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Guest Blog: Thank YOU Mr Banting

Aaron — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:53:16 +0000

While I was at work last week lamenting the fact that I had to work instead of still being at the camp with the kids and the sunshine and fun, I got to thinking about how lucky diabetics are these days. I know that this will age me chronically but it’s the truth so I’m gonna say it anyway.

Back in the day (1991 to be exact) we sure as heck didn’t have pumps. Hell, we didn’t even have insulin pens so I was a little shocked I suppose when I saw these young ones all doing what I thought were complicated regimes of testing, boluses etc at the camp fairly independant of their parents and us. That train…

Guest Blog: Reasons to be glad

Aaron — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:48:14 +0000

I was talking to my Dad tonight as I do every couple of days and a couple of things struck me.

The first was that in February, around the time of my Dad’s Birthday, I will have been a diabetic for 18 years! It certainly doesn’t feel like that long right now but sometimes I also feel like I can’t remember ever not being a diabetic too.

That then started me off thinking about the days when we didn’t have insulin pens, it took a good 5 minutes to get a BG from the Reflolux S and you counted food in portions not carbohydrates. I have a really vivid memory from when I was about 9, sitting on my Mum…