Nothing to see here, please move on.

28 April 2009
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As the world gets more and more agitated by bird flu sorry that should be swine flu, I thought it was quite forward-thinking of Living Cell Technologies (who are involved in the pig cell trials for T1 diabetes) to send out a press release assuring us that none of their patients are in any danger of contracting the pig flu:

Living Cell Technologies Limited, today emphasized that its pig cell product, DIABECELL® presently in Phase I/IIa clinical trial for the treatment of insulin dependent diabetes, is free of pig viruses, bacteria and parasites. In the wake of recent reports of a new strain of influenza virus in Mexico and the United States, LCT referred…

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By Nic on 28 April 2009 at 7.13 pm
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Confessions of a nerdy diabetic.

27 April 2009
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I have yet another confession to make. It’s a confession that the me of five years ago would have cringed at, and coiled away from in shame. Shows how we mellow with age!

My confession: on Thursday night last week, I met up with five other T1 diabetics for a drink and some food. And I was the instigator. And I really enjoyed it! I’m not gonna name and shame any of them, well apart from you, Aaron. Basically it was Aaron, myself, a girl he met through his pump start, a girl I know from school days (and via my brother’s girlfriend), and two other girls who have made contact with me via this very blog. Aaron and his…

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By Nic on 27 April 2009 at 6.38 pm
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Guest Blog: I’ll just have some more cheese thanks.

26 April 2009
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Having regained some form of normality since I got hitched, I’ve finally got myself together enough to get to the keyboard and write out some ideas for the blog. I’ve got a few which I won’t give away all at once but let me start by saying that everything went so well on the day and I don’t think I’ve ever had a better party. Save for the normal incidents (like being 15mmol/L during the ceremony) there were no comas, seizures or mishaps to mention so all in all I’m quite stoked really. I’ve got enough trouble remembering to lock my front door let alone organise a party for 200 people but that said, it was grand.

A couple of days…

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By Aaron on 26 April 2009 at 10.00 am
Posted in Food, Slice of Life
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Animas to the rescue!

26 April 2009
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I was interested to see on the Animas website this week that they have set up a deal capitalising on the demise of the Smiths Cozmo insulin pump. They are offering Cozmo owners in the States a deal where they can trade in their current Cozmos for a new One Touch Ping Animas pump for just $US700. With today’s exchange rate, that’s $NZ1,224. With that they will honour the existing warranty left on your Cozmo. Doesn’t sound like a bad deal to me if you could afford it…. and lived in the U.S .

Full article here:

http://www.animascorp.com/For-Deltec-customers.aspx

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By Nic on 26 April 2009 at 8.38 am
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A walking medical mishap.

24 April 2009
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Feeling very sorry for myself this morning. I’ve been having toothache the last three nights, and last night it got so unbearable I considered driving 10km to the nearest A & E at 3:30am. I managed to hang on til this morning when I got myself a 10am dentist appt. Turns out it’s a root canal – which will be somewhere in the region of $2,200.

That on top of buying an insulin pump this year puts me in the range of around $10,000 just there….. I better keep my head down and hope I keep my job!! Touch wood I sail through the rest of the year without any other medical mishaps.

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By Nic on 24 April 2009 at 11.27 am
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