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By Shannon Dauphin

One of the most unique questions we ask is, “Did I take my shot…or not?” Many of those who are insulin-dependent have often run into the dreaded question of whether they took their insulin shot. Ironically enough, that question has become much more prevalent in the years since the insulin pen became more popular than the traditional syringe and vial. Drawing insulin up in a syringe takes much more time, and thus more attention; an insulin pen allows you to dial up the proper insulin amount and take the shot within seconds.But since insulin pens have no benchmark to remind you of how long it was since your last injection, the possibility of skipping an injection — or taking a second shot, thus giving yourself too much insulin — is a very real and constant worry.

Read the full article here: Timesulin Aims to Help You Remember Whether or Not You Took Your Insulin.

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A huge thank you to the team at Diabetes UK for supporting Timesulin in this way and for helping us in our mission to make life for all people living with diabetes a little bit easier!

To order your Timesulin unit through Diabetes UK’s phone line, call 0800 585 088 now.

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Following the Timesulin competition we ran in Diabetes UK‘s Balance magazine’s April edition, we’ve had tremendous feedback from the winners. The Balance editorial team just forwarded a handwritten note to me via the mail, which I wanted to share with you.

Thank you for the Timesulin smart cap. To say it’s a ‘God Sent’ to use as I’m afraid there were times when I panicked and couldn’t remember if I had my injection. The relief at having the smart cap is wonderful for me and not to mention the relief for my husband also. A thousand thanks.

As a Type PLUS 1 myself (married to a Type 1), I have to admit that Timesulin has indeed provided me with much-needed respite from the worries about my husband’s diabetes care. I know it’s not my responsibility, but when he has a hypo, I worry about him tremendously.

Timesulin helps him avoid unnecessary hypos and relieves me of that worry of ‘Did he or didn’t he just take his shot’!

Thank you SO much for the thank you note – you just made my day!

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We are thrilled to announce that Diabetes UK has become Europe’s first diabetes charity to become a retail partner to Timesulin. With over 300,000 supporters in the UK, this partnership will allow us to offer the relief from anxiety that Timesulin offers to more people, more easily.

Visit the Timesulin page on the Diabetes UK webstore by clicking here.

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DESCRIPTION & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Patients Pending Ltd is a fast-paced start-up established in 2011 to create solutions that will alleviate daily issues facing people living with chronic conditions. The company is contributing towards building a new standard of care on a global scale and Timesulin, the first product from Patients Pending, was created based on the need of one of the co-founders, John Sjölund, living with Type 1 diabetes since age four. Timesulin aims to help anyone living with insulin-dependent diabetes avoid low or high blood sugar symptoms and lead a better, safer and more balanced life by showing how long it’s been since the last insulin injection was given to avoid missed or accidental double doses. The Timesulin ‘smart cap’ fits onto major insulin pen brands and has a built-in timer to show how long it’s been since the user administered the last injection.

Timesulin is looking to expand our Stockholm office – with a global outlook.

The Ecommerce Channel Manager will report to the CEO and will be responsible for building on the success of the Timesulin.com website and ecommerce sales channel.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Being responsible for all content and operation of the timesulin.com website
1. Collecting and organizing feedback from the team and implementing it
2. Interfacing with tech consultants when unable to complete the tasks in-house
3. Monitoring the website for any problems and being able to fix them on a short turnaround
• Creating and executing an expansion and marketing plan to increase sales on thetimesulin.com website.
1. PPC marketing
2. Email marketing (Marketing and transactional)
3. SEO optimization
4. New markets expansion including translation
• Working to improve conversion on the ecommerce website once customers are in
1. Using testing and conversion tools such as Optimizely or time-based testing and follow up
2. Observing people shopping on our site and responding to customer feedback
3. Copying best practices
• Expanding profile of website through managing multi-lingual and multi-currency operations
• Act as a single point of contact for online queries and own them through to resolution, utilising existing solutions to carry out great client service.

