Back on track.

8 January 2010
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I dusted off my BG record-keeping sheets today, determined to write down some numbers for a whole week and stay on top of basal rates, carb ratios, correction factors etc. That’s the thing with pumping – if only you could put in the hard work at the very beginning then sit with those ratios for all time – not so! I always knew I’d probably slacken off a bit after about 16 months of hard yakka and conscientious monitoring and record-keeping over my pregnancy and beforehand. Heck, I reckon I deserved the break. But, it’s now 12 weeks after my baby was born and I’m determined to put some systems in place to make sure I keep up a good…

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By Nic on 8 January 2010 at 9.40 am
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Guest Blog: Senile you say?

10 January 2009
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I was feeling a bit annoyed when I arrived at work on Tuesday having woken up at 2.8mmol/L and it only being the second day back and all but I got such a nice surprise in my inbox which helped snap me out of it so I thought I’d share it with you guys too.

I’ll start by saying that I have some of the most thoughtful work colleagues. A couple of them who sit nearest me have been privy to the incessant blood testing, swearing and cursing at high and low BGs and the constant wipping out of the pump and so now, whenever they see a site or hear a news article about diabetes it invariably comes my…

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By Aaron on 10 January 2009 at 2.49 pm
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My earliest post on record.

9 January 2009
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This post comes to you from a time when hopefully you are all sound asleep. It’s 5:30am as I start writing this. I’m writing with an air of despondency (is that a word?). I was going to say I’m angry but I promised myself (a la this post) that I wouldn’t waste my energy getting mad at irrational high or low BGs this year and I intend to try to keep that promise at least until the end of Jan!

I raced around the house last night getting all my stuff ready for a 6am RPM class this morning – went to bed at 10:30 with a BG of 6.7. Perfect, right?

My husband…

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By Nic on 9 January 2009 at 4.57 am
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Updates.

16 December 2008
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A couple of updates for y’all:

1. My friend who wrote this great post about gestational diabetes has given birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy. He weighed a normal 7 1/2 pounds, and his sugar levels were excellent when he made his debut into the world. Well done that lady!!

2. In an update to my most recent blog, my BG has now got itself back to 6.1. And I avoided a hypo by taking BG tests every half hour between 7:45 and 10:30. Finally off to eat something now – couldn’t have breakfast until the levels came down then got busy with work.

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By Nic on 16 December 2008 at 11.34 am
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Guest Blog: Out the other side?

17 November 2008
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In belated celebration of world diabetes day my friend and I decided to plonk ourselves on my back lawn in the sunshine on Saturday over looking my daisy infested lawn and knock back a glass or two with some nice cheese and a baguette. One thing turned into another (i.e. one bottle turned into two) and we ended up getting slightly rouge as well as a little merry.

Inevitably, about 2 hours after she arrived we turned to the topic of diabetes (having done the CHO count of the baguette we had just demolished with an entire slab of Boursin) and it struck me just how far we’d come in such a short period. It felt like…

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By Aaron on 17 November 2008 at 1.56 pm
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