Diabetes

One down, three to go!

Today I took part in the ‘Rother Valley Charity Super Sprint Triathlon’, which is a long name for a short triathlon. I did a 200m open water swim followed by a 10K bike ride and then a 4k run. That’s … Continue reading →

Guess who I’m fundraising for?

Is it obvious enough?

Compare and contrast

We were at the hospital yesterday for Samuel’s quarterly HbA1c check and chat with the consultant. His HbA1c was 6.9 – up slightly from 6.4 last time. Not great, as it’s going in the wrong direction. But not too bad … Continue reading →

Triathlon training

I went on my first ever triathlon training session last Saturday, run by British Triathlon. It started off a bit disjointed as the coaches had been let down by Speedo, but ended very well, and I picked up lots of … Continue reading →

April in review

We haven’t reviewed Sam’s BG levels for a while, so I took the opportunity this evening to look at them for a whole month. We haven’t had any really prolonged high’s that I can remember for a while, but when … Continue reading →

Four 4 a Cure

After last years fundraising for Diabetes UK on the London to Paris challenge, I am going to try and up the ante a little. So, instead of just one challenge, I am going to enter four. They are: – The … Continue reading →

The Marathon Man’s second coming

You’ve all met Tim before.. Also known as the Marathon Man, Tim starred in this post, as my demon running coach! He ran the London Marathon in 2009 for The Red Cross. Often, running for a charity is the only … Continue reading →

No news is good news

Or more specifically the lack of updates on the site is good news. I haven’t done too many posts on the subject of Samuel’s Diabetes in the last few weeks because, well, there isn’t much new to report. This is … Continue reading →

About turn!

As I’m sure you’ll recall, I mentioned last week that Samuel was struggling with his infusion site changes and we were going to try Emla cream to help him. We did our fourth site change using the cream tonight and … Continue reading →

HBa1c clinic

It was Samuel’s bi-monthly clinic this week and we were convinced his HBa1c would be higher than it has been since his diagnosis. With the cannula problems he has been having, Samuel’s bloods have been higher. But his HBa1c was … Continue reading →