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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney

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T1D 50yrs, an adventurer who has a Fernweh for travelling the world, SOH gets me far, debating 🇮🇪Diabetes HC system, sport nerd, Gaeilge agus Bearla, views personal & my own...which are diverse😉

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Louth Local Development @louthlocaldev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
💬 Dundalk Community Health Project 💙 Do you live in Dundalk? We want to hear your views on health & wellbeing in your community! 🗣️ 📅 Mon 28 Sept | 11.30am–2.30pm 📍 Redeemer Family Resource Centre 🍽️ Hot lunch + voucher for all participants! 📲 Register: Amina 087 119 2052 #CommunityHealth #SICAP
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Louth Local Development @louthlocaldev.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peregrine House has officially opened in Ardee! A fantastic achievement following seven years of hard work and dedication by the committee. Congratulations to everyone involved in delivering this valuable new facility for Ardee and the surrounding community. #Ardee #PeregrineHouse #LLD #Louth
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wee reminder re Education Meeting for ppl living w/ #diabetes & accessing #DiabetesTech 🗓️Wed 23.9.26 ⏰6.15pm 📍 #FairwaysHotel #Dundalk Register here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/8kyqufz All welcome 👋 #DiabetesEducation #DiabetesSupport #DundalkEvents #Louth #LivingWithDiabetes
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National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) @nalaireland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Want to learn more about adult literacy in Ireland? 📝 Our free online Professional Development course will help you understand the role of literacy in our everyday lives 📚 You will hear from students about their experiences returning to education ⤵️ bit.ly/4ffe3fZ
A person sits at a desk looking at a desktop computer that displays a NALA course page about “Understanding adult literacy, numeracy and digital literacy.” The image includes a purple banner with the subtitle “Professional development course,” the website learnwithnala.ie, and the Learn with NALA logo
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National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) @nalaireland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NALA's free phone tutoring service is available for anyone who needs help with: - Everyday maths - Everyday reading and writing - Using a computer Call Freephone 1800 20 20 80 or go to bit.ly/Tutoring-service to sign up today! #LearnWithNALA #AdultLiteracyForLife
Person holding a smartphone to their ear while working on a laptop, symbolizing learning over the phone.
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HIQA @hiqa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It is International Literacy Day 2026. HIQA has developed plain language guidance to support good communication with people using services and their families. The guidance includes sections on health literacy and digital health literacy. Learn more: www.hiqa.ie/reports-and-...
It is International Literacy Day 2026. The graphic depicts a woman speaking with a healthcare professional who is reading a file.
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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 07/09/2026
Introducing: The Best Irish Books of 2026 From débuts to our Laureates na nÓg, fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels and verse, this guide is a treasure trove of talent from the island of Ireland. Discover your next Irish read here 📚
childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen... 📘🖌️: Grace Enemaku
The cover of Children's Books Ireland's 2026 reading guide. It is an illustration of children enjoying reading, centralised around a giant book.
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Interesting event for anyone living w/ #diabetes in #Louth When: Wednesday 23.9.26 Time: 6:15pm Where: #FairwaysHotel A91 E6KC The local Louth #peersupport group may also be there so a chance to have da craic w/ them😉 #plwd #Dundalk #Drogheda #Ardee #diabetestechnology #diabeteseducation
