Category: Living with Diabetes
On the 7th and 8th of February a team of us headed down to Mount Gambier to host a workshop on ‘Transitioning’ within diabetes. The trip was definitely worthwhile, an experience I will never forget. The workshop consisted of two days at Mount Gambier, first day including speeches and discussion from people living with Diabetes,…
Read more* DIABETES ** I am diabetes, I never ever shall leave you alone. Even if I am type 1 or type 2 I shall remind you in many ways I am here. That packet of jellybeans, they’re mine, that vial of insulin, that’s mine, that BG meter that’s yours, to watch me with ALL THE…
Read moreSo it goes like this. Pump company rep offers me trial of new shiny bright CGMS (continuous glucose monitoring system) which is now about to be available in Oz. I gush an “oh yes that would be brilliant” like a knee jerk reaction. Christmas then intervenes, as does life and I start to ponder whether…
Read moreThere is a bit of a theme running through my life at the moment and hence, through my blogging. I am burnt out. From life, from diabetes, from pushing myself to get fitter and lose weight, from work and study, family and the whole lot of it. This is not a whinge fest. I do…
Read moreSometimes you wake up and feel like you don’t want to do this anymore. You want to get off the train, hand in your name tag that says “diabetic”, unhook the pump, throw the monitor in the bin and walk away. Today is one of those for me. I spent half the night feeling sick…
Read moreTen things I hate about diabetes That I can not just go and do some exercise without the planning skills needed for a major event which starts 2 hours prior to the actual exercise! When I start rearranging the house or doing some gardening and the inevitable hypo hits….hate that The fat that is created…
Read moreYeah! Food and diabetes can be so confusing – Dine In For Diabetes aims to CELEBRATE food, to source it, to cook it, to share it and to enjoy it. Life, food and diabetes need to equal a happy relationship And the same goes for people who do not live with diabetes – so many…
Read moreWhat is it about diabetes? What makes people reach out, seek others, make connections? Why is the diabetes online community so strong? I have been considering this lately. Back when I decided to start a little website to support people with diabetes the use of the Internet in this way was unheard of. In fact…
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