Bittersweet Diagnosis blog

Is Diabetes a Disability?

It is really heartening to see more research that is being done in the beahavioural aspect of living with diabetes. Medical trials are certainly important but for those of us living with diabetes, sometimes it doesn’t hurt to ask how we are coping with things. Life in itself is complicated enough as it is without Read more

July 2, 2012
Welcome to the world!

Over the weekend, my best friend and her partner welcomed their beautiful baby daughter (and my goddaughter) – Hanna into the world at 5.25pm on the 16th of June 2012. Weighing in at 2.8kg and measuring 45cm, she finally arrived after 8 hours of hard labour. I am so proud of my best friend and in Read more

June 18, 2012
Goals

I am grateful to have some amazing people in my life. Over the weekend I had a discussion about my current and future goals and achievements. It had really prompted me to think about the person I am, how I have grown and the kind of person I strive to be. Although initially we were Read more

June 12, 2012
Modern Life

I had the pleasure of receiving from Vicroads a few days ago that my license would be suspended if I don’t provide an up to date optometrist report within 28 days. ‘WHAT?!’ was indeed my first reaction. I had only just sent away a diabetes report a few weeks prior from my GP who stated Read more

June 5, 2012
Finally, a breather!

I am incredibley surprised how quick the last couple of months have just flown by. As marked by my absence in updates, it has been an incredibley hectic and stressful period of time. Finally uni work on my priority list is starting to diminish and I have more time for other things such as catching Read more

May 28, 2012
Finding a de-stressor!

Been a while since I’ve had time to sit down to write. Noticed that my last post was on the 17th of March. Amazing! I should be doing some work now but it’s already so late, and my brain is exhausted I figured I’d be more productive in the morning after I’ve had a good Read more

March 31, 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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