I probably have ranted on this topic enough for it to be common knowledge that my diagnosis has always been a confusing one. I don't have the typical characteristics of a type 2 diabetic but neither do I fit neatly into a type 1 category. The decision to progress me onto insulin was a fairly… Continue reading What’s Next Diabetes?
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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!
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!