
- 22 February, 2011 at 8:33 pm #12300
  
  Anonymous
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  @Tim – Perfect! Confidence is FAR more important than ability when it comes to frontmen!
  
  Obviously our first source of inspiration lyrically should be the limericks thread!
  
  Oh, and I love the idea of shooting up pancreatine Makes it sound a bit body buildery though
- 22 February, 2011 at 9:18 pm #12301
  
  Tim
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  Re: pancreatine – I’ve updated the blog sub-sub-title on the front page accordingly!
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