Posts Tagged ‘advocacy’

*+-How much does diabetes dominate your life? It is a health condition which, because it is related to food and exercise, can seem like the most difficult health condition you could possibly have, doesn’t it? And because the symptoms are not always obvious or noticeable, it can seem that if you ignore it, it will…

*+-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?”…

*+-This is a blog I have wanted to write for some time. As the parent of a now grown up child with diabetes, I feel a ‘special’ bond with other parents. Because of this, I am one of the moderators of the Facebook Closed group Parents of kids with diabetes. Almost every day I read …

*+-I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘Advocacy’ over the past few months. Part of this has been around some of the negative stereotyping & anger around the different ‘types’ of diabetes. Part of it has been around the health of my 91 year old mother, who is living with dementia, alongside a host of physical…

*+-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…