Ahahahha – laughed my head off when I saw this sugar free Sprite can in the vending machine.
Hello again everyone, it’s Nic here back again and I never thought I’d say it but it’s great to be back! Perhaps that’s because I’ve managed two days in a row now where I left work by 6pm…. amazing how much more you get time to do in the evening when this happens – I am determined to make this more of a habit than the crazy hours I was doing before I left.
First things first – please everyone put your hands together in a hearty round of applause for the fantastic Aaron who did such a brilliant job of the blog while I was away. Thanks so much Aaron – you allowed me to have a true holiday,…
This week has been a bit manic what with the pump thing happening and trying to get myself sorted for this trip (which as of this week includes Vietnam) and so I’ve not had the time to get to read all the news that I would normally keep up with during the week. I’ve just sat down and done that now with a roast chicken in the oven and I’ve stumbled across an article on the National Geographic website about needle free injections and I thought it may interest some of you guys.
It’s based on air pressure being used to inject the contents of an ampule (not pain free) and is being deisgned by…
As you’ll know if you read the post last week, I’ve been lucky enough to have the resources available to me to get on a insulin pump this week. I didn’t want to bombard everyone with the intricate details of how it went because I realise that not everyone would be as interested as I was but that said, it’s been an amazing process.
The healthcare team that I have at the Greenland outpatients clinic (Melanie, Jan and Nisha) have been amazingly supportive and helpful and the whole process has gone very well. I’d done a fair bit of preparation beforehand so I had the Carb counting and insulin sensitivity factors and things down pat before I ‘plugged…
I’m hoping that someone might be able to fill in some blanks for me before I head off because it hit me about 5 minutes ago that I’m going overseas in two weeks with a machine attached to me and I’m a little worried about the whole airport scenario all of a sudden! I’ve not travelled with a pump before and while I’ll have a letter from my doctor and all the necessary documentation for the security at the airport it’s not that that worries me.
I’ve travelled a bit to some rather out-of-the-way places like Russia and Mongolia and I’ve never had an issue but that was with pens so what about the guy on the Cambodian/Vietnam boarder who…
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