Blatant consumerism.

28 March 2010
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I went out to brunch with Aaron and another friend Flash yesterday. My husband was looking after the baby, so I left him with the nappy bag and all the other baby paraphernalia, and packed myself a separate bag (normally I keep all my stuff in the nappy bag too to save taking more than one bag). Unfortunately, I also left my BG tester in the nappy bag.

I remember times long ago when I would regularly go out without my tester, but since all this pregnancy malarky I guess I’ve gone a bit OCD with the need to know my BG, so not having my tester was playing on my mind a little (and I was planning to be…

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By Nic on 28 March 2010 at 10.57 am
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Another great community story.

25 March 2010
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Last year in November I did a post about Natasha and her little 18 month old boy James, who needed an insulin pump to make managing his T1 easier on him and his parents. The great news is that the extended community has come to James’ aid and he now has an insulin pump, which is making his life and his parents’ so much more manageable.

According to the article on stuff.co.nz:

Pharmaceutical company Roche contacted Natasha after the story ran offering them the pump for a discounted price of  $6000.

The Onehunga Centre Pharmacy also donated $1000 towards the purchase of the pump, after Variety Club previously…

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By Nic on 25 March 2010 at 6.39 pm
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Shock value.

24 March 2010
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A New York-based friend of mine made a comment on Facebook recently about a man she’d seen walking down the street with a life-sized doll tucked under his arm. I one-upped her with a story from last year, when – obviously pregnant – I walked down the street from my car with an axe in my hand, taking it to be sharpened. I discovered at that point in my life that there is no way to carry an axe without looking menacing, or like you are about to commit grievous bodily harm.

That lead me to thinking – one thing I do miss about MDI is the shock value of pulling a needle out and jamming it in your gut…

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By Nic on 24 March 2010 at 2.13 pm
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Aaron: Feijoa jam, stew and chutney. It’s Autumn.

23 March 2010
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Up here in Auckland we must be heading into winter dammit – the feijoa tree is starting to bear fruit out back and it’s started raining more and more this last week or so which are both clear signs that the colder months are well and truly on their way. Not to mention the colder weather which is also somewhat of a clear give away, really.

Let the 6 months of rain, casseroles and pickles begin…

Some of you may have noticed a comment of mine on Nic’s blog ‘Return of the Night Spikes’ the other day when I mentioned that I think the change in seasons has an effect on my insulin requirements and how, invariably, my…

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By Aaron on 23 March 2010 at 9.25 am
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You know you’re diabetic when…

22 March 2010
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I saw this topic a while ago on a website and there were some pretty funny answers, so I thought I’d throw it to the BeingDiabetic community. I’ll make a start to get you thinking.

You know you’re diabetic when:

You accidentally cut yourself and think “oh well I may as well do a blood test on that”.
You fish a bag out of your wardrobe that you’ve not used for about five years, and there’s a mouldy jellybean/wine gum/jelly snake rolling around the bottom of it.
You had a special opening sewn into your wedding dress to take an injection through.
You go to the toilets of a restaurant/bar to do a covert injection/pump site change and feel like

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By Nic on 22 March 2010 at 9.28 am
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