What is it about coffee?

Coffee  커피  قهوة  café Kaffee コー​​ヒー Is coffee good or bad for diabetes? Hmmm!! This is a question I‘ve been asking myself ever since my blood glucose levels (BGL) started to wreak havoc. As a child coffee was always painted in such poor light. It was something I was never allowed to have. I was told…

Guest post: Get creative with diabetes

By Maryam Abdullahi-Mahdi Without Me It’s strange symbiosis we share I who lift you up, morning noon and night. Yet you’d rather live without me You’re provider your protector, your shield from an everlasting sleep. Yet you’d rather live without me. All I ask from