DickBarton
Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Finally found the newbies location to say hello...
Hello!
Been Type 1 since I was 18 months old (was a bit of shocker when the doc told me...I couldn't wake for a few weeks!
) but it has never been seen as a problem, merely something that gets sorted during preparations for things...
I've recently been on a course for Diabetics to refresh or educate in managing their Diabetes (New Deal something or other - was developed by a very enthusiastic doctor at Stirling Royal - was a superb course and highly recommended) and I'm now deciding to take a more active role in Diabetes as I discovered that out of the group of people on the course, I was the only one who didn't see it as a problem - I found that really interesting and a bit of an eye opener.
Anyway, I'm 33 now, a new parent and I use to do a serious mountain of exercise (a weekly cycle of 400 miles - for fun) plus a host of various other sports...last 5 years or so I've been involved in a trailbuilding project which has meant all spare time has been spent with hand tools at the ready to create trails - so the biking and other forms of exercise have fallen away somewhat - then with the arrival of my daughter I'm now on 1 evening a week for biking so I make sure I get out and make good use of the time.
Based in the Central Belt of Scotland and have a tendency to provide far too much info when a simple response would suffice...
Hi!
Hello!
Been Type 1 since I was 18 months old (was a bit of shocker when the doc told me...I couldn't wake for a few weeks!
) but it has never been seen as a problem, merely something that gets sorted during preparations for things...I've recently been on a course for Diabetics to refresh or educate in managing their Diabetes (New Deal something or other - was developed by a very enthusiastic doctor at Stirling Royal - was a superb course and highly recommended) and I'm now deciding to take a more active role in Diabetes as I discovered that out of the group of people on the course, I was the only one who didn't see it as a problem - I found that really interesting and a bit of an eye opener.
Anyway, I'm 33 now, a new parent and I use to do a serious mountain of exercise (a weekly cycle of 400 miles - for fun) plus a host of various other sports...last 5 years or so I've been involved in a trailbuilding project which has meant all spare time has been spent with hand tools at the ready to create trails - so the biking and other forms of exercise have fallen away somewhat - then with the arrival of my daughter I'm now on 1 evening a week for biking so I make sure I get out and make good use of the time.
Based in the Central Belt of Scotland and have a tendency to provide far too much info when a simple response would suffice...
Hi!
