by NRB | 8 Jun 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
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...
by NRB | 27 Jun 2014 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
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...
by NRB | 24 May 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
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...
by NRB | 12 Oct 2012 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
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...
by NRB | 7 Sep 2012 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
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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