Last weekend I met up with two old school friends in the party capital of Europe, uhm, Brussels. While it may have a reputation for bureaucracy and dreary boringness, Brussels does actually have a great night-life, so soon after arriving we went out to hit the pubs and bars of the capital of the EU.… Read More »
There are certain things in life that only those of us who are pancreatically challenged will ever have the pleasure of doing. Having a heated debate about whether or not you lick your finger after doing a blood test is one of those things. Said debate over at Diabetes Mine got me thinking. I lick.… Read More »
I recently had cause to look at my fingers. Not a high octane thrilling experience, I’m sure you’ll all agree. But I did notice the array of tiny dots caused by the last zillion, or so, blood tests that my poor, ravaged fingers have had to endure. While I can never take a break from… Read More »
Christmas. It’s a time for family, a time for sharing things, a time for complete overindulgence. But in my family its also time for the dreaded blood sugar wars. You see, both of my grandparents are diabetic. They’re Type II, both on insulin (and my grandmother with an insulin pump) and I have to say,… Read More »
We’re all sensible people here. Well, most of us are. By that I mean that we all know how we’re supposed to behave as good diabetics. We know that if we’re on MDI we should use a new needle each time we inject and we should rotate our injection sites. If we’re on a pump… Read More »
Further to Manny’s post over at diabetes uber-site Tudiabetes here: http://tudiabetes.com/forum/topics/14k-people-with-diabetes-test We’re joining in with the mass glucose testing mayhem – anything for an easy post! So Alison has clocked in with a worthy 6.7, while Tim’s current BG is surprisingly similar 6.8. Obviously, this is all about raising awareness of the benefits of regular… Read More »
Monday was a beautiful sunny bank holiday in north west England. We spent most of it gardening. It was a perfect day for washing so I stripped the bed and the washing line was soon full of nice clean bedding drying in the breeze. On Monday night we climbed into nice, clean, crisp bedding. It… Read More »
Over the past few days I’ve been surfing (or should that be paddling) around the Intermaweb looking for good blogs about diabetes to add to the sidebar over on the right hand side there. This is so when you get bored of weak puns and my sometimes naked aggression on these pages you can go… Read More »