Work to improve customer service issues, which may include:

• Following up on any web-based queries
• Updating the support pages with FAQs
• Ensuring a fast turnaround on all queries received
• Managing product fulfilment from website AND distribution partner orders

Profile of Ideal Applicant:

• A go-getter who thrives in a start-up environment and is not afraid of getting his/her hands dirty
• Stockholm-based, or willing to relocate
• Proven track record in creating and executing online marketing strategies
• Experience running an ecommerce webshop
• Excellent communication skills in English, other languages in our key markets (German, Spanish, Italian, French or Swedish) a big plus
• A deep interest and some technical knowledge of web tools and development environments.  A proven ability to be a quick learner on the following (and other similar):
1. Google analytics package
2. Drupal 7 and Ubercart
3. Mailchimp
4. Assistly
5. Optimizely
• Solid customer-facing communications skills with strong writing ability.

If you believe that you are our ideal candidate, please submit your CV, along with a cover-letter, available start date and salary expectations tohello@timesulin.com, using ‘CHANNEL MANAGER – Your Name’ as the subject line.

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My favourite bit was right at the end: as Gavin was recovering from his monster run, a friend commented on the fact that Gav’s hair still looked perfect. To this, Gavin calmly quipped, “I’m worth it!”

You are, Gavin, you are!

Gavin has raised over a £1000 for JDRF UK so far – show your support here!

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What: Bexley-local ultra marathon runner Gavin Griffiths aims to run 40 miles – from Hastings Pier to Brighton Pier – in one day to raise awareness and funds for JDRF UK, one of the UK’s leading diabetes charities. Gavin was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2000 and will have to incorporate numerous pit stops to check his blood sugar and adjust his blood glucose levels by ingesting sugar or insulin along the hilly track.

You are invited to take photos, write and tweet about Gavin’s mission – and invite your friends to join in too!

Date: Saturday 14 April 2012

Times:

• Departure from Hastings Pier at 9:30am
• 12pm 20-minute pit stop at Eastbourne Pier
• 1pm Beachy Head
• 2pm 20-minute pit stop at Seven Sisters (before Seaford)
• 4.30pm Anticipated arrival at Brighton Pier

Follow: Gavin will be live-tweeting (via @1GavinGriffiths) during his run using the hashtag #diathlete.

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At 11:30 this morning I walked into the kitchen to see my insulin pen still on the counter. In the morning I take my pen out of a mug I keep it in to take my shot, and after my shot I put it back in the mug. It seemed odd that it would still be on the counter. It’s not like me to forget to take my shot. I thought maybe I took my shot and forgot to put my pen back into the mug. But I couldn’t know for sure, could I? UNTIL NOW, WITH TIMESULIN’S SMART CAP!!! Sure ‘nuf it showed I hadn’t taken my shot for 27 hours!

Thank you Timesulin!

This is exactly why we created Timesulin – for those moments where you just are not sure… Thank you for sharing this with us, Riva! Has your Timesulin cap saved you from an accidental double dose?

Update: Riva has also shared her experience on the Tu Diabetes Blog.

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I asked him to share his thoughts on this upcoming challenge for the Timesulin blog:

Hastings to Brighton Run Preview

For some reason 40 miles in one day to me doesn’t sound that enthralling. I guess it is just the way I am, and being someone that once completed a 70 mile challenge, which was very challenging on the extremely uneven routes of the Isle of Wight, maybe I am looking at less of a challenge. That said, this one should not be at all underestimated.

I have never completed 40 miles in just one day, so it is a whole new challenge for me. I have always shown an ability to keep going, and with this one I will need that more than ever.

Keeping a close check on my diabetes levels is crucial on this challenge. Fortunately I have Timesulin caps to aid me, which has been a great benefit. I need to make sure that my insulin is right, that it has been taken and that my blood sugar levels remain controlled throughout.

Taking on an extreme amount of exercise through this day will mean I need less insulin, however, I still need insulin – I am diabetic! I’ve been tampering with my injections to try and get the best control when running, in a bid to avoid setback hypos, and I believe I have found the best way in splitting my intake of Levermir, a 24 hour working injection to secure insulin throughout the day in slow-acting bursts, to two injections a day ahead of just one intake all in one shot, which I took in the evening.

