BeingDiabetic on Spring hiatus.

11 September 2010
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Hi everyone

Well, I’m not sure how I’ve managed to keep posts coming over the last two weeks with a broken and rather painful wrist! Apologies for the brevity of posts, and gaps between them.

I had planned a September Spring hiatus before the injury anyway as we are moving house and likely to be without internet for a week or two.

So, with that, my cast and I depart for the Spring hiatus… take care of yourselves, and I’ll see you again in the last week of September.

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By Nic on 11 September 2010 at 8.18 am
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Blood sugar levellers.

10 September 2010
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A good friend sent me a link to this page today which claims that apple cider vinegar, if taken before a high carbohydrate meal can lessen the BG spike after it. It mentions the benefits for T2 mainly but this is definitely one benefit which could span both T1 and T2. Interesting.

I have also heard in past that linseed/flaxseed can do the same thing. I was told this when I was pregnant which made it a no-no at the time (apparently you’re not supposed to have it when with child) so didn’t actually look into it in any more detail at the time, but a quick look at trusty Wikipedia sends…

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By Nic on 10 September 2010 at 9.25 am
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Thursday poll: are you prepared for emergencies?

9 September 2010
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For the comments section: what do you/would you include in your kit? Where do you/would you keep it?

Do you have a question you’d like me to pose in a poll? If so, please send your question to me and I’ll put it on the list.

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By Nic on 9 September 2010 at 9.10 am
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New technology – insulin delivery patch.

8 September 2010
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I got a Diabetes Health newsletter in my inbox this week and the headline “Easy to use insulin delivery patch” caught my eye. I clicked through to watch this video and was super impressed with what I saw! Basically a company in the States (Prodigy Diabetes Care) has created a ‘patch’ which can hold up to 200 units of insulin at a time which sits on your skin, and which you can manually operate to release a unit of insulin at a time. It wasn’t super clear exactly how this works but they mentioned a cannula which makes me think it must be a tube which goes into your subcutaneous to deliver the insulin.…

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By Nic on 8 September 2010 at 10.44 am
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Diabetes with one arm.

6 September 2010
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OK so I’ve blogged before about having T1 with a baby, but basically because I fear boredom, I’ve added a broken wrist in to the mix just to keep things fresh and exciting.

Things I have discovered about having diabetes with one bung arm (my good arm):

Make the most of the first 24 hours of the injury, before the swelling and bruising pain sets in – change your cannula, fill your cartridge etc
Get used to doing BG tests on your sore hand because doing it in reverse is too painful
If you don’t enjoy attention from your colleagues/the general public, you’re gonna hate it: doing a blood test in an awkward way to

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By Nic on 6 September 2010 at 10.35 am
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