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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...

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...

Why I Chose to Screen My Kids for Type 1 Diabetes: A Personal Journey

Today, I'm taking a detour from my usual diabetes chat to share something a bit more sensitive. If you're a parent like me, with type 1...

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...

How my kids are “hypo aware”

Up until quite recently, hypos weren’t much of a feature in our house. I had a few years of feeling burnt out about my diabetes and my...

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

Having kids is a milestone in life for anyone who has them, and for me as a mum with Type 1 Diabetes, the times I was pregnant and...

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...

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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