Wellbeing

-+*When I started www.diabetescounselling.com.au all those years ago in 2001, there were not many voices in the online space for people living with diabetes. The Internet was still new and in Australia, the wonderful Type 1 Diabetes Network http://www.d1.org.au (then just Reality Check) was the loudest voice I could find and a fine one at that.…

-+*New year resolutions….what is that all about? Should we be making resolutions once a year, or making commitments to ourselves and others more often? How many of us stick to these resolutions? And do they fit with our values and beliefs about life? Common resolutions include things like, “get healthier”, “lose weight”, “eat better”, “give…

-+*I hate scales. I mean I really hate them. The kind of scales that you have to step on at every doctor you ever go to once you have diabetes; the kind of scales that taunt you sitting under your cupboard in your bedroom, knowing that it is “only recommended to weigh yourself once a…

-+*I hate hypos. If you have diabetes, particularly type 1 diabetes you will know what I mean. Hypoglycemia, or hypos as often called by many of us, is technically when a person’s blood glucose drops below 3.5 mmol. A “normal” (hate that word!) blood glucose is about 4.5 mmol – 8 mmol. However as a…

-+*This too will pass. Please Share!