Gav’s GBR30/30 Challenge – Running from John O’Groats to Land’s End
Gav’s GBR30/30 Challenge poster You know most of this already right? There can’t be many people in the UK who use the internet and have some association with Type 1 Diabetes but haven’t heard about 21...
View ArticleGav’s GBR30/30 Challenge – Day 27 to Gav, day 1 to me
Gav’s GBR30/30 Challenge poster This article is about my involvement with Gav’s challenge, where I cycled next to him during the last four days of his challenge, whilst he ran 30 miles or more each day...
View ArticleGav’s GBR30/30 Challenge – Day 28 to Gav, day 2 to me
Gav’s GBR30/30 Challenge poster This article is about my involvement with Gav’s challenge, where I cycled next to him during the last four days of his challenge, whilst he ran 30 miles or more each day...
View ArticleGav’s GBR30/30 Challenge – Day 29 to Gav, day 1 to Amy, day 3 to me
Gav’s GBR30/30 Challenge poster This article is about my involvement with Gav’s challenge, where I cycled next to him during the last four days of his challenge, whilst he ran 30 miles or more each day...
View ArticleGav’s GBR30/30 Challenge – the final day
Gav’s GBR30/30 Challenge poster This article is about my involvement with Gav’s challenge, where I cycled next to him during the last four days of his challenge, whilst he ran 30 miles or more each day...
View ArticleDiabetes UK’s Big Event 2013
The Big Event The Big Event lived up to its name with people coming from all over the UK to listen to topics about diabetes for all types (1, 2, etc.) in a single location. It’s an awareness day very...
View ArticleGatecrashing a CCG Patient Focus Group
It all started by chance On Tuesday 17th September at the end of my first ever Diabetes UK Winchester Support Group meeting I was chatting with Lucy & Daisy from Diabetes UK and a lady came to sit...
View ArticleDiabetes has improved our life. What? Really?
My view of our diabetes journey A couple of weeks ago I attended a training course with Diabetes UK in London, as I’m soon to become one of their Peer Support team. I’m not going to write about the...
View ArticleWhirled diabetes days: a new blog, one year on
Announcement of new blog, November 2012 On World Diabetes Day 2012 our new blog, Circles of Blue, went live. What a year it has been. A good year. A year of dealing with diabetes proactively. A year of...
View ArticleWorld Diabetes Day 2013
Quite a lot has changed since last year’s World Diabetes Day and the release of this blog but one thing hasn’t changed: my desire to take photos of buildings lit up blue to raise awareness of...
View ArticlePromoting Diabetes UK’s #TalkToSomeone Peer Support Service
Recently I’ve become a Peer Support volunteer for Diabetes UK, answering a national phone line (0843 353 8600) for one evening a week as well as answering emails sent to my TalkToKev@diabetes.org.uk...
View ArticleThe wait is (almost) over – CGM, Animas, Dexcom and Kids
Earlier this week I blogged about waiting for Animas to get their licence to sell Dexcom G4 for use by kids and how the Diabetes Online Document (#DOC) rumour mill was suggesting an announcement would...
View ArticleDiabetes Education Day with Seahawks
A while after Amy was diagnosed I started looking for support to meet up with other families in the same position as us, that’s when I first heard of Seahawks, the South-East Hampshire Families Group....
View ArticleType 1 diabetes and young people – Rt Hon George Howarth, MP
I’ve just finished listening to (a lot of) Rt Hon George Howarth MP’s parliamentary session entitled Type 1 Diabetes and Young People. It was a breath of fresh air to listen in the public eye who ‘got...
View ArticleDiabetes UK are Making the Grade
I saw Diabetes UK’s ‘Hands Up for Good Diabetes Care in Schools’ a while ago, after seeing a tweet from a rather proud Andy, proud of the video 10 year old Lewis starred in. If you’ve not seen it take...
View ArticleBlogaversary 2 on World Diabetes Day 2014
It’s hard to believe yet another year has gone by in the Diabetes world, here’s a little bit about what’s been going on. But first, it’s my blog’s birthday; 2 years old today (well actually yesterday...
View ArticleDiabetes UK Make a Difference Conference 2015
The Make A Difference conferences are run by Diabetes UK for people who volunteer for them and there’s one for each region. On Saturday I attended my local area’s one in Guildford, it was my first one,...
View ArticlePromoting Diabetes UK’s 100Things book, World Health Day, and a short TV...
In what seems like a millennium ago I submitted some travel tips to Diabetes UK for their upcoming book 100 things I wish I’d known about living with diabetes. I instantly forgot about it until they...
View ArticleUs Type 1 Cyclists* Need Your Support
Imagine… Your day started as early as 4am as you made your way to Olympic Park for the start of the Prudential Ride London 100. Your nerves and adrenalin were sky high as you set off from Olympic Park...
View Article#DUKPCInsider conference: hopefully the first of many
Yesterday I attended the first ever Diabetes UK Professional Conference (DUKPC) Insider conference, a spin off from this year’s annual 3 day professional conference which is open to only healthcare...
View ArticleDIY looping: a fine Balance
The out-of-the-blue email from Diabetes UK asked if Amy and I would be interested in doing an article for the Relative Values section of their Balance magazine, a smallish feature towards the back of...
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