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Exciting new research project into diabetes distress
With most things in life, you can take a break if you feel fed up. Diabetes is not one of them. The relentless nature of it, the...
Jan 232 min read


10 things I wish I'd known when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
It was around this time 18 years ago when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. That 18 years has come with some hard earned lessons that...
Jan 207 min read


EASD 2023: a quick rundown
This week I've been following the news from EASD 2023, a major diabetes conference, and here's what caught my attention (along with all...
Oct 6, 20233 min read


Celebrating 5 years of Pumps & Pricks
5 years ago today I published a 150 word post on my newly created website Pumps & Pricks and it changed my life. I couldn't have...
Jun 12, 20234 min read


If Type 1 Diabetes was a job
I made this "job ad" and posted it on LinkedIn for Diabetes Awareness Month. Nobody would apply. But lots of us still have to do this...
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Feeling bad and feeling better about my type 1 diabetes
A post about what has made me feel bad about my type 1 diabetes over the last 15 years and what feels better now
Oct 11, 20224 min read


“If you can’t get out of it, get into it!”
I wrote last week about my diabetes burnout, which had been dragging on for a few years. After a surprisingly simple intervention by my...
Jun 26, 20183 min read


Diabetes burnout: where did my motivation go?
I was diagnosed 11 years ago in my mid 20s during my “working holiday” in Australia. Looking back over that time now, it is quite neatly...
Jun 20, 20184 min read

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