Bittersweet Diagnosis blog

Loopy for Lupins

Recently, I attended a Diabetes and Heart Health Update hosted by the Dietitians Association of Australia. The day covered many topics from how we can help transform our traditional meat and three veg meals into a mediterranean style diet to reduce cardiovascular risk to FODMAPs and diabetes management. One of the most interesting topics that Read more

March 30, 2015
I Miss Not Having Diabetes, But…

February marked my sixth year of living with diabetes. Things have changed in six years, from my diagnosis to management tools at my disposal. Although diagnosed at 19, it feels like I’ve been living with diabetes for far longer. Out of the changes that diabetes has brought into my life, the lifestyle changes have been Read more

March 23, 2015
Supporting the Highs and Lows of College Life – Interview with Christina Roth

Earlier this year I had the privilege of interviewing College Diabetes Network (CDN) founder Christina Roth on her work in supporting college students with diabetes in America. Since my PhD area is in diabetes self-management in young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes during life transitions, of course we had plenty to chat about Read more

March 16, 2015
Pumping – One Year On

In less than two weeks, I will be reaching my one year anniversary with pumpagotchi. My journey to get an insulin pump has been long and tedious, particularly in the final days before being admitted for my pump start up. (See 4 Years in the Making) Over the last 12 months, I’ve had lots of interesting and Read more

March 10, 2015
Storehouse by Scoop Nutrition

These days, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of nutrition related information you get from Dr Google. Everyone seems to be an expert on nutrition. Thankfully, there is now a blog directory of food, nutrition and health bloggers, all of whom are Australian nutrition professionals with established credentials. Read more

March 5, 2015
Hypos, Dementors and Nutella

Although I worry about diabetes complications, the thing I loathe most about diabetes are the hypos/lows or low blood sugars. Especially when they hit in the middle of night. It becomes a battle between trying to raise your sugars to a reasonable level and sleep. But what else can you do? When diabetes hands you Read more

March 3, 2015

Welcome to my Bittersweet Diagnosis Blog

When I started this blog in 2011, I never thought it would be going over 10 years later. Writing is my way of reflecting and processing the world around me. Over time, I didn’t realise my stories resonated with others or helped them to learn more about living with diabetes. And so it is the power of sharing stories that keeps me going with this blog.

Initially, I named my blog “Bittersweet Diagnosis” as that is exactly how I feel about my diabetes. Learning to live with a chronic condition as intensive as diabetes has been one of the toughest challenges I’m still navigating. Yet along the way, diabetes has made me grow and develop into a better person, physically and mentally.

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