She gon’ blow this joint up!

20 December 2010
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I went on a last minute work trip last week, to Adelaide for a few days. I used to travel a lot more frequently before I had a mortgage and a family (!) but these days (judging by the lack of stamps in my passport), an overseas trip is more of a once a year type thing.

Dunno about you, but airports (and all the personnel which go with ‘em) always make me feel a bit nervous. Not nervous as in shaking in my boots, but I always feel like I have this fake smile plastered on my face as I go through customs and the scanning areas which is supposed to convey a sort of, “HI GUYS, I’m just…

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By Nic on 20 December 2010 at 9.32 am
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Aaron: Beer, bear and bare.

10 December 2010
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Being essentially on holiday, I have found myself doing a lot of things in Canada that normally just wouldn’t be a part of my life in New Zealand.

Generally speaking I’ve been getting a lot more exercise than previously by walking and biking all over the city (no car you see), I’ve been going and doing decent hikes of 4 hours plus at least once every three weeks and I’ve also been drinking a lot more alcohol too to take just three examples.

All of these can be attributed to still being in a tourist mindset and as such, walking around this amazing city with ‘tourist goggles’ on as I like to call it – getting out to a…

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By Aaron on 10 December 2010 at 9.10 am
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Summertime.

26 October 2010
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Ahhhh – after that weekend I think it’s fair to say summer is definitely on the way. With this comes summer wardrobes and new challenges for us diabetics (mainly the girls, although boys I know you have your own wardrobe challenges).

For me, it’s all about being able to wear nice floaty dresses. I  had a little dream the other day about buying one of the two pumps in the NZ market which are remote control-operated, so I could just throw on a dress and not worry about having to wear my pump in a leg garter/down my top, plus the added hassle of needing to retrieve it without looking completely brazen/inappropriate. (for example, I was in a meeting with…

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By Nic on 26 October 2010 at 9.45 am
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Aaron: Tramping the Laurentians – basal rate success!

8 October 2010
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You know how sometimes it’s the little victories that make the difference to your diabetes day?

Well, I had one of these on the weekend of the 20th September when I went hiking in the Laurentian mountains north of Montréal and, being quite chuffed with myself I wanted to share it with you all.

As I mentioned in my catch up post, the past 4 weeks have been a diabetes HELL for hypos for me and I was starting to get quite annoyed about it. When we arrived, I purchased a 2KG pack of white sugar for hypos at home and there is no more than 750G left of that pack now so that might give you…

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By Aaron on 8 October 2010 at 9.15 am
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Thursday Poll: How often do you test your ISF/Basal rates?

23 September 2010
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With the move to Canada and the ensuing chaotic BGs, I’ve found myself testing all my insulin sensitivity factors and basal rates this week in the hope that the information might help me get some control back.

How often do you guys test your ISF and if you are pumping, your basal rates?

- Aaron

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By Aaron on 23 September 2010 at 8.55 am
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