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
Posted in Insulin Pumps
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Not the Spring break I had in mind.

30 August 2010
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A picture tells a thousand words, and one-handed typing takes a thousand years, so I’ll summarise.

1. Awesome! Husband takes me with him on work trip to Queenstown.

2. Haven’t been on a snowboard for 15 years plus recently had baby so very respectful of zero skill base and altered balance overall.

3. Cousin lives in Queenstown and lends me his wrist guards.

4. Do things right by kicking off with a lesson. It goes really well. However it emerges that cousin has given me two left wrist guards. Wear one and put other in pocket.

5. BG too high to have lunch after lesson (17.1 – had turned pump off in anticipation of hypos but with exercise as you…

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By Nic on 30 August 2010 at 8.04 am
Posted in Exercise, Hypos & Hypers, Insulin Pumps
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Insulin addict 4 life.

17 August 2010
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I like to think that having T1 doesn’t hold me back from much. And the truth is, it really doesn’t. It makes things a bit more difficult sometimes, but there are only a few things you actually can’t do (we discussed jobs etc in a previous post but I can’t find it right at this moment).

On Monday last week though, my status as an insulin addict was put to the test. My little boy Hugo was ill and my husband had been home with him. He rang me at about 4pm to say they were off to the hospital as Hugo had suspected pneumonia. I was at work so jumped in my car as soon as I could and…

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By Nic on 17 August 2010 at 11.24 am
Posted in Insulin Pumps, Slice of Life
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Aaron: The road less travelled.

14 August 2010
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As of the weekend, we have arrived safely in San Francisco in one piece – and both sighed a breath of relief having had a manic couple of weeks which saw (between the two of us), the release of an album – with its associated gig, a masters thesis completed, quitting of two jobs, selling of cars, a court case (me vs. a bad driver), saying goodbye to 13 nieces and nephews plus 6 siblings plus parents and friends, selling the cars and packing up our entire lives.

Needless to say, it was all quite intense!

Tahiti was absolutely amazing (and amazingly expensive too, a can of coke costs around 4 dollars), but wasn’t without its drama as I came…

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By Aaron on 14 August 2010 at 9.00 am
Posted in Hypos & Hypers, Insulin Pumps, Technology & Equipment, Travel
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Diabetes radio, and help a parent day.

10 August 2010
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Hi everyone – I got an emails from two readers last week which I would love your input on please.

ONE:

My mum is hosting a radio segment in New Plymouth which starts up soon about diabetes…along with the medical team up there and has been asking me for a name for her segment.  Wondered if you had any ideas on a name and some topics you think would be important to cover?  They will be talking about all kinds of things to do with diabetes and interviewing medical people on the show.
Can you help this BeingDiabetic reader out? Questions:

- what should her Mum call the show?

- what topics would you want covered in a radio…

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By Nic on 10 August 2010 at 9.38 am
Posted in Community, Funding, Insulin Pumps, Kids & Teens, Medical Services
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