Diabetes

Watch the Diabetes UK & JDRF UK Type 1 Awareness Video here…

It’s very wierd and more than a little un-nerving watching yourself on video, but all I can say is how proud I am of Sam for doing this….

Type 1 Diabetes Awareness video

Today marks the beginning of Diabetes Awareness Week for 2012. In preparing for this week, Samuel and I took part in a video shoot a couple of weeks ago, jointly organised by Diabetes UK and JDRF UK. A couple of … Continue reading →

The Artificial Pancreas

I’m not ashamed to say (not too much anytway) that I was welling up at work today. All this week they have had short features about diabetes on the BBC Radio 4 lunchtime show You and Yours, and today they … Continue reading →

The VirginActive London Triathlon

So after much procastination, I have decided on my challenge for 2012. We want to shift our fundraising efforts to target a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, and so will be fund raising from now on for the JDRF – … Continue reading →

A marathon for Diabetes UK – Done!

In an update to my previous post, I got news this morning that Nick completed the Sussex Marathon yesterday “around the 4 hour mark!”. He actually did it in 4 hours and 10 seconds!!! A very respectable time – certainly … Continue reading →

Quarterly Clinic Report – March 2012

So yesterday was Samuel’s quarterly clinic appointment with the Paediatric Endocrinology Consultant at Bassetlaw. This was his first appointment since we got the Dexcom CGM and I was expecting to see a rise in his HbA1c. We have been using … Continue reading →

Dexcom Sensor no 2

Well, the second Dexcom sensor failed on Samuel this afternoon. The first one lasted 18 days. The second 19 days. I can’t argue with that, given they’re only guaranteed for 7 days! I doubt we will keep that average up. … Continue reading →

Dexcom’s and Basal Rates

It’s hard to believe as it’s flown so fast but Samuel has been on his Dexcom CGM for 4 weeks already! We’ve been threatening to do it for the last few days and finally got round to looking at the … Continue reading →

DGap blood tests

We got involved in the JDRF sponsored DGap study early last year. Nikki found out about it from someone on the Children with Diabetes (CWD) support mailing list. All the details of this study can be seen here, but essentially … Continue reading →

Dexcom trial – done!

Well the two weeks are up. (For those of you just joining us here for the first time, we have been trialing a Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitor for my Son Samuel) The trial started on the 19th December and was … Continue reading →