Bittersweet Diagnosis blog

Dear Nurses, you are all AMAZING!

Last week I touched on feeling a tad nervous on getting some testing done to determine how my pancreas reacts with a load of glucagon. Glucagon is a naturally producing hormone in our body, which is in charge of raising our blood glucose levels. So this test would see how much insulin my pancreas would Read more

October 8, 2012
What if I’m Type 1?

Had a really interesting question the other day by a good friend with type 2 diabetes. What if, after all the tests, the doctors come back and say, “well actually, you have type 1 diabetes”? What will you say, how will you react, how will you feel? Read more

October 3, 2012
When Diabetes Isn’t 1st Priority

The last few weeks and the next few weeks are going to be absolute manic for me. Many things are flying around in my life such as writing up my Honours thesis. Diabetes senior camp next week, as well as maintaing relationships with the people I hold dearest to in my life. There is no Read more

September 18, 2012
R U OK?

Seeing as today is R U OK day and I’m far from feeling ok after a terrible night’s sleep, I thought it would be nice to talk about the mental side of diabetes. (Get it…mental? haha…I’m terrible I know) Seriously though, emotional health of those with diabetes, I feel have been something that’s been sitting Read more

September 13, 2012
Empowering Thoughts

Diabetes has taken over my life but in the most positive and challenging way I can think of. Dealing with this “chronic disease” on a personal level is one thing. But to be able to share and discuss it with a group of like-minded people is a life saver. This motivates me to not only Read more

September 7, 2012
The Great Dilemma

It’s frustrating how it only takes one night of bad sleep to ruin a good run. Last week I was immensely proud that I had lost some weight and that it had stayed off, I was feeling awesome because of my exercise and I was starting to push myself harder at the gym. For the Read more

August 30, 2012

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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