Hello!It's been a while eh?!Sorry about that. Truth be told, it's all got rather busy for me, and actually since my last post in my early months on the Tandem tSlim x2, my diabetes has mercifully faded into the background a little, and while still very annoying, hasn't really given me all that much to write about.But this week has seen the release of something really quite exciting, that I hadn't ..read more

Wait... hang on... December 31st? That can't be right! Have we actually had a year this year? And how come any of the things that happened this year seem to have happened at least 18 months ago? No time has passed. But it has passed at a snail's pace. And at the same time we've all become accustomed to living completely different lives.Doing a sort of round-up post for the year that never [This is a summary only. Visit www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk for the full text ..read more

Some musings on the joys, oddities, encouragement and occasional knock-backs of invites to diabetes events... Lanyards, obviously.  Apologies for the radio silence of late. I meant to write this post months ago, but somehow never quite managed to grab the time for it. Initially I had planned several posts each detailing different events and experiences, all fascinating and full of wit and [This is a summary only. Visit www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk for the full text ..read more

DUK Towers E1, tomorrow. I shouldn't be writing this. It's too late. I've been to the pub and had a couple of beers (as my Libre trace would gleefully tell you). I've just poured a rather tasty Japanese whisky. By rights there are at least 3 blog posts that have been patiently waiting in line for me to finally get around to writing and posting them. But tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow is the [This is a summary only. Visit www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk for the full text ..read more

As we transition into holiday season, with the traditional exponential increase in holiday accommodation costs everywhere, many thoughts turn to sandy beaches and the chance to take a break from the incessant whirlwind of life for some well-earned rest and relaxation. Except for diabetes, of course... that never gives you a day off. Well almost never. I was thinking about this the other day, [This is a summary only. Visit www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk for the full text ..read more

This is a guest post by Robert S who dropped me a line via FaceTwit as he had been reflecting on and writing down his 'diabetes story' but didn't want to start a blog to share it. Apparently he has been good (mad?) enough to read my ramblings in the past and offered it as a guest post for sharing here. His story echoes much of my own, and I am very interested to read that he has chosen the [This is a summary only. Visit www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk for the full text ..read more

As of the beginning of April the new national NHS England criteria for obtaining Freestyle Libre on prescription came into effect. This is who it says should have access to Libre on the NHS: People with Type 1 diabetes OR with any form of diabetes on hemodialysis and on insulin treatment who, in either of the above, are clinically indicated as requiring intensive monitoring >8 times daily, [This is a summary only. Visit www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk for the full text ..read more