One man diabetes testing unit
Over the past few days I’ve been surfing (or should that be paddling) around the Intermaweb looking for good blogs about diabetes to add to the sidebar over on the right hand side there. This is so...
View ArticleOh sheet!
Monday was a beautiful sunny bank holiday in north west England. We spent most of it gardening. It was a perfect day for washing so I stripped the bed and the washing line was soon full of nice clean...
View ArticleA bazillion diabetics test their blood glucose
Further to Manny’s post over at diabetes uber-site Tudiabetes here: http://tudiabetes.com/forum/topics/14k-people-with-diabetes-test We’re joining in with the mass glucose testing mayhem – anything for...
View ArticleBlood glucose reading contact lenses
From an article in New Scientist: THE next time you gaze deep into someone’s eyes, you might be shocked at what you see: tiny circuits ringing their irises, their pupils dancing with pinpricks of...
View ArticleThe hypo portfolio
A hypo is a hypo is a hypo. Low blood sugar, sweaty, fuzzy head, confused, weak, dizzy, argumentative (yes, even more so than usual) etc etc. But even with all those similarities I think there is a...
View ArticleDiabetic lottery numbers
There’s something about having a broken pancreas that makes you see numbers in a different light. For a non diabetic type watching the national lottery draw is all about waiting for those 6 winning...
View ArticleChanges in HbA1c measurement delayed
Planned changes to the way in which HbA1c measurements are reported have been postponed from June 2011 until October 2011 basically because no one understands the changes and people are understandably...
View ArticleThe psychology of CGM
As much as I love, cherish and adore my continuous glucose monitor, I have to say there has never been a piece of diabetes kit so expertly designed to mess with your head. My pen, pump and meter...
View ArticleHbA1c: converting old to new
Having had to resort to Dr Google to translate my latest HbA1c result into something meaningful, I thought it might be useful to publish a conversion table for new HbA1c measurements. Since October...
View ArticleA morsel about non stop nibbling
Eating three square meals a day will give better glucose control than munching away hour after hour. I don’t think I’ve ever been told this, but deep down I know that this works for me. It makes sense....
View ArticleWant to brighten up your life with diabetes?
Get a toddler. They don’t have to be yours, you could borrow one for a while as long as you get the owners permission. They’ll revolutionise your daily pancreatic duties: No more missed blood tests....
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