Tips: How we tracked back from a hypo

Tips: How we tracked back from a hypo

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We tracked back from a hypo last night Our six year old had an unpredicted low. He had gone up to 12mmol/l, so we corrected. But then he didn’t come down so I corrected again – apparently too much. In hindsight I gave him about .4u of insulin too much. So...
Charity ride for JDRF: London Night Rider last weekend

Charity ride for JDRF: London Night Rider last weekend

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Saturday night we headed out on the Night Rider London event to raise funds for JDRF and their quest to cure diabetes. 60km through the streets of London starting just before midnight. We rode from the Lee Valley Velodrome over to Regents Park, through Piccadilly and...
Tips: How the charts help you manage better

Tips: How the charts help you manage better

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Use the charts to help you understand your sugars better throughout the day. Today we show you what the charts do and don’t do. Seeing our results in the charts helps us learn about our sugars so we can better understand what to do later when we’re working...
Tips: how we use the charts to deal with hypos

Tips: how we use the charts to deal with hypos

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With managing sugars, our biggest worry is making sure we avoid hypos. And if we do get them we want to catch them fast, deal with them and make sure that the few hours after we’re stable and in our target. We can do that by using the charts to see what we did...
Adrienne and Jessica

Adrienne and Jessica

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Had a nice coffee with Adrienne and Jessica today along with Jessica’s grandma. Jess has had diabetes for nearly all of her 15 years, having been on insulin therapy since about a month old. Adrienne started a number of Facebook groups as well as Children With...