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...

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...

This is a run down of everything I've seen and heard coming out of #EASD2022 today. I've been attending EASD 2022 virtually on a...

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....

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...

With a happy, positive pregnancy and birth under my belt already I was much less anxious going into my second pregnancy.  It was all set...

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 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...

Inspired by the NHS’s Diabetes Week and the Talking About Diabetes campaign, I’m putting fingers to keyboard to share my perspectives and...