More Twitter fun.

30 July 2009
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Someone has set up a #blame diabetes hash tag on Twitter (don’t worry if that means nothing to you). To see for yourself what people are saying, go here: http://twitter.com/#search?q=blamediabetes or check out the screenshot below…

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By Nic on 30 July 2009 at 5.47 pm
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Melbourne, sweet Melbourne.

30 July 2009
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We had a fantastic trip to Melbourne, thank you very much…. to think that’s our last child free holiday in a long while…. not sure how long it will take me to get up the nerve to get on a plane with a little one – I was observing people wandering aimlessly up and down the aisles trying to calm their kiddies down while I luxuriated and watched a couple of movies – the last hurrah!

We had a really great holiday which was a mixture of busy and relaxed. The busy days were the first two, where we marched through the city like we were on a mission – shopping, going to galleries, getting trams and trains and walking…

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By Nic on 30 July 2009 at 9.12 am
Posted in Hypos & Hypers, Insulin Pumps, Slice of Life, Travel
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Gestational diabetes.

28 July 2009
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If there’s one good thing about having type 1 diabetes and being pregnant, it’s that when you get to that 24-28 week time period when ‘normals’ have their glucose tests done, you are not in for a nasty surprise in the form of gestational diabetes. You’ve already got insulin dependent diabetes – you can’t get gestational on top! In fact maybe I’m wrong… I wouldn’t mind if someone told me I had gestational diabetes because then there just might be a chance I get to give it up once I’ve had the baby

Anyway – I don’t mean to trivialise gestational diabetes because I really do feel for people who get it. At least we know what we’re in…

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By Nic on 28 July 2009 at 8.47 pm
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Guest blog: Time for an update

27 July 2009
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Following a previous disaster where I found myself without a tester due to a flat battery I now make a habit of having one at work, one a home and another that I carry around with me so that I never find myself in a situation where I have to ask someone if they can spare me a loan of theirs to do a test (something that I’ve had to ask of at least two people on at least one occasion each). As luck would have it though, it seems like when life wants to take you for a ride it will and even if you have three testers, Murphy’s law will apply and they will all give up the…

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By Aaron on 27 July 2009 at 7.33 am
Posted in Slice of Life, Technology & Equipment
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Guest blog: New kids on the block

25 July 2009
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Despite being an 80’s child, this post most definitely isn’t a reference to the band of the same name (pictured here) it’s about starting a new job and the adjustments that kind of a move takes.

It’ been a month since I had my first day now and I absolutely love my job. The people are awesome, the location is incredibly convenient and the work is great but all that aside, I’ve had some interesting things crop up as a diabetic person over the last 4 weeks which I reckon are worth blogging about.

When I left my last job I ended up having to take two weeks off for various reasons to get some things organised, visit family…

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By Aaron on 25 July 2009 at 10.46 am
Posted in Insulin Pumps, Work
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