Hello gang! Hope you are all doing fine. As some may know, I am currently training for a Charity Bike Ride – #mHealth Grand Tour where my aim is to raise as much cash for various charities including #TeamBG, FEDE and Proyecto Paula. Anyway the focus of the post is to update you about my [...]
Howdy Folks, yep you heard that correct! Elgringo goes biking! Yikes, what have a I let myself in for??? Answers on a postcard please. So the big announcement is that I will be riding Stage 4 on the mHealth Grand Tour in September. Oh that’s September this year (2013) by the way. Oh by the way that [...]
It’s been a while and it feels like I need to start writing in some form. So, this is me trying to get life back on track. It also happens to my “Diabetes Birthday” having reached the grand old age of 15 years with Diabetes. I’m still here, eyes are ok at the moment, limbs [...]
Hey Guys! Just checking to see how everyone is doing! Hope you are all doing fantastically well! Moving on, I had my Annual Retina Screening at my local clinic. I’m sure we know how important having our eyes etc.. checked on a regular basis whilst trying to avert the dreaded Diabetes Retinopathy. So this quick, painless and [...]
About the Diabetes Google Plus Community. Connecting those with #Diabetes. Helping to Empower, Connect, Support and Educate through Social Media via the Diabetes Google Plus Community. This community is open to all, regardless of type, age, gender, race, religion, favorite book, sports team or music! Simply click on the above image that will take [...]
Hi guys! Today I have been featured on the wonderful Timesulin’s blog talking about World Diabetes Day for National Diabetes Awareness Month. Phew! Try saying that when you have a #waffy moment. Many thanks for Susan and the team at Timesulin for publishing my ramblings. Anyway you can read the full post over here –> http://timesulin.com/blog/living-with-diabetes/elgringio-in-spain/ Don’t [...]
Running out of Medicine! A Real world problem in Spain. I read a worrying article at the weekend! As someone is dependent on medication to stay alive, this is a real concern and for once you do not need to sensationalise the article. The BBC ran an article highlighting the plight that the Farmacias in [...]
Hola folks! As most people are aware living with diabetes simply “sucks”. It is a gigantic pain in the rear and we tend to just get on living with it. As we live it Diabetes we are told again and again about the importance of tight(ish) glucose control. We have that measured via our Healthcare [...]
Mid August I was asked to meet up with Paul Connolly (VP Sales & Marketing) from C8 MediSensors who are based in (Silicon Valley) San Jose, California USA, together with the Ideagoras team and 2 fellow “e-Patients” in Madrid to look at C8 MediSensors’s new Non Invasive CGM. Traditional CGM technology is typically invasive and this is where C8 [...]
Hey there! Here they call me Mike and I live in Torrevieja, Spain... Oh I also have Diabetes, but it's OK because I love taking photo's! Yay for me!
