Things would be much easier if diabetes was the only thing on my mind. If the only challenge in my day was to calculate my carbs and stick in the right amount of insulin. That would also be quite a depressing way to live, I admit. So, in the interest of preserving sanity, we diabetic… Read More »
Beauty and the obese, plastic beast Last week I found something in the back of my cupboard that changed my life at the age of 9. Allow me to reminisce… It’s the late 1980’s. Kylie and Jason have just got married in Neighbours, shellsuits were the nearest to fashionable they’d ever get and Sunday afternoons… Read More »
Mark Mansheim – friend of your soaraway Shoot Up and frequent contributor – has written an article over on his blog about his experience of reverting back from a pump to MDI. He covers off the pros and cons of each and gives an interesting view of the benefits of pumps. Well worth a read!… Read More »
I went to London for work yesterday. Not a major event really, I go a few times a month and it’s only a couple of hours by train. For some reason though the world was against me yesterday. – 0630: Leave the house. – 0635: Return to the house having remembered that I haven’t picked… Read More »
As we all know there are a few choices when it comes to managing Type One diabetes. We can rely on multiple daily injections (MDI), using a pump or other solutions – such as homoeopathy. The latter option usualy results in a slow, lingering death and other answers, such as inhaled insulin are just rubbish.… Read More »