Aaron: 20th Birthday

3 November 2010
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In my search for Canadian experiences with which to fill my days and ensure that I make the most of our time here, I have been looking at several cultural activities and trips which are must see and must dos in and near Montréal.

On the list so far are:

New York baby!
Hiking in the Laurentides mountain ranges
Cirque Du Soleil (which comes from Montréal)
See an Ice Hockey game live
Go Ice Skating on a frozen lake/river
Jump the boarder to the states and see Vermont
Go to Niagara falls
Check out the great lakes
Ski at night (under lights)
Stay in a cosy wood cabin on the side of a lake in all 4 seasons
Eat as much

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By Aaron on 3 November 2010 at 8.15 am
Posted in Food, Slice of Life, Travel
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Aaron: #bgnow

2 November 2010
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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…

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By Aaron on 2 November 2010 at 8.01 am
Posted in Hypos & Hypers, Kids & Teens, Monitoring, Slice of Life, Technology & Equipment
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Aaron: The trick to trick-or-treating

1 November 2010
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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…

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By Aaron on 1 November 2010 at 8.00 am
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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
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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
Posted in Insulin Pumps, Slice of Life
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