My Diabetes Inklings

New Beginnings.

A while ago, I finally took a well deserved day off from everything. I skipped out on boot camp to catch up on some much needed sleep and I took a day off work. Instead, I took my lovely mum out for brunch at one of our favourite places and visited a dear friend in… Continue reading New Beginnings.

My Diabetes Inklings

Burnout? Watchout!

When you talk to many diabetes healthcare professionals, half of them often think that a diabetes burnout is just another thing like laziness and complacency from our end. Well, I can assure you that it is most certainly not! With any chronic condition, it's normal to feel like you're 'over it all'. You feel like… Continue reading Burnout? Watchout!

My Diabetes Inklings

Overheard and Outraged!

The Setting: Out having dinner with my boyfriend, I hear the familiar beep of the Optimum Exceed meter going off at the table next to us. I took a sneaky sideways peak to see a fellow diabetic testing his BGLs. The excited diabetic in me squealed in delight to see another one of 'my kind'… Continue reading Overheard and Outraged!