“You’re lazy, fat and ugly!” are just some of the insults I’ve never had thrown at me. But, despite their non-existence as Tim-directed abuse, it’s certainly true that I’m quite lazy, especially when it comes to exercise. I know that jogging or going to the gym is good for you. Exercise seems to cure, or… Read More »
The Paralympics may be big news at the moment, but this dog is chasing his tail with excitement over the snappily named East of England Paediatric Diabetic Games. Diabetes specialist nurse, professional pancreas (she has Type 1 too) and general girl wonder Claire Pesterfield brought together 200 children with diabetes from 17 hospitals for their own… Read More »
Last weekend saw the highlight of the diabetic footballing calendar. 132 kids with diabetes from 12 different countries, plus their parents/supporters headed to Lausanne, Switzerland to take part in the finals of Junior Cup Diabetes 2012. Medtronic have hosted the event for the past 6 years. As they said at the opening ceremony, the event… Read More »
Soaraway Shoot Up reader Anna reports back on her findings at Animas’ recent sport and exercise weekend. Well, you have heard about the great success that was the Animas Sports and Exercise weekend but apart from the fun of synchronising hypos and attempting to adhere to the rules of football, without really knowing what they… Read More »
When pump company Animas contacted ShootUp to see if we wanted to go along to their Sports and Exercise weekend, we were shamefully too busy and lazy to go. Instead, we conscripted less lazy ShootUp reader Anna Presswell to take up our free place. Here’s what Anna thought of the weekend… Last weekend I had the… Read More »
