national diabetes week

-+*It’s National Diabetes Week 2014, which is a week really focused on encouraging people to recognise their risk of type 2 diabetes, and to prevent more and more people developing this rapidly exploding and potentially devastating condition. It is the same every year. This usually leads to lots of people saying “what about type 1?”…

-+*My name is Mikki, I am 48 years old and live in Ayr, Nth Qld. I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes about 4 years ago and have struggled with this the whole time. I also have Bipolar Disorder and suffer Anxiety attacks regularly. I have 2 wonderful children, a daughter, 21 who has given me…

-+*The day will be stuck in my memory forever. I am a T1 for 33 years and was diagnosed when I was 13 years old. My younger brother and sister are also T1. My sister was diagnosed several years earlier at 3 years of age. My younger brother was diagnosed before me but in the…

-+*National Diabetes Week is coming! 14th – 20th July. In line with our “FACES of DCO” project, to bring you the faces behind DCO and the faces of our community (that is you!) we are holding a blog week! Submit a blog post with a picture of you, any time from now, to our email…