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<blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 1785676" data-attributes="member: 468714"><p>Hi, I am Tony, but respond to kitedoc. Reasons will appear below.</p><p>Address: I live in Adelaide, South Australia. I may appear to be upside down to you up there in the Northern Hemisphere</p><p>but that is your perspective not mine. But welcome to my world !</p><p>Diabetes history: TID 51 years - yes, all on insulin, beginning with urine testing only and reusable glass syringes and needles.</p><p>I felt most privileged to visit Stan Clarke in Sydney in 1980. Stan hailed from the UK (3 cheers) and was the first to build and market a home blood glucose monitoring kit. I purchased one of his meters and have of course graduated through many meters since. Stan's daughter had TID and as an electronics engineer he saw the potential for better control of diabetes for children in particular through making a glucometer for home use.</p><p>And no. I still have fingers, somewhat scarred. And if I drink water I do not have water dripped from my finger pricks.</p><p>Despite diabetes I managed from the 'tender' age of 13 to sail, canoe, go hiking and camping. I even went on a 7 day canoe trip through wilderness areas. ( you cannot cure youthful enthusiasm although I look back in horror at the risks involved).</p><p>Teenage hood: managed the ebb and flow of growing up with the growth spurts leading to doubling or tripling of insulin doses on regular and Isophane insulin without a dextrometer in sight. It was a scary ride !!</p><p>University: I managed to get into Medicine in Sydney where I was living as I grew up. Survived the stresses of internship and residency, including night duty. But it was as though no-one noticed. I managed to walk into an operating theatre lounge in a major teaching hospital in Sydney after a fluorescein angiogram. An eye doctor gives you this fluorescien dye into a vein and takes pictures of your retina when the dye comes through the blood vessels of the eyes, looking for blood vessels damage. You end up with yellow-orange eye for 24 hours and your urine goes an orange colour. Now a yellow-orange eye colour looks a bit like you are jaundiced. And hepatitis is a known cause of jaundice and the last thing anyone wishes to see in an operating theatre complex. NO-ONE batted an eyelid. I guess surgeons are too focused on their work (or golf).</p><p>Career: I trained in General Practice and practiced medicine in various capacities until 2014 when I retired, not due to my diabetes but for family reasons. I have had cataracts replaced in both eyes and had my eye specialist play laser games on the post lens fibrosis ( I am one of the 'lucky' 30% to cop this side-effect). , release of carpal tunnels left and right and several trigger fingers releases ( glad I do not live in USA!!), Nothing else.</p><p>Family: I have 5 children all up. In order: daughter aged 37, son aged 35, daughter aged 33 and twins aged 18 (each!!).</p><p>Interests: some kayaking but mainly kite flying and kite building, reading, gardening, participating in Health Consumer forums and advocacy and I am partway through co-authoring a sci-fi novel.</p><p>Exercise: I subscribe to exercise with meaning. No jogging lap after lap around the same track. I walk 30 mins to the shops choosing various routes, shop, maybe have a coffee with friends and walk home, Same to library and most places. I wear 1/2 kg weights on arms and legs to increase the weight exercise. ( But not when driving or canoeing !!).</p><p>Diet: lowish carbs, higher protein, probiotics and probiotics, omega 3 : Omega 6. about 1: 2-4</p><p>Music: Beatles, Don Mclean, Joan Armatrading, U2, Dylan, Lightfoot, Jackson, Fureys and more, Classics ++</p><p>Movies and TV: most films/TV with Robert Redford or Martin Shaw, The Village, Poldark, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, </p><p>Demeanour: I tend to not put myself forward to present well or to push my own barrow ( only do so with humour as a detractor) but if somebody or institution crosses or disadvantages someone I will go into battle for them like a shot. I am much less strident and reactive than I used to be because I have managed to let wisdom temper my actions more in recent years.</p><p>Dislikes: Black jelly beans - my wife feeds them to me if I need them and as a reminder to do better.!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitedoc, post: 1785676, member: 468714"] Hi, I am Tony, but respond to kitedoc. Reasons will appear below. Address: I live in Adelaide, South Australia. I may appear to be upside down to you up there in the Northern Hemisphere but that is your perspective not mine. But welcome to my world ! Diabetes history: TID 51 years - yes, all on insulin, beginning with urine testing only and reusable glass syringes and needles. I felt most privileged to visit Stan Clarke in Sydney in 1980. Stan hailed from the UK (3 cheers) and was the first to build and market a home blood glucose monitoring kit. I purchased one of his meters and have of course graduated through many meters since. Stan's daughter had TID and as an electronics engineer he saw the potential for better control of diabetes for children in particular through making a glucometer for home use. And no. I still have fingers, somewhat scarred. And if I drink water I do not have water dripped from my finger pricks. Despite diabetes I managed from the 'tender' age of 13 to sail, canoe, go hiking and camping. I even went on a 7 day canoe trip through wilderness areas. ( you cannot cure youthful enthusiasm although I look back in horror at the risks involved). Teenage hood: managed the ebb and flow of growing up with the growth spurts leading to doubling or tripling of insulin doses on regular and Isophane insulin without a dextrometer in sight. It was a scary ride !! University: I managed to get into Medicine in Sydney where I was living as I grew up. Survived the stresses of internship and residency, including night duty. But it was as though no-one noticed. I managed to walk into an operating theatre lounge in a major teaching hospital in Sydney after a fluorescein angiogram. An eye doctor gives you this fluorescien dye into a vein and takes pictures of your retina when the dye comes through the blood vessels of the eyes, looking for blood vessels damage. You end up with yellow-orange eye for 24 hours and your urine goes an orange colour. Now a yellow-orange eye colour looks a bit like you are jaundiced. And hepatitis is a known cause of jaundice and the last thing anyone wishes to see in an operating theatre complex. NO-ONE batted an eyelid. I guess surgeons are too focused on their work (or golf). Career: I trained in General Practice and practiced medicine in various capacities until 2014 when I retired, not due to my diabetes but for family reasons. I have had cataracts replaced in both eyes and had my eye specialist play laser games on the post lens fibrosis ( I am one of the 'lucky' 30% to cop this side-effect). , release of carpal tunnels left and right and several trigger fingers releases ( glad I do not live in USA!!), Nothing else. Family: I have 5 children all up. In order: daughter aged 37, son aged 35, daughter aged 33 and twins aged 18 (each!!). Interests: some kayaking but mainly kite flying and kite building, reading, gardening, participating in Health Consumer forums and advocacy and I am partway through co-authoring a sci-fi novel. Exercise: I subscribe to exercise with meaning. No jogging lap after lap around the same track. I walk 30 mins to the shops choosing various routes, shop, maybe have a coffee with friends and walk home, Same to library and most places. I wear 1/2 kg weights on arms and legs to increase the weight exercise. ( But not when driving or canoeing !!). Diet: lowish carbs, higher protein, probiotics and probiotics, omega 3 : Omega 6. about 1: 2-4 Music: Beatles, Don Mclean, Joan Armatrading, U2, Dylan, Lightfoot, Jackson, Fureys and more, Classics ++ Movies and TV: most films/TV with Robert Redford or Martin Shaw, The Village, Poldark, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Demeanour: I tend to not put myself forward to present well or to push my own barrow ( only do so with humour as a detractor) but if somebody or institution crosses or disadvantages someone I will go into battle for them like a shot. I am much less strident and reactive than I used to be because I have managed to let wisdom temper my actions more in recent years. Dislikes: Black jelly beans - my wife feeds them to me if I need them and as a reminder to do better.!! [/QUOTE]
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