I’ve been thinking recently about the way that I talk about diabetes and the way that others communicate with me and also about me. Language is a very powerful tool used in discussions about ...
As Christmas is less than two weeks away it seems appropriate that this month’s column has a crimbo theme to it, mixed with diabetes of course. Christmas, as the song goes, is the most wonderful ...
November 14, as many of you know, marks World Diabetes Day. World Diabetes Day is celebrated throughout the world by people living with diabetes, their friends and families and their carers. It ...
This week I was asked: “What’s it like to have diabetes?” I wasn’t expecting it. I was caught off guard and I stumbled over my answer a little, but I gave it as well as I could. It was a doctor ...
It has been just over a week since I was handed a yellow shiny box that contained the newest kit on the block, Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre. All week I’ve been asked about the Libre: “How much does ...
The Diabetes Online Community (DOC) is an online community of people with diabetes which meets on Twitter every Tuesday between 8pm and 9pm using the hashtag #OurD. When people ask me: “What’s so ...
Back to basics The 15 healthcare essentials… a check list for all patients with diabetes (devised by Diabetes UK) to show them what they should expect, in terms of basic care, from the HCPs ...
This week marks Diabetes Week and this year’s theme is ‘I Can’. This gives everyone with diabetes, and those who help people with diabetes, an opportunity to spread the word about the things they ...
Diabetes patients in Portsmouth had good news this week as the diabetes department has finally been given the green light to have a 7-day service. What will this look like on paper? How exactly ...
I was woken up this morning by my partner’s alarm beeping away at 7am. “Do we have to go to work?” I asked as I tried to remember which day it was. I was sure it was Sunday… “Not today, I ...