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Post Partum Diabetes Chaos
Managing diabetes post pregnancy is chaos. I wish more people spoke about how difficult this phase is. Hormones wreck such havoc on blood sugars. it’s time to make some changes. Read more
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Climbing the Professional Ladder for Diabetes Advocacy
Last week, I presented on my diabetes and career journey at the Australasian Diabetes Congress in Adelaide. The overall session featured four very different pathways towards diabetes advocacy from people with lived experience. It was so amazing to hear their stories. I had a few people at the conference asking if it would be recorded Read more
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Diabetes Without Needles
Several weeks ago, I had an opportunity to speak to the media about my thoughts on an oral insulin medication compared to insulin injections. I didn’t have much time to think about the scenario. The first thing that came to mind was not having to deal with the pain and bruising from needles. Even with Read more
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Textbook vs Real Life Diabetes
Just because I live with diabetes, doesn’t mean I’ll be an amazing diabetes clinician. Mostly because I haven’t practiced clinically in a while. But I remember the first time I had to teach carb counting to a client as a student. I knew all the concepts and tips and tricks like the back of my Read more
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Why is Diabetes so Difficult?
As a person living with diabetes, do you ever look at how its portrayed in the media or public and just shake your head? More often than not, the general representation of diabetes is watered down to the point where I wish I had whatever type of diabetes they’re talking about. Eat well. Move more. Read more
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Back to Basics
Taking a break from CGM made me realise that the main feature it boasts contributed to my diabetes burnout. Read more
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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