"DON'T YOU QUIT"


This blog is a first for me, it describes part of my life before, sometimes during and after tranplant. working towards recovery, charity kayak (uk circumnavigation & Ireland) if humanly possible, and leg, and how I deal with my diabetes during training and expedition, maybe some inspiration along the way.


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William Blake

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Friday 5 February 2010

Spent a couple of hours out on the water training, up an down the bay, a nice paddle heading East along the bay. The wind was 4 - 5 slicing South East over my right shoulder, backing NE this made for a nice paddle going back. The sea went from slight - moderate to occasionally rough, I find this better than just calm "sometimes " lol.

My Blood Sugar is settling down a bit now, I've reduced the Lantus in the evening to 16 units. Just before going out my BS was 7.1 so I had 3 Krackawheat and cheese 15g cho. and a couple of sips of Lucozade sport.

An hour and a half latter it was 13. Half way through the session a became very thirsty, I new this was due to the BS and also I never drank much yesterday, big mistake. I've always got a pain in my Right shoulder I'm hoping that this will ease up a bit with more gym sessions although I've got a feeling It's still going to be a slight problem, this is from years of Plastering.

I also managed to test my blood sugar out on the water without getting the machine wet or dropping it in the drink, which I'm pleased about. Definitely need to get a head cam for the trip, I don't want to miss any wildlife and sites that I'm "Hopefully" going to come across.

Today I had a few Cormorants keeping me company, there's something about being out alone on the Ocean with the wildlife; there's nothing common about the Cormorant skimming along just above the surface of the water, it's magic.

I can only imagine how Hayley Shephard feels when she See's an Albatross fly above and dive for food, with it's 12 ft wing span.