Mike commented on the post, Big (baby sized) news
Yay! Brilliant! Great news. Huge congratulations to you both :D Hope the pregnancy goes well - and the bump plays nicely with your BGs.
View ArticleMike commented on the post, Stressful times for the husband
Thanks for this Alison it really made me laugh.
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Unexplained highs due to stress?? in the...
Hi Teresa Hope you get to the bottom of it - or more properly just work out some kind of half-hearted temporary fix until the unexplained pattern just stops messing you about. Just wondering if you...
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Festive Complications in the group Shoot Up
Urgh! Sounds horrendous Megs :( I don't suppose there's even any way to filter the excess light with pale tinted glasses or whatever since they are always all colours. Bah, and indeed, humbug. My...
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Post from JaneC - My canape hell in the group...
Buffets are a nightmare. Always. My most conspicuous success was quite early in my pump career at one of those 'all you can eat all through the afternoon' places that we went to along with some...
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Correction boluses in the group Shoot Up
The ability to pop in fractions of a unit at any time has been one of teampump's big wins for me. If memory serves John Walsh suggests 8% as a guideline. If you total up your correction boluses over...
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Correction boluses in the group Shoot Up
Oh I've always been able to poop in fractions @Tim. Can't everyone?
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Diabetes apps for Android in the group Shoot Up
I *think* GlucoseBuddy is available on 'Droid. Can't say I liked the fruit-based version myself, but it's very popular, so it must appeal to some people!
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Correction boluses in the group Shoot Up
[desperately tries to resist posting something about Irish grandmother and 'thirds']
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Diabetes apps for Android in the group Shoot Up
@Tim - http://www.glucosebuddy.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3219 :) Seems to lack the sync functionality, but is said to work fine as an independent app
View ArticleMike commented on the post, Words: handle with care
Urgh! Sorry to read this Alison, but well done for posting about it with such good humour. Seems quite systematic of a whole bunch of HCP dullards who default to 'attack mode'. I'm only slightly...
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Diabetes typography in the group Shoot Up
After your recent 'poop in fractions' misreading, I find it interesting that I misread your post as 'admittedly nice topic...' Of course I'm not suggesting any legibility issues with the carefully...
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Diabetes typography in the group Shoot Up
Main body text is (in order of availability) Arial, Tahoma, Verdana or whatever unspecified sans-serif exists. I'm slightly troubled by the difference in the angle between the cross stroke of the...
View ArticleMike commented on the post, Weeks 24-26: almost like a holiday
Mmmmmmmmm.... warm minty phlegm...
View ArticleMike commented on the post, Weeks 29 & 30: tantrums and top quality care
Great news @Alison - glad to hear it's going so well. When we were having our first we enrolled in the extra 'NCT' ante natal classes that were held in the evenings so that I could go along too. Just...
View ArticleMike replied to the forum topic Accu-Check Combo users in the group Shoot Up
Seemsto me that the Combo and Expert have a fairly idiosyncratic way of calculating corrections: http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=35450 And of course 'Active Insulin' (by which...
View ArticleMike started the topic Summer's coming... waterproof pump pouch thinghies? in...
At the risk of utterly condemning us all to another rain-soaked summer, I just absent mindedly found myself thinking about our forthcoming beach-based family holiday. We went to a similar part of...
View ArticleMike replied to the topic Summer's coming... waterproof pump pouch thinghies?...
Thanks Alison! Ahhhhh.... milky pooey cuddles.... Happy days :)
View ArticleMike commented on the post, Day four
I suspect in Roman times those costumes would be worth a fortune once they had dried out - all that crispy goodness to scrape into the salarium. Eeeeew!
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