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Blood glucose levels and the common cold

Sam’s rollercoaster of BM levels last week seems to have been the precursor to him actually getting a cold. Not that complicated you might think. And so would I, having not encountered the common cold colliding with Diabetes until now. … Continue reading →

Next years challenge

When the weather is as bad as this, I get a lot of time to think about cycling and not a lot of time on my bike. My mind has turned to next years challenge. And Nikki spotted this on … Continue reading →

Riding the blood glucose level rollercoaster

So after proudly patting Samuel on the back yesterday for doing his own infusion site and insulin changeover, we have had the BM Day from Hell. We’re not sure if the cannula was inserted properly, was bent or if there … Continue reading →

Samuel has done his own infusion site changeover

Samuel’s Roche Accu-chek Insulin Pump requires a change of infusion site every three days. And every other time we change it (ie every six days), we need to also change over the insulin vial and tube that is in the pump. … Continue reading →

Aerobic vs anaerobic exercise

We went to a talk organised by Roche a couple of weeks ago. One of the things the sports nutritionist talked about was the different types of exercise, and the ways in which they affect blood glucose levels differently. Aerobic … Continue reading →

Error code E.something.or.other

Last night was a bit surreal. Samuel was at Scouts. Apparantly they had been running around outside and he had left his handset/monitor in the Scout Hut. They came back inside to have hot dogs and hot chocolate, and when … Continue reading →

Is this the most tenuous cycling post ever?

So I’m hoping to go for a ride tomorrow morning, although the weather forecast is for snow. The faint hope that I might be able to means I can still load up on carbs on a Friday lunch…. What has … Continue reading →

More ponderings on pumps

We haven’t calibrated Sam’s basal rate on his pump yet, even though he’s had it for over a fortnight. Our diabetic nurse wants him to stop having low’s before we go through the process of starving him to calibrate the … Continue reading →

Where there’s muck… there’s tractors!

I did my ‘normal’ Saturday morning ride that includes my own personal Col de la Madone, otherwise known as Brookhouse hill. It wasn’t actually raining but the roads were wet and the tractors have been out in force so they … Continue reading →

Next years challenge…???

I’ve been thinking for a while…. I need to get something in the diary for next year. I did a Triathlon last year and a Duathlon earlier this year. (You have to look a long way down the lists to … Continue reading →