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World Diabetes Day: A Pledge to End Diabetes Stigma

In case you missed it, it was World Diabetes Day on 14th November. Here's a repost of something I shared on LinkedIn and happily, it was...

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...

EASD 2022 Thursday roundup

This is a run down of everything I've seen and heard coming out of #EASD2022 today. I've been attending EASD 2022 virtually on a...

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.

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....

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...

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”...

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...

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...

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...

How my pregnancies went as a Type 1 mum: Part two

With a happy, positive pregnancy and birth under my belt already I was much less anxious going into my second pregnancy. It was all set...

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...

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...

Welcome to Pumps and Pricks!

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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