With most things in life, you can take a break if you feel fed up. Diabetes is not one of them. The relentless nature of it, the...

It was around this time 18 years ago when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. That 18 years has come with some hard earned lessons that...

In case you missed it, it was World Diabetes Day on 14th November. Here's a repost of something I shared on LinkedIn and happily, it was...

This week I've been following the news from EASD 2023, a major diabetes conference, and here's what caught my attention (along with all...

5 years ago today I published a 150 word post on my newly created website Pumps & Pricks and it changed my life. I couldn't have...

I made this "job ad" and posted it on LinkedIn for Diabetes Awareness Month. Nobody would apply. But lots of us still have to do this...

A post about what has made me feel bad about my type 1 diabetes over the last 15 years and what feels better now

How I make my diabetes admin machine run as efficiently as I can, because I don't want to *do* diabetes.

A couple of years ago I set myself some diabetes goals for the new year. I didn't achieve them, which kind of annoyed me at the time....

I've been learning about the science of habits lately and I've been surprised at the power of tiny things to increase or decrease...

I didn't give up on my pump in the end. I had to be honest with myself about whether I really was running out of new places to stick my...

Getting sick of wondering whether my blood sugar highs are because I've screwed up somewhere or because there's something up with the...

A year has passed since I joined Twitter and started this website to talk about Type 1 Diabetes. Before that I was an “I’m fine thanks”...

By far the biggest challenge of my 12 years with type 1 diabetes so far has been dealing with its impact on my emotions and general...

New Year always makes me think about my diabetes. There’s a photo of me, taken at Sydney Harbour on New Year’s Eve 2006. It’s obvious...

Three months of using the Freestyle Libre has given me a very welcome break from one of the aspects of having Type 1 Diabetes that has...

I had my bloods taken a couple of weeks ago by my lovely diabetes nurse.  We had a really good open chat about my burnout experience and...

I’ve been feeling pretty good about my diabetes management over the last few months since I started pulling myself out of my diabetes...

I wrote last week about my diabetes burnout, which had been dragging on for a few years.  After a surprisingly simple intervention by my...

I was diagnosed 11 years ago in my mid 20s during my “working holiday” in Australia.  Looking back over that time now, it is quite neatly...