Bittersweet Diagnosis blog

Reflections

Yesterday morning I had the great pleasure and excitement of handing in my first Honours assignment. The adrenaline rush was definite no joke! I ran high on it for several hours after. It was such an accomplishment to hand that assignment with it. Especially since I felt like I struggled all through that. Read more

March 17, 2012
Topsy Turvy Diabetes

It’s one of those weeks/months that diabetes is frustrating me. It hasn’t been this way in a long time for a number of reasons: – I’ve just changed my meds from Metformin 1g tds (three times a day) to Metformin xr 1g qd (once a day, I’m trying to familiarise myself with med acronyms for Read more

March 12, 2012
Welcome to Struggletown

The past week or so has been a constant uphill struggle for me. Went back to the doctors several times for an update of my Anaemic status. My GP is still very worried about my Ferritin levels. She explained that after two months on high dose iron supplementation, she had expected my levels to rise Read more

March 2, 2012
The Best Thing About Diabetes?

There seems to be a recurring theme going on at the moment where I’ve stumbled across conversations that involves asking what the best thing about having diabetes is. It made me stop and think about it, not because I have to struggle to think of good things I’ve associated to having diabetes but rather the Read more

February 20, 2012
One Step Closer

Since the start of the year, I’ve been raving on about wanting to give hiking a go. There has been talks and plans for an overnight hike in early March and yesterday saw that become a little bit more real when I got a bag for the hike. Mum also decided to pay me back Read more

February 18, 2012
Actions speak louder than words

There are many things I am grateful for. One of them is my neighbour’s cat – Tabi. For over nine years, she’s been a regular visitor to our home and made a place in all our hearts. Everyone says she’s most attached to me, even though I argue she’s just affectionate to anyone who feeds Read more

February 2, 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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