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The Godfather: Peter Corris on hypos

The Godfather: Peter Corris on hypos

by NRB | 8 Jun 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 1 comment

What diabetics most fear are hypoglycaemic reactions or ‘hypos’ as we call them. This condition results when the blood sugar, through a lack of carbohydrate or an excess of exercise or insulin, causes the blood sugar to drop drastically below normal levels. The result...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on coming to terms with blindness

The Godfather: Peter Corris on coming to terms with blindness

by NRB | 27 Jun 2014 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 2 comments

Readers will to have to forgive me for returning to the subject of blindness. Understandably, given that I’m legally though not functionally blind, it’s one of my preoccupations. My ophthalmologist has assured me I will not go completely blind, but he hasn’t told me...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on being over seventy

by NRB | 24 May 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 2 comments

Recently I turned 71. My sister emailed a greeting and apologised for reminding me of the number but I didn’t object at all, not as I did when I turned 70. Had a lovely day – nice presents, email greetings from local friends, my agent in the Big Apple and daughters...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on seeing and hearing

by NRB | 12 Oct 2012 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

In 1958, when I was sixteen, I was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. In those days methods of injecting insulin and monitoring blood sugar levels were much cruder than they are now and maintaining good metabolic control was difficult. That I did so for the next few...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on stayin’ alive

by NRB | 7 Sep 2012 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

My medications and health support devices sit on top of the filing cabinet in my workroom.  A Type 1 diabetic, I have two insulin injection pens and a glucometer to check my blood sugar three or more times a day. The glucometer uses strips contained in a small plastic...
             

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