Alison – Shoot Up or Put Up

Alison wrote a new post 6 years, 9 months ago

To understand why #languagematters when we #talkaboutdiabetes we only have to look at what diabetes would be like if it was managed by Disney, that all encompassing factory of magical happiness.

If Disney did […]

Alison wrote a new post 6 years, 9 months ago

It’s not always easy to #talkaboutdiabetes. When you’re a pregnant diabetic trying to gather as much information as possible #languagematters and it can all feel like a bit of a challenge. (This harks back to A […]

Alison commented on the post, Revisiting: How is your diabetes? 6 years, 9 months ago

Win win. If you know what you’re talking about I’m very happy to chat with you. And if you don’t, I’d really rather you glazed over and didn’t get involved.

Alison wrote a new post 6 years, 9 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 6 years, 9 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 6 years, 9 months ago

I love that graph. The bigger picture makes the results so much more meaningful.

Alison commented on the post, Thoughts on diabetes and mental health 6 years, 10 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 […]

Alison commented on the post, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…Fiasp 6 years, 11 months 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, 11 months ago

Hello stranger. Nice to see your name again. It sounds like it would be worth a try for you. Good luck.

Alison wrote a new post 6 years, 11 months 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 […]

Alison commented on the post, Hello again 6 years, 11 months ago

Hi Katie. It should be up on Monday. In brief, not life changing stuff but a good, small step forward for me.

Alison commented on the post, Hello again 6 years, 11 months ago

You’re lucky to get the tape off without removing vital body parts, so in most cases I suspect the sensor would come with it. I sometimes put a layer of paper over the sensor so the tape sticks around it, rather […]

Alison commented on the post, Hello again 6 years, 11 months ago

A consistency change? That’s shocking. I had no idea.

We’ll have to think about something Tim and I could bear to speak to each other about for another video. The first lot were painful enough to make, although […]

Alison commented on the post, Living with the Libre – the good 6 years, 11 months ago

I can’t be expected to resist saying “well, yeah, duh!”. But I know what you mean, when you can see the impact of your actions so clearly it suddenly becomes worth the effort of taking insulin a bit earlier, I did […]

Alison commented on the post, Hello again 6 years, 11 months ago

That surely happened when I changed my meter. At the very least the earth’s magnetic poles reversed.

Alison commented on the post, Hello again 6 years, 11 months ago

Congratulations on the mini diabetes assistant Angie. I hope you’re both doing well. You’ll wonder how you ever lived without one!

Sorry about failing in the cure bit, I did consider claiming that I’d just […]

Alison wrote a new post 6 years, 11 months ago

Gosh, it’s been a while hasn’t it? How’s things? Things have been mostly happy and uneventful at this end in the two years since I last blogged. Although – shock horror – I have split up with two of my diabe […]

Alison commented on the post, The Curse of Banting 6 years, 11 months ago

It’s surely at least 90% fact

Alison commented on the post, The Curse of Banting 6 years, 11 months ago

This is exactly the type of well informed article I’ve come to expect from Shoot Up. And I’m so grateful that I now understand the cause of that random high BG this morning.

Alison commented on the post, Insulin Square – Episode Three 8 years, 10 months ago

I can’t believe this hasn’t been Bafta nominated yet. Surely this 3rd episode will be the one.

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