Public Enemies… and hypos.

6 September 2009
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I took my Dad to see Michael Mann’s new film, Public Enemies (with Johnny Depp, left) this afternoon for Father’s Day.

I’m still using up the remainder of my Accu-chek test strips so have been using that meter mainly, but as I was dashing out the door I thought to grab my new Freestyle Lite meter so I could do any tests I needed to in the dark – seemingly what the Freestyle Lite is made for.

Sure enough, about 40mins in I started to feel a bit low so whipped out my meter. How refreshing to only have to get the meter out, not the meter and my mobile phone and somehow have to prick my finger and…

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By Nic on 6 September 2009 at 6.52 pm
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Roche in the U.S are offering Cozmo trade-ins.

26 August 2009
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Just a quick’un…. Amy at Diabetes Mine just posted this link to her Twitter: http://www.disetronic-usa.com/dstrnc_us/rewrite/generalContent/en_US/article/DCM_general_article_128.htm

Basically Roche (in the U.S I presume) are offering the following if you trade in your in-warranty Cozmo Pump:

The ACCU-CHEK Spirit insulin pump system* without charge with the trade-in of your Cozmo Pump.
2 Year Warranty
30 Day Supply Starter Kit
Upgrade certificate for a new insulin pump system launched in the future by Roche Diagnostics without additional charge with your trade-in of the ACCU-CHEK Spirit insulin pump. Certificate expires 2 years from shipment date of ACCU-CHEK Spirit insulin pump.

I’m going to contact the Roche rep here in NZ and see if she can make…

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By Nic on 26 August 2009 at 12.45 pm
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Flash flags.

24 August 2009
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I have a good friend named Flash, who is a type 1 diabetic who has seen it all. She’s great fun, and has an amazingly positive attitude to life. About a year ago, one of her health professionals told her she should ’sort out her will’ in reference to her diabetes control. She’d had a terrible time - in and out of hospital, hypos, hypers, ketoacidosis and a recycling bin full of 2L bottles of Fanta.

The great news is that this lovely lady was given the opportunity to start on a pump late last year and has got a new lease on life as a result of both the pump and all the training and help she’s had alongside that…

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By Nic on 24 August 2009 at 7.41 am
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Painless breakthrough for diabetics.

29 October 2008
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Yet another article I came across today tells me there’s going to be a new method of taking your long term glucose (what I assume they mean is your HbA1c) without taking blood.

Essentially, there’s talk of ‘a machine which can detect glucose levels accurately by the fluorscence of skin under ultra-violet light‘. Said machine doesn’t actually exist yet, but clinical trials (lasting about two years) are about to kick off in Canterbury. Apparently the machine would be able to read your long term data after shining a fluoro light at your skin for a couple of minutes.

While this sounds pretty unexciting and un-imminent, (I don’t really mind having an actual blood test once every 3-6 months, and two…

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By Nic on 29 October 2008 at 12.09 pm
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How amazing is THIS?

26 July 2008
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Hiya – I am supposed to be doing a lot of work today but couldn’t resist downloading the Dexcom software and then my records,  and have wasted about an hour already so I can show you these charts from yesterday.

First up, here is an hourly update on my blood sugars and where they were at. The red bars across the graph represent 4 – 8 mmol (as we know it in NZ). Click on the image to see it enlarged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And secondly, here is an aggregate of my glucose readings for the whole day. Note: blue is for low blood sugars, green for in-zone blood sugars and pink for > 7…

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By Nic on 26 July 2008 at 1.37 pm
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