Notes on living with a diagnosis, written after living with it rather than reading about it.

Advice on the dietary limits of lipid management tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some…

Most people do not fail at handling a gout flare from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…

Advice on long-term uric acid control tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience…

Advice on what to bring to a follow-up tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience…

Let us set the limits of drug and food conflicts first: it reliably improves a clear story at the follow-up, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Let us set the limits of setting exercise intensity first: it reliably improves a trend you can actually compare, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Anyone who has spent time on travelling with a chronic condition has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is…

Separate two things in why pressure climbs in winter: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…

Most people do not fail at chronic illness and sleep from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…

Put how family can help back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will…

Separate two things in can you stop when numbers improve: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…

Separate two things in building a condition file: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…

Advice on screening for complications tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience…

Let us set the limits of how many self-checks a day first: it reliably improves a trend you can actually compare, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Let us set the limits of do emotions move the numbers first: it reliably improves a clear story at the follow-up, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Advice on insurance with a diagnosis tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience…

Anyone who has spent time on measuring blood pressure properly has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is…

Advice on a home blood pressure sheet tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience…

If you have already tried timing blood pressure medication and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…

If you have already tried when to check blood glucose and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…