Guest blog: You too?

17 October 2009
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I was thinking this afternoon how we often see a lot of famous people on the tele doing endorsements for various products from skin care, exercise programs, kids charities and appeals for things like the horrible tsunami in Samoa. Whenever I see a celebrity doing their thing for charity I nod my head and think ‘good on ya’.

Then I got to thinking that with all the diabetics I know in real life I have never really heard anything about famous diabetics so I did a Google on it and found that there are heaps! Here are a few of the ones you’ll definitely know!

Halle Berry
Randy Jackson (the american idol judge. Type 2 I think)
Bret Michaels (lead

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By Aaron on 17 October 2009 at 2.22 pm
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Guest blog: New arrival!

14 October 2009
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Awesome news everyone!

As of 1pm on the 14th of October 2009, Nic and her husband Quentin became the proud parents of a healthy baby boy who they have named Hugo James Reade

Mother and baby are both doing well.

CONGRATULATIONS NIC!!!!!

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By Aaron on 14 October 2009 at 2.04 pm
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Guest Blog: And the winner is…..

14 October 2009
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Thanks for all of your entries to the Accu-Chek Nano competition guys!

There was a great response to the first ever competition on Being Diabetic so thank you for taking part and getting involved. It’s a great tester that I’m certain the winner will love so without further ado our lucky winner, drawn randomly by computer at Roche is…

…Sianne Olphert!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS Sianne!

We will be in touch soon to grab your postal address and send out your fancy new meter to you!

Finally, a big thanks to the lovely Nisha and her team at Roche Diagnostics for their generosity – awesome. If you want to stay up to date with any product launches, updates, news and exclusive…

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By Aaron on 14 October 2009 at 9.10 am
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Guest Blog: T1 catch up with a twist

13 October 2009
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Monday night saw a group of about 8 of us who have all met via the blog get together for our usual monthly catch up at Chow restaurant and we had a great meal together catching up on the last month, chatting and having a lovely meal.

This month though there was a bit of a twist with the lovely Gill Higgins and her cameraman Hayden from Close up joining us to do some filming for a story on Close Up!

Nic posted a blog a little while ago asking for any volunteers willing to talk to Gill Higgins at TVNZ’s Close Up about the Pig Cell trials under way at Middlemore hospital at the moment and…

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By Aaron on 13 October 2009 at 10.17 am
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Don’t forget to enter the Accu-chek Performa Nano competition!

12 October 2009
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Hey all – if you’ve been meaning to enter for your chance to win the new Accu-chek Performa Nano, make sure you do so in the next 24 hours (i.e. before 5pm on tomorrow, Tuesday).

To enter follow the instructions here.

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By Nic on 12 October 2009 at 4.00 pm
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