Regular readers of your soaraway Shoot Up will know that I – Pippa the Polecat – put up a new poll asking for your views about different aspects of living with diabetes on a very regular, scheduled monthly basis. Anyone who says that Tim (sorry, Pippa!) forgets about the poll, can’t think of a new… Read More »
Due to popular demand (that is, no demand whatsoever) we’ve revived your soaraway Shoot Up’s poll feature. This month we’re asking how you react when people ask about your diabetes. People’s reactions to talking about diabetes ;
Last month we asked what you thought was the most neglected element of diabetes treatment. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the top results – by quite a long way – was psychological support. Being suddenly dumped with a chronic, never-ending, incurable condition that affects every aspect of your life is a bit of a bind and – weirdly enough – some people… Read More »
Well, it’s that time again – the “monthly” (and I use the term in its widest conceivable sense) poll results. Last month *cough* we asked “Aside from routine appointments, how many times have you been hospitalised as a result of diabetes”? Rather pleasingly for all concerned, “Never” topped the poll with an impressive 41% share… Read More »
Achtung! It’s poll results time! Last month we asked you “How often do you meet up with other diabetics?” and the results show that in terms of diabetes you’re an anti-social lot. 46% of respondents said that they’d never met up with any other diabetics. Which is quite a a large proportion really. I always… Read More »
Like the cyclical inevitability of a routine A1C test, the results of the monthly poll have come round again. Last month your soaraway Shoot Up questioned who was the most useless member of your healthcare team. Only 15% of you voted for yourselves – the patient. I suspect if we had run this poll exclusively… Read More »
Hurrah! Some time has passed since we published the last poll. I’ve long given up describing it as the “monthly” poll as it’s almost never monthly. If you have complaints about the irregular timing of the polls then feel free to write me a very stiff letter. On cardboard. Anyway, last time we asked what… Read More »
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 »