Monthly Archives: December 2010

Alternative Triathlon Disciplines

So I know it’s supposed to be swimming, cycling & running. But I can’t do any of those where we are. So how about skiing, eating & drinking..? Or skiing, drinking & recovering! That’s all I’ve done today. Tomorrow is … Continue reading →

Anyone for a brew?

We are away for Christmas and this is the kettle if you want a brew at breakfast!

Nikki’s revenge

I know it isn’t. But in a small and very inappropriate way, Sam’s diabetes is helping Nikki get me back for all those nights she was up when the children were babies. She fed all three herself, so I couldn’t … Continue reading →

Plot a course for dataville

After a false start and a 10 day wait, this showed up in the post this morning… This little widget connects to my Mac (yes, with a bit of giggery pokery, I got it to work on my Mac) and … Continue reading →

The downside of the curve

At what point does a cycling blog cease to exist? Right now, Curesam.com can’t pretend to be about cycling, as I can’t remember the last time I went out on my bike. I could look it up but what’s the … Continue reading →

My Garmin has been on a trip

And I’m not talking about the four miles I did with Mutley this evening! It just died on me the day after I last used it (Nov 20th) and nothing I could do would get it working again. After a … Continue reading →

A Cycling & Diabetes blog without any cycling

I have begun to understand why cycling is more popular in France, Spain & Italy. It’s warmer there, obviously, but also for more of the year you can ride your bike. Which I have not been able to do, for … Continue reading →

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 →