Turning out to be a topsy turvey year Bydurian stopped to help with weight loss replaced with Insulartard InnoLet neither of which seems to be ding much good bloods still high and worried about all the insulin I am taking each day 60 units of Novomix 30 in the morning and 58 units at tea time as well as 16 units…

You reallu do not want to hear a diabetic doctor telling you he is withdrawing treatment as i am borderline with government recommendations,look pal I am trying my best no one knows better than me my diabetis is out of control,what I need is reasurrance and help not down right critism because of costs now that is…

Nice to see daughters celebrating with mom on mothers day

Our daughter was put on insulin last week and I know it worries her sick,she has been to all the classes and watched the videos but when you sit down and have to inject yourself perhaps for the rest of your life it can seem daunting,I am lucky because I have my own Angel who looks after me and sometimes kicks me in the…

Having checked my blood on both machines I have two different readings which one is correct

Accu-Chek-Aviva 12.5

One touch Verio IQ 14.0

Which one is correct I know it is only 1.5 different and does it really matter both are to high but I have not taken my insulin yet or had my breakfast is there an…

Ok ay not be usefull to some folks but like me those who have to take a mirage of pills daily currently I have to take 13 seperate pills…

Anyone want my cold not good at dealing with illness in my self a bit of a baby according to some,most of the family had a cold and we visited most of them so I guess there was a good chance we would get it,interesting to see an article on a robot built to study sneezing you could be as much as 3 metres away and still get sprayed with the germs little rascals the trouble vwith sneezing sometimes you are not quick enough to use the hankichief so sorry anyone I might have infected but it goes…

I suppose your parent/s have to call you something you cannot go through life being reffered to as him it her or that I nkow when our children were born we sat for ages thinking of names trying not to offend anyone if we called our child after mom dad aunts uncles some folks use the names of there heroes mind you gald dad did not like Greek mythology I could gave been called,Coews,Theia,Helios mind you these sound female to me greek scholors let me know and sorry about the spelling,or even…

The Shire is back to normal now all white stuff gone slippery paths roads free of ice so at least we can get about well those who are able too,the magic of a white landscape always reminds me of my childhood...........had to let smudge in she meoweed as she ran past my feet looking in now through the patio door windows is a large tabby male who I have named Brian made the mistake of feeding him some weeks back now he calls every day and sometimes brings his friends anisha who is black and…

The winter clean has gone mother nature sent the snow and washed away the land of woe,fresh beginnings are on the way you can feel it in the air ,my body is flushed with an horrible cold it to will soon be flushed away,crocuses push the earth apart reaching for the sunlight above,the trees look dead but only dormant,the sap will soon rise and the buds appear,mother nature once again has passed this way caressing her children but she cannot stay,how I miss mother natures touch for I too am…

Considering how many times I have had to prick my skin to administer insulin bydurian and in the past victoza it is a wonder I do not leak like a siev when I have a drink and tring to find a virgin piece of skin to inject this stuff into is getting to be a problem does any one else have this problem bydurian is the worst ok I only have to inject it once a week but the needle is thick causing problems firstly getting it into my skin and most times resulting in lumps being left under the skin…

Funny how some smells some sights or words can take you back in time and let you enjoy the magical moment of your youth take for instance aftershave well old spice to be precise I was 20 just got married and my wife bought me a bottle of old spice always been HI KARATE bloke untill then it was not the smell of hi karate but the bird who advertised it and the promise to fulfill every womans dreams by using it which sold ne on and if I am honest it never did me any good or it did not work for…

Sitting here in the glen in the Shire with the Sun warming my every atom makes you wonder why so many folks never see places like this or have the time to sit and let there minds wonder away with the surroundings birds are singing and chatting away in the tall oak tree where I rest my weary back and empty the thoughts worries and aches and pains of being 65,rabbits are playing not far from me running and chasing one another free from all the baggage we aquire through life,I have been…

Last review was not very good my blood had gone up from 7.5 to 8.5 over a six month periodthe doctor put it down to over endulgance over the festive period Christmas but I knew that it was really me taking my eye of the ballsugar in my tea coffee chocolate all bad for me I know but here in the Black Country we have a saying you cannot teach an old dog New tricks,black country refering to where the Industrial Revelution started in my opinion where all the polluting of Earths resoures began…

The Shire is like a winter wonderland at this time,a blanket of white covers the trees bushes and ground the crunchiness of one's steps as you try your best to put one foot in front of the other gives you a feeling of celestial well being although your toes feet and legs say other,we are never prepared for the snow and are often caught with our pants down as the saying goes mind you only fools would drop there pants in these tempretures,I can see footprints of a fox heading across the meadow…

Last week I helped or hindered my Angel whilst she picked fruit from our apple and pear trees,I say helped I was there in spirit and sat down exhausted as she gathered dozens of fruit and placed then gently into the basked enough for 20 0r 30 pies there or crumbles and all we had to do was wait and pick them the soil in the Shire is wonderful for growing and the trees make our garden a place for the local birds to make nests have young and fly away in the breeze that is if those 4 legged…

Sitting here watching the rain pitter patter on the french windows I thought and I do have them from time to time where has that man about energetic busy person gone who use to be me,true I was never a sports person,but when I worked,my life so busy I use to complain about it,now having to sit and look at these four walls day in day out and only dreaming of the long walks the skip and sometimes a jump as I went on my merry way could and does make me a little depressed now and then,self pity…

Good morning for the Shire

I woke up to a drab cold misty and quite Shire,the mist was akin to the mists of old the fog that choked you and barred your way being so thick,I remember having to get up at 5am get dresses in a house with no central heating fighting my way out of bed due to the number of coats and blankets which covered my bed no water bottles getting into a freezing bed,the shivers ran down my body it was Ok a little later but how did anyone survive before central…

As you know I was born in the Black Country in Dudley to be precise smoke fumes dirt and grime foundaries ironmakers chain makersthe air was thick with the sweat and toil of good honest men and women and in days best forgotten children so I am make of hard stuff so I thought but when diabetes paid me a call I was not prepared for the changes in life it would force me to take,for many years I swept it under the carpet when I a wee babe mom introduced me to the joy of cleaning sweaping and…

Well Murray lost to Federa in the Wimbledon final well done Andy you did us all proud,the newspaper yesterday had a front page saying we are all praying for you Andy,a bit much God has more important things to do like seeing to the starving millions those caught up in wars the elderly infirm and disabled to be honest if World Governments got together povery famine could be gone tommorow but most of us humans would rather have more than less what a sad World,gripe over rained most of the day…