My fears were that I was having a number of hypos when I woke as it was, perhaps too much insulin all in one go in the evening as I was on 36 Levermir and roughly 14 units of Novorapid before eating dinner. I can’t afford to wake up with low blood sugar levels before taking on a 40 mile run! I decided to split my intake to 18 Levermir in the morning and then roughly 10-12 hours later another dosage of 18 in the evening. This appeared to be working better for me, however, an element of doubt still bothered me, concerning the amount I was injecting. I inject a lot, I discuss it with the Doctor and get the approval for that amount, however, I get the feeling that with the Doc it is more a case of if it ain’t that much broke don’t change it – a bad attitude I can’t help but feel, my Doc is probably as much use to me as a chocolate teapot, and being a diabetic any kind of chocolate-something is rarely much use to me as it is!

Speaking to cyclist Brian MacNamara on twitter, he mentioned to me that he also split his 24 hour intake into two dosages, however, injects a much smaller amount, I believe he said 6 or 7 units each go when he is cycling. I found this very interesting. I don’t want to make drastic changes to my insulin plan as that may upset my balance, but in ensuring I do not have any hypos before running I have decided to lower my intake into two dosages to 14, which could alter depending on results in the next few days.

In terms of running, I have some old running injury fears to one extent, but through training have really felt I have managed to overcome those fears. My personal best for running the 29 miles of Thanet I set in 2008, when nobody expected me to even complete such a distance as an only-just 17 year old kid. I ran it in 3 hours and 1 minute. I ran it three more times since that day and never managed to beat it, or come that close to it, 3 hours 15 and 20 the best marks I hit whilst training to run the Isle of Wight two years running.

Having lost my uncle Michael last year, who lived with my family in Thanet and came to support each run I ever done, (even those training runs), this was the first time I ran in Thanet without him there, so it really meant a lot to me when I completed the 29 miles in a timing of 2 hours 51 minutes. I started out slightly off my past pace but then burst into a sub-6 minute mile pace and better towards the end. I also set a timing of 2 hours 30 dead on in a 24 mile Greenwich run.

Timing is everything when it comes to running, however, with this upcoming challenge I am not looking to zoom off and set a time of any sorts, I am looking to simply finish what will be a very testing run. The slower and more contained I keep my pace the better, as I will need every ounce of energy to run over Beachy Head, which stretches up 530 feet over sea-level. Finishing is my priority and the only objective on my mind, I want to finish for diabetes and be able to say “I done 40 miles in one day now sponsor my cause” at the end of it!

I have put on a fundraising party in the build up to help bring some money in and on the night, in a hall hidden away in the middle of nowhere, I was only expecting to bring in around £300 at the best, having to pay an extra £100 to cover my costs, and when I saw such a good turnout I thought possibly I might have broken £400 here. There was a raffle on with some great prizes for grabs, which Sky News and The Marriott provided, so a big thanks to Stephen Dixon who is a Type 1 diabetic and the presenter on Sky and to John Shanley, my sister’s fiancé who works as a gym manager at the Bexleyheath Marriott Hotel. I think I made a good host on the evening, keeping people entertained and some lucky raffle winner won a signed running top… by me! So in expecting to raise around £400… I found out at the end of the night once counting all the notes, pounds and pennies up, we raised an incredible £571 for JDRF!

My run kicks off at 9:30am at Hastings Pier… I have the remainder of the day to find my way to Brighton Pier! I’m not going to quit until I get there! I’ve been pleased with the progress my sponsorship has made recently, it definitely helps and makes me more determined to go out and run, after all I am running for a reason and a cause, something close to my life and 366 million other lives; my runs have always been to inspire others, to show that, yeah I have type one diabetes but I can still go out and run further than any regular person could – but without the sponsorship I am just a bloke running, it is the help I get through raising money which counts and matters.
www.justgiving.com/Gavin-Griffiths1

GOOD LUCK GAVIN – We’ll be there to cheer you on and hope that all the Timesulin users around the UK will also show their support in some way!

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