DTN BIRL COLLABORATE EVOLV PPORT
Accessing diabetes tech in DUNDALK
Education Meeting for People with Diabetes
WEDNESDAY
| 23 SEPTEMBER 2026
6.15PM
THE FAIRWAYS HOTEL, DUNDALK
‣ At this meeting, you will:
• Learn about the benefits of diabetes technology and discover the range of technologies currently available in Ireland
• Explore how these tools can help you manage your diabetes more effectively, learn how to navigate and interpret the data from different systems,
. Get hands-on experience with the technology and speak directly with company representatives on the night.
Speakers
Dr Kate Gajewska, Diabetes Ireland - Chair; Dr Tomás Griffin, Consultant Physician, Galway University Hospital; Dr Mohamad Mustafa, Consultant Endocrinologist, Louth Hospitals (Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda & Louth County Hospital Dundalk) / Honorary Senior Lecturer, RCSI Dublin; Ms Linda Matthews, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Diabetes, Louth Hospitals; A person living with diabetes attending Louth Hospitals.
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Thanks for reply Grainne. Katie is aware of the active #T1D peer support group in Louth as she is a member of FB group. One of the admins is going to chat with her on Saturday.
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Louth Local Development @louthlocaldev.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
💪 Stretch & Flex has kicked off in Rathmullen! In partnership with our Social Inclusion team through SICAP, this programme helps locals get active & feel better 🙌 ✅ Places still available 📲 Scan QR to join 🤝 Need help? Drop into Community House, 80 Rathmullen Pk #SICAP #GetActive #Rathmullen
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I like that the Drog Indo has highlighted diabetes👍but I am very, very disappointed and sad that Catherine doesn't engage with her local #T1D #T1Diabetes #peersupport community here in #Louth on any level🤷‍♀️😥
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Lelia Doolan (91) has walked 220km across Ireland to protest the US military's use of Shannon.
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Woman (91) walks 220km to protest US military use of Shannon Airport
Organiser says requests to meet Taoiseach and Tánaiste following two-week trek have gone unanswered
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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
www.thejournal.ie/founding-mem... Ach nach bhfuil sé greannmhar, nuair a fuair sí bás tráthnóna inné, nuair a chuir Aisling an scéal chugam, bhí an ghrian ag dul faoi ar chúl Ghóla, bhuel, níl a dhath cosúil leis.
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Go dté tú a mhuirnín slán - na focail deireanacha a chan cara do Mháire Ní Bhraonáin ó Clannad
Máire (Moya) Ní Bhraonáin a bhunaigh Clannad in éineacht lena deartháireacha, Ciarán agus Pól, agus a n-uncail, Noel agus Pádraig Ó Dúgáin.
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Ingenuity of volunteers🤩🥰delivering #insulin to people living with #diabetes #T1D in war torn regions when things don't go to plan🙏👍
We discovered a cupboard on one of our ambulances which keeps
things cold and used it with large frozen milk cartons to keep the insulin as in a fridge.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
#100daysofwalking last post, know a day early but w/🌞 in da west last few days allied w/ #T1D & podiatry reviews by🤩teams @ #UHG & #MerlinPark #Galway I'm ending on a high as bucking suppose to bucket🌧 later today again so embracing An rud is annamh is iontach🤪 #365daysofwalking will continue😊
Sun trying to break thru those other yokes in SalthillCoastal beach path in ConnemaraTrá in Connemara, you can see 3 Aran Islands if you zoom in!Trá in Connemara
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
One I'm definitely looking forward to listening to soon🙏
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
