Finding the chase and cutting to it

One of the most dispiriting things about type 1 diabetes is that sometimes, it doesn’t matter what you do, it just doesn’t work. Christmas is hard work normally as the normal routine and eating practices are binned in favour of having fun.  Feasts are consumed, wine (and other liquor) is consumed, it’s hard to take […]

I hope you’ve had a great Christmas. We went to my parents, my men visited my sister in law and family and then headed home. This is a short note discussing some bright ideas and how we worked round some limitations. Eh? Like many working families, the holiday season is a chance to catch up […]

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 […]

No, I am not writing a thriller here, but more chat about basals, like the last post. My pump allows me to programme five different basals.  In practice, I only use four and then use a temporary adjustment if something completely unplanned is happening. Four? I use the same ones working day or weekend as […]

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 […]