Finding the chase and cutting to it

I hope you are well. I have wiled away my hours not smelling the flowers but wanted to capture the fact here and share my learnings with you. Nuh? A couple of big changes are coming our way: our 18 year old will be leaving home and along with that gaining of responsibility we lose […]

I’m not discussing the joys of winter sports at the moment, but the thrill of going for a walk in to town with an air temperature of 10°C and a wind chill providing a real feel of -5°C! The sky is overcast and to beat the Christmas Shopping parking blues, I take the bottles to […]

One of the biggest things I hate about type 1 diabetes, aside from the constant need to run a big part of my metabolism up to 4 hours behind the curve, is other people’s understanding of the disease. Before we talk about this subject though, we should examine some base facts. About 0.02% of the […]

As a type 1 diabetic, on many levels I have it all.  A reasonable Hb1Ac, good clothes, a smart house, a fascinating job and some great friends. I do mean great because, often, I’m shattered, mentally exhausted as my blood sugar levels are managed by me. I test and analyse everything and mark it against […]

As I come to the end of my sabatical, I’ve had an infection that drove up my glucose rates and plumented them just as quickly at the end.  The past three days have seen me hypo from 2am in the morning. Which makes it a good time to review Basal Rate 2. Hit me one […]

Whaaa..? This is a technical post and there are no apologies for that. I’ve run my own server for a while now (since 2007 to be honest) with the aim of 24/7 service to the internet.  It’s a small set up and I not only provide some tried and tested tools but also do some […]

I use fedora: I like it, there are a great many cool things you can do for very little effort. OK, don’t know what you’re talking about… Linux – there are several key flavours of Unix out there, and as a preference, I like the ones based on the Fedora definition.  I get some powerful […]

I hit the gym today.  I’ve been a little lackadaisical in hitting the gym which would be great except for the fact winter has struck.  When I say winter, I mean the English version – dull, damp and decidedly chilling to the bone.  It’s not been foggy but that kind of damp, lacklustre effect is […]

JDRF are doing some pages to allow people to produce their diabetic statistics, how many blood tests they’ve done etc. Being “an old diabetic”, mine is a little unconventional: Item Per day Period Total Insulin Injections 1 1 yr      365 Insulin Injections 2 8 yrs   5,840 Insulin Injections 4 14 yrs 20,440 […]

Food is something I care about.  I have to, not understanding how food works in the body is not possible for a type 1 diabetic. I do not diet per se.  I do count my carbs, that is the foundation of my bolusing decisions: if I am not aware of what sugar, protein and fat […]