Professional Snowboarder Sean Busby

Diabetes Youth Auckland was extremely lucky to have Sean Busby come speak and speak to some of our youth. Sean is a professional Snowboarder from the US who has Type 1 Diabetes. He came to share his experiences, how he fulfills his personal dreams and how he makes things happen for Diabetic Youth all over [...]

Marty had a “low” day

Of course, I didn’t realise it until dinner time. (Still irritated at myself for that) Yesterday Marty seemed fine when he got of the school bus. (yes, we are still doing dry runs-I start work on Monday- and I have spent way too much time giving the bus company a hard time over one of their [...]

Blood Sugar Whirlwind

Well, I think we have gotten things back under control. The kids have settled in to school and they are a bit more relaxed. Their numbers have started to come back down, but Marty has officially crossed over into a higher ratio. I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, but I was [...]

HumaPen Memoir

Both kids started on the Memoir Humalog Pen this weekend. They were both excited to have a new gadget. What’s cool about the pen is that it remembers the time, date and amount of insulin you have taken. Very Cool, Very Cool for those days when the kids are running high (as they have been for [...]

Are You Paying Attention??

The morning shuffle. That’s what I call when I am making breakfast, the kids are doing their diabetes thing and I am going through the notes for the day. In the middle of the morning shuffle today I looked up and saw Marty just staring back at me.   ”What’s wrong?”  ”Mom, I just took my night [...]

Today’s D365 Picture

Here is today’s Diabetes 365 picture. When we moved to New Zealand, I brought a tremendous amount of supplies with us. I had no idea how long it would take us to get into the Endo’s. Last month we donated all of the insulin that would expire in February and most of March’s. I am [...]

Morning Lantus

Marty started with adding a morning Lantus shot this week. He has been riding really high for the last couple of weeks. We changed his ratio from 1:15 to 1:10 (1 per 10gr. of carbs). We also added in a morning shot of Lantus. He takes 2 units now in the morning to go with [...]

Catching Up

Been a little behind in my posting lately. My schedule is all wonky and I have been a bit out of sorts. I have been working, running around with the kids and trying to get our new online store started. I was asked to do a little work in creating a new program at Media [...]

Marty the Contortionist

Shot Rotation, Shot Rotation, Shot Rotation….. It only took one raised eyebrow from the Endo to get Kelsey to move her shots around. (Never mind my nagging….I have no idea what I am talking about!!) Marty is learning…and is doing a good job at moving his shots around as long as it’s covering his legs [...]

When to Bolus

I have been repeatedly told by the Endo to try my best to get the kids to take their shot before they eat. Makes sense, gives the insulin time to start working by the time they are ready to eat. I have to say, the only time I feel like we can do this correctly is at breakfast. [...]

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