A bit of a worry.

12 November 2010
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I got this email from G a couple of weeks ago (sorry G) who is a type 2. Whatever type of diabetes you have I reckon you’ll probably agree with what he points out…. got any other stories like this?

Quick story:

I signed up to a new doctors the other day (we’ve just moved) and went in and had my introductory check up with my new doctor.

We get talking, I had low B12 for a while, doctor asks if I was a vegan or vegetarian. I said (hell) no, but Metformin is known to reduce absorption in some cases.

Doctor says she’s never heard of that in her however-many-years of practicing and I shouldn’t believe everything…

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By Nic on 12 November 2010 at 10.44 am
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Thursday Poll: Are we behind the eight ball?

4 November 2010
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I dunno about you guys but when I was a kid (less so as an adult now) I got the distinct feeling that here in NZ, we were very, very behind in the treatments, technologies and knowledge from a diabetes perspective.

Lantus has only just been subsidized in NZ compared to at least 6 years ago in Europe, we didn’t seem to get blood testers anywhere near as fast as North America or even Australia did and Analog insulins had to be fought hard for back in the 1990’s so that we had the luxury of not having to wait for 30 minutes after taking a dose of Actrapid which along with monotard was pretty much the only choice of treatment I…

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By Aaron on 4 November 2010 at 8.00 am
Posted in Medical Services, Monitoring, Science & Research, Technology & Equipment
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Stickler for the rules.

29 October 2010
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Maaaan I dislike people who stick to all the rules for no good reason. I’ve just moved house and thus moved pharmacies. I knew my old pharmacist was good and really helpful but it never actually struck me just how easy things were (apart from the fact that said pharmacy had very short opening hours).

Now, I’ve moved to an area where there’s even a pharmacy which is open til 10pm – perfect for someone who works nearly full time like me. However it seems the new pharmacist is a stickler for the rules. He would not – very clearly not – provide me with my full script at once. I mean, SERIOUSLY. What am I going to do with…

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By Nic on 29 October 2010 at 9.33 am
Posted in Medical Services, Slice of Life
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Support group for T1 pregnancy.

13 August 2010
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We’ve talked about this group before on the blog but I was sent this article about it and thought I’d give it another plug.

In short, a group has been set up in Auckland on the last Monday of every month for T1 women planning a pregnancy, who are currently pregnant or who’ve been through a T1 pregnancy. It’s run by a specialist diabetes psychologist and a specialist diabetes midwife (both of whom I’ve met and both of whom I rate very highly).

Unfortunately I work on Mondays as I’d love to go along and give a little back… but I would have been doing whatever I could have to get the time off…

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By Nic on 13 August 2010 at 10.26 am
Posted in Medical Services, Pregnancy
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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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