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...
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One woman's life with Type 1 Diabetes
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- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
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...
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
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
- Jun 11, 2022
- 4 min
The endless diabetes to do list
How I make my diabetes admin machine run as efficiently as I can, because I don't want to *do* diabetes.
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
Giving up on goal setting in diabetes
A couple of years ago I set myself some diabetes goals for the new year. I didn't achieve them, which kind of annoyed me at the time....
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
Why friction matters for good diabetes habits
I've been learning about the science of habits lately and I've been surprised at the power of tiny things to increase or decrease...
- Aug 29, 2020
- 1 min
The power of a fresh cannula site
I didn't give up on my pump in the end. I had to be honest with myself about whether I really was running out of new places to stick my...
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Is it time for an insulin pump break?
Getting sick of wondering whether my blood sugar highs are because I've screwed up somewhere or because there's something up with the...
- Jun 12, 2019
- 3 min
A great diabetes year
A year has passed since I joined Twitter and started this website to talk about Type 1 Diabetes. Before that I was an “I’m fine thanks”...
- May 16, 2019
- 3 min
10 ways Type 1 Diabetes has affected my emotional health
By far the biggest challenge of my 12 years with type 1 diabetes so far has been dealing with its impact on my emotions and general...
- Jan 11, 2019
- 2 min
New Year diabetes goals
New Year always makes me think about my diabetes. There’s a photo of me, taken at Sydney Harbour on New Year’s Eve 2006. It’s obvious...
- Oct 3, 2018
- 5 min
When finger pricks take their toll
Three months of using the Freestyle Libre has given me a very welcome break from one of the aspects of having Type 1 Diabetes that has...
- Jul 23, 2018
- 1 min
Finding balance: not too much, not too little
I had my bloods taken a couple of weeks ago by my lovely diabetes nurse. We had a really good open chat about my burnout experience and...
- Jul 16, 2018
- 3 min
Good HbA1c news…the burnout recovery continues!
I’ve been feeling pretty good about my diabetes management over the last few months since I started pulling myself out of my diabetes...
- Jun 26, 2018
- 3 min
“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 20, 2018
- 3 min
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 12, 2018
- 1 min
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Inspired by the NHS’s Diabetes Week and the Talking About Diabetes campaign, I’m putting fingers to keyboard to share my perspectives and...
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