💯⏫@ recent launch #HERA initiative I commented "so-called hard-to-reach grps aren't hard to find, too often our systems haven't spoken to them in ways that resonate, or listened when they share their experiences" ALL systems need to listen, engage w/ communities & fit into their life circumstances
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"The focus on relationships is a way of prioritising the human in the system, understanding what matters to them & developing responses that fit with their life circumstances, rather than expecting people to fit into services"🙌💯 publicpolicy.ie/papers/refra...
publicpolicy.ie
Reframing Public Services in Ireland as a Relational Practice - Public Policy
This paper makes the case for reframing public services in Ireland as Relational Public Services (RPS) that take a Human Learning Systems Approach (HLS), which describes a way of organising viable ser...
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Twinning today with the tulips😊
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Buiochas do Dhia🙏I'm able to admire and appreciate these orangina... tilupia🌷🟠 and their friends😉 #100daysofwalking #365daysofwalking
Orange tulips with some foliage in a planter on green grassOrange tulips with some foliage and daffodils in a planter on green grass
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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"Is rural Ireland really dying? Rural primary schools under threat of closure if rural depopulation continues" www.farminglife.com/country-and-far…
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Yep, even wore a warm fluffy fleece and had a short walk beforehand! My veins have become progressively worse over the years yielding blood and sure who can blame them after 50+ years of bloody pestering😜
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Definitely not pleasant, keeping everything crossed for a better outcome!
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Well that blood testng didn't exactly go to plan today...🙄prodded, poked and bruised but tomorrow is another day🤪🙈 #T1D #T1DLooksLikeMe #MyT1DLife
Plw T1D in a atripy top with bandaged failed blood testing sites
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Louth Local Development @louthlocaldev.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
☕ Great to see such a lovely turnout at our Welcome Café in Drogheda on 16 Mar 🤝💛 📅 Next (Adults Only): 19 Mar – Dundalk ⏰ 2.30–4.30pm Info: iryna.pravylenko@lldc.ie / 087 492 2902 #WelcomeCafe #Community #Drogheda #Dundalk #SICAP
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Lovebirds on a grey gloomy dark but dry🙏 #100daysofwalking #365daysofwalking
Pair of loved up seagulls on a beach
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Though statement released in UK, NB reading for all relevant parties here in Ireland in relation to #HCL and those living with #T1D #Type1Diabetes abcd.care/dtn/resource...
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DTN-UK Statement: Roles of Industry and Clinical Teams in Onboarding People with Type 1 Diabetes to Hybrid Closed Loop Systems | The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Amazing initiative by University of #Galway Students' Union #Spéir #FoodCloud 🤩👏 #SpéirGhorm www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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University of Galway redistributes 50,000kg of extra food
The University of Galway Students' Union are celebrating the success of their pantry, Spéir, which redistributed over 50,000 kilos of surplus food in 2025.
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
🤣nothing like the wild Atlantic air screeching through the air... and you!! Bain sult as!
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Iontach Dave🤩One of my favourite places for a dander where I'm out west
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
#100daysofwalking #365daysofwalking tough one today as first #MothersDay without Mam💔 Tunnel feels so looong and the darkness so dark but 🎵There's a light at the end And I promise my friend its coming There's a light at the end🎵
Pic shows a short tunnel under a bridgePic shows 3 generatikns of hands, Nana, Mam, DaughterYou can shed tears that she is gone
Or you can smile because she has lived

You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
Or you can be full of the love that you shared

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday

You can remember her and only that she is gone
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

David Harkins
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Borrowing this slide from @parthaskar.bsky.social 👏re #diabetes care to amplify recent launch of Health Equity Research Alliance #HERA by RSCI which🤞will strenghten collaboration to tackle structural barriers to equitable health research&reduce unfair health inequalities www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
Pic shows PK (one of his favourites he says) with this wonderful slide which states:

The best science or research in diabetes is the one that gets into people's lives otherwise - its a footnote in history, or a line on your CV
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
RIP Ronnie Delaney - go dtuga Dia suaimhneas síoraí dá anam uasal 1956 1500m #MelbourneOlympic 🥇 www.rte.ie/sport/athlet...
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Olympic gold medallist Ronnie Delany dies aged 91
Legendary Olympic 1500m gold medal winner Ronnie Delany has died at age of 91.
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The Dementia League @dementialeague.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🚨 The menopause–brain connection may be bigger than we thought. A review highlights 4 forces shaping women’s cognitive aging: • Aging • Estrogen loss • Diet • Neuroinflammation These factors may interact to influence long-term brain health. 👇
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Wyl @wyl.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Autism in the Time of War. Tuesday 10th March at 5pm Ireland time. A discussion with experts in the neuro diversity field, local Kurdish/Iraq NGO and ourselves, the Emergency Logistics Team, as we highlight the need for focus and support for people with autism during war.
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Wyl @wyl.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
In light of the recent calamitous events taking place throughout the middle east, and on request from Iraqi friends, we're going to deliver a round of our humanitarian Supply Chain training over 4 Saturdays starting 28th March. For details contact via WhatsApp 009647517414055
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Louth Local Development @louthlocaldev.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
☕ Great turnout at our Welcome Café on 5 March in Dundalk! A lovely afternoon of chat, connection & community 🤝 Supported by our #SICAP programme, Louth Volunteer Centre & Irish Red Cross. 📅 Next cafés (Adults only) 16 Mar – Haymarket, Drogheda 19 Mar – Park St, Dundalk ⏰ 2.30–4.30pm #WelcomeCafe
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"W/ Strait of Hormuz closed & Red Sea still risky because of Houthi attacks... ... delays can be a problem. Many medicines, like vaccines, insulin and biologics need strict temperature-controlled transport so longer journeys can increase both costs & risk of spoilage" upstox.com/news/upstox-...
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Hormuz crisis: Will Indian pharma exports suffer?
Oil prices are in the news again due to the closures at the Strait of Hormuz. However, a secondary impact of this closure is on Indian pharma exports. Nearly $2 billion of Indian pharma exports are at...
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
#insulin #t1d #t1diabetes idf.org/news/stateme...
idf.org
Safeguarding diabetes care during the current conflict in the Middle East
IDF is deeply concerned about the situation in Iran and countries across the Middle East following the escalation of tensions in the region.
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
""Without #insulin we will die," #diabetic patients in #Lebanon amid bombing" #T1Diabetes 😭ATM not just Lebanese people w/ #T1D who are experiencing insulin shortages & if🗺️continues as is these shortages will spread & have consequences for us all who live w/ T1D... pamfleti.net/english/bota...
pamfleti.net
"Without insulin we will die," diabetic patients in Lebanon amid bombings
The humanitarian situation in Lebanon is becoming increasingly difficult, as Israeli bombardments in some areas of the country have continued for several days
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
#100daysofwalking #365daysofwalking first evening walk in a wee while and there it was peaking its glorious wee head out at me! An rud is annamh is iontach, cinnte🌄
Sunset between da ditches
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
#100daysofwalking #365daysofwalking an tseachtain seo caite i mBaile Átha Cliath
Various pics around Temple Bar of famous Irish women and top one from RSCI exhibition on heart health
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Involvement as #PPI representative in #HERA initiative will hopefully assist in bringing an "equity lens" to research through ongoing collaboration & inclusion of inequalities from start to finish of research process... also🤞increase health equity across Ireland
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thanks Dave❤️
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
After a period of grief, loss, turmoil &💔, hoping that recent #100daysofwalking #365daysofwalking in #MyHappyPlace (wild & wet as the wonderful west was) will aid the healing process & acceptance of our new normal🤷‍♀️
Yellow Blackrock diving board amid a rough grey sea with an equally grey sky on a wild wet day in Salthill
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Fabulous to see quite a few #diabetes, #menustration #menstrual cycle (and #womenshealth in general) projects @ 2026 Stripe #YSTE 🙌 💯% this caught my eye " #Menopause, Mind, and Medicine: The Hidden Toll of the Silent Change"🤩 Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh siad 😍 stripeyste.com/qualified-pr...
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Qualified Projects
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Louth Local Development @louthlocaldev.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Thinking about returning to education? 🎓 Our 14-week, 1 morning/week Taster Programme in Dundalk & Drogheda, run with DkIT, is for those living in Louth & on social welfare. Starts 10 Feb (Dundalk) & 12 Feb (Drogheda). Info: christina.king@lldc.ie #SICAP #CountyLouth #BackToEducation
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
All the best for 2026 to you Dave!
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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
D7 #100daysofwalking #365daysofwalking & féach ar éirí na gréine🌅sin i Lú #Louth #GaeilgeGachLá #SpéirGhorm D9 #T1D comparison #CGM & meter w/ #FreeStyleLibre3Plus (w/ #CamAPS FX) #Dexcom #G6 & #ContourNext - equidistant my #diabetes word of da day🤪 #iredoc #MyT1DiabetesLife
Sunrise between the trees and green field19.24 Wed 7 Jan
8.0 via CamAPS and FreestyleLibre3 plus
9.2 via Dexcom G68.6 via Contour Next meter
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7.1.26
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