Finding the chase and cutting to it

In the UK, a verbal contract is binding. If you say something will work in a certain way, that is binding. That makes presentations vital. It also makes what is said to you equally important as what is written down. When it comes to my diabetes, I use a Powerpoint presentation (other tools are available) […]

In the UK, type 1 diabetes is recognised as a disability in terms employment law. When my blood sugar is normal and predictable, this seems a little heavy handed.  By colleagues, I have been given a look to say you must be joking.  It’s all in your control and it doesn’t need protection under law. […]

After self funding for a year, I went to my GP and got my Freestyle Libre on prescription. For me, it costed in like this. Costs of running my insulin replacement therapy on blood tests Item Cost per item Number of items Total cost per month Freestyle Optium strips £19.89 4 (I know, that’s 200 […]

I’m hoping this blog makes sense as I am using it to make some sense of what has been happening to me the past few weeks. Like what? Well, following my accident last August, while it is obvious that some things have healed (and healed well), there have been some unforeseen consequences. See above? I’ve […]

The human body is an amazing machine, continually changing and adapting to its environment. This has led to our relatively slowly reproducing species to cover almost all of the planet and thrive. When part of your body’s key metabolic functions is being supplied mechanically, this continual evolution can be hard to manage!  As I don’t […]

Having found I required an operation, we’re then looking at some fundamentals of how the NHS works. There are two basic types of operation: scheduled/elective or emergency.  Because my operation was the result of an accident, although it wasn’t life threatening, it was deemed a “planned emergency”.  I was being admitted Sunday for a hopeful […]

Backup your blog. I didn’t so this post follows up from one I have lost. I will get round to re-writing it. In the meantime, on the 27th August 2017 I came off my push bike at around 20 mph failing to make it up a supposedly drop curb. Resultant head injuries were identified while […]

As you can tell from my blog, I love travelling. I have a motorbike, push bike, car (ICE and EV), canoe and am reasonably happy to use public travel though buses and trains do tend to make me travel sick 😀 I used to love flying, I have had two flying lessons though after 29th […]

Not interesting, so what? I’ve had a couple of interesting conversations.  As a graduate, when I left university, I did’t expect to be having great conversations as a 43 year old.  I was very wrong. Please find the chase! Sorry.  My endocrinologist was a young lady which in 39 years was the first time (at […]

Actually that’s a little unfair, I have been considering this for a while but the resolution harden at 1:04am this morning. In 2002, I bought my first insulin pump and it was nearly perfect.  Unfortunately, its design based around an insulin pen cartridge is not a profitable one for any manufacturer, so I now cannot […]