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A tricky dilemma!

Nic — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:06:55 +0000

Hi everyone

I got this email from a T1 reader last week (names have been blanked to protect the innocent).

#%^&*’s Mum is a nightmare with filling my two year old son up with massive amounts of sugar e.g. yesterday she gave him 2 lollipops, 2 choc biscuits, jelly, mashmallows, choc milk and pancakes with syrup in the space of 2 hours! This is despite many times asking her not to. New strategy: phoned her and said he was at an increased risk of getting T1 diabetes and huge amounts of sugar was putting pressure on his pancreas (I realise this is a stretch). Seemed to work. What are your thoughts on this strategy? I am not entirely sure if

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Aaron: #bgnow

Aaron — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:01:06 +0000

This last week has been a mixture of diabetes good and diabetes hell with a whole heap of random highs and lows plaguing me at various points day and night inciting more than one moment of cursing diabetes to hell I have to admit even though I’m not really one to sit around feeling sorry for myself (which I hope comes across!).

Moaning aside though, I’ve put the spikes and troughs down to the change in seasons again, me fighting a tickly throat for the last two days and a little bit of stress chucked in with too little sleep and the odd bottle of beer as I’ve transitioned out of my current job into a new one which is…

Aaron: The trick to trick-or-treating

Aaron — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:00:38 +0000

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Today is Halloween in Canada and man do they get into it!

Every shop you look at is full of displays with pumpkins and ghouls and decorations, supermarkets are selling autumn wares, huge pumpkins, tiny pumpkins and gourds are filling the shelves and streets outside shops. Party invites are being sent out left right and centre and people are all a flutter talking non stop about what their costumes are going to be. At times I honestly feel like I’m back at high school listening to the girls talking about their ball dresses!

Seriously though, it seems to me that after Christmas, this holiday is the biggest in Canada and people absolutely love getting into it in…

Babysitting club for T1 kids.

Nic — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:08:15 +0000

Huge backslaps to Penny Harrison for setting up the page on Facebook (below) for parents of T1s who need babysitting. Great idea!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=134245019952899&ref=search

Welcome new readers!

Nic — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:20:09 +0000

A big warm welcome going out to those of you who went to conference and have come along to this blog to check it out!

If you’re looking for the book I referenced, you can click the image on the right, or buy it from either of these websites:

Class UK – GBP 17.99

Amazon – US $28.73

And, if you like the look of this blog and would like to subscribe to email updates, you can go here.

More about the conference in tomorrow’s post. Have a great week!

Nic

Diabetes radio, and help a parent day.

Nic — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:38:27 +0000

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…

Do your kids understand your diabetes?

Nic — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:46 +0000

We’ve had a few posts on this blog about non-T1 parents trying to understand diabetes from their kids’ point of view, but I’m interested in hearing from you T1 mums and dads out there who have kids on how you’ve found your kids’ understanding of the condition change as they get older. I know a regular reader, Sarah mentioned that her kids grew up from a young age hearing something like “hang on, Mummy’s just got to check her blood sugar” and I know that my son is going to have the same experience. But how do they change over time? Are they naughty and eat your sweets? Have you ever had them help you out of a hypo? Do…

John McLaren Youth Award – $1000 up for grabs.

Nic — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:43:11 +0000

Hi all

I got this in my email a few weeks ago and have been meaning to publicise it. Diabetes Youth New Zealand has the John McLaren Youth Awards every year, and there are four $1000 prizes up for grabs. I’ve put a copy of the application form here for you to download for yourselves or on behalf of your kids. Unfortunately this is only available for under 25s. Applications close October 31st.

More about the award, taken directly from the application form:

THE JOHN McLAREN YOUTH AWARD is our yearly Achievement Award for Youth with Diabetes. This Award recognises the pursuit of excellence in the cultural, academic, and sporting fields by…

Aaron: Trypanophobic?

Aaron — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:21:21 +0000

Happily, even before I was diagnosed with diabetes, needles were not something that I’ve was ever been that bothered about.

I mean, I don’t think anybody is particularly looking forward to seeing a needle descend into their flesh but some are a little more squeemish than others and some of those people are inevitably diabetics.

Then there are the people around us that don’t like seeing them including our family members, colleagues and friends. I remember one colleague who had to turn away when I did finger pricks and a cousin that almost passes out when she sees a needle come out so the problem is real and it’s out there.

Personally, I can’t imagine that there are many conditions…

Can you help this T1 parent?

Nic — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:01:42 +0000

Happy Monday all, hope you had a good weekend.

I got this email from a reader last week. Can you give any advice please?

I have a 7 year old T1. She has just started on a pump and we hit our first snag when we had to remove the old site.

Does anyone out there have any suggestions on how we can remove it without all the drama.