Let’s face it, Diabetes is all about the lifestyle change so the chances are that the diabetes diary will be all consuming. Still, you do what you can.
I’m still waiting for my appointment with the Diabetes clinic in Selly Oak so I am continually confused about what I should be eating, what I should be doing to monitor myself etc.
I saw Dr Z again yesterday and he has prescribed a drug called Cozaar (is it me or does that sound like the name of a Super-villain?) I took the first one last night and, as yet, all seems fine. As far as I can tell Cozaar is a new breed of ACE inhibitor (angiotensin II receptor antagonists) so should offer some kind of protection to my heart and kidneys whilst lowering my blood pressure. Sweet deal - just as long as I don’t get any of the admittedly nasty looking side effects!
Last night I went to see Shiny Toy Guns at the Birmingham Barfly - it was a pretty good gig. I would say that two of the three supports (Trailer and Neon Plastix) out-gunned the headliners but I think it was more to do with their style than their ability.
July 24th, 2007
On Wednesday 11t July I was finally diagnosed with diabetes. Finally you say? Well…
Here are some risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
- Having a relative with type 2 diabetes: You’re more likely to get type 2 diabetes if someone in your family has it. Your genes play a role. (And they probably play a bigger role in whether you get type 2 than in whether you get type 1.) If both of your parents have type 2 diabetes, you have a 1 in 2 chance of getting it.
- Being obese: Some people believe that eating too much sugar causes diabetes. They think this extra sugar wears out your pancreas. This isn’t true. What is important is your actual weight. Obesity is the main risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
- Lack of exercise: About 8 out of 10 people with type 2 diabetes are overweight and don’t take enough exercise. If you’re at risk of getting type 2 diabetes, you can reduce your risk if you exercise. For example, if you’re overweight and you lose about 5 percent of your body weight, and you also take regular, moderate exercise (such as a brisk walk for 30 minutes, five days a week), your chance of getting diabetes is reduced by one-half.
Bum-mustard! At least it goes some way to explaining why I have been feeling like a bag of week-old mashed potato for so long…
As you can probably imagine I may be talking about this a lot i the future.
Do you think you may be at risk? Well get checked out, this shit is serious!
Boomshanka
Dibs
xxx
July 18th, 2007
Stupidly I have been neglecting this here bloggy thing. Sorry folks
Normal service will be resumed shortly
Love you all
Dibs
April 1st, 2007
It’s been a while, I know that…
The truth is that I have been on a pretty heavy downer for a few weeks which tripped the sickness meter in my brain and turned me into a mucus-powered demon from the seventh circle of hell.
It’s kind of like this: I can’t find anything to distract me from myself for long enough. I can find things that will distract me and I can put as much of myself into those things as possible but, ultimately, there is childlike something that is constantly tugging on the sleeve of my conciousness and begging for my undivided attention. I can play games but there is always this feeling I should be doing the housework. I can do the housework but there is always this feeling that perhaps I should be blogging more. I can write my blog but it just won’t come out right and I end up getting this far and deleting it (I actually feel like doing it now but my keen sense of irony will not allow me to).
I think I am nervous about starting a new job and this is something new to me. Thinking about it I was nervous about the interview and that has never happened to me before. Perhaps if I had been able to start on Monday (the whole thing has been put back aweek due to a delay with the project roll-out) I would be feeling better now - let’s see what happens when I do actually start. Still, mustn’t grumble.
I managed to upgrade the blog without too much hassle (even though there was a short period when I thought I had lost the last few months of my life - praise the geeks for the gift of back-ups) so I should be able to get some of my projects off the ground. My first duty should be towards the gob-stopper adventure but, due the fact that the gob-stopper has been licked and left I think a new one will need to be purchased.
In other news some of the guys from the Weebl forums decended on Brum a couple of Saturdays ago and a brilliant time was had by all. Have some photos (click them for the bigger versions):
Nuff said really except Happy Birthday to my Dad for the 23rd September. I didn’t forget that one!
Later
Dibs
September 27th, 2006
I had an interview yesterday…
It was only a telephone interview if truth be told (and the truth always has a habit of coming out in the wash) but it was an interview nevertheless. The deal is this: At a specified time you call a conference-call number and enter a confrence ID. Once this is done you get through to your interviewer(s) and answer their questions in the time honoured fashion. All well and good. However…
I got the afternoon off work- the interview was at 2:30 but I wanted to make sure that I was comfortable and in the best position to be all I could be. I got off the bus at the usual place and suddenly thought “When was the last time I saw my keys?” which was immediately followed by me routing through my pockets in the vain search for said keys. So I was left with the following problem:
I am outside with a mobile phone which is running low on credit. The credit situation doesn’t really matter because the email with the details of the phone number and conference ID was on the inside. Sarah could come home and let me in with her keys but the journey will take 45 minutes and the interview is 30 minutes away.
Bugger.
Thankfully the neighbours (Jo and Dave) were at home and by using my brain, hands and mouth in the correct sequence I was able to contact the agency who had set up the interview and furnish myself with all the necessary information. Did I panic at any point? Well, a little at first but I know myself to be resourceful and I think that the fact that I was interviewed by the right people at the right time is testiment to my resourcefulness.
Actually, I even used the whole scenario to my advantage! When asked if I worked well under pressure I gave the whole story as an example of how I am able to keep a cool and level head under the most extreme circumstances. It seemed to work too, not only did I manage to keep the interviewer entertained (which I am assured is a good thing) I have been invited for a second interview on Tuesday!
In short I am experiencing a short period of ego inflation and about time too!
In other news, Sarah and I teamed up with Al and Sian and went away for an extended weekend of drunken excess in the Vale Royal and Ynys Mon areas of Britain.* The experience was one that I hope will be repeated in the future but requires a blog entry all of it’s own.
Later
Dibs
*Cheshire and Anglesey you heathens!
August 31st, 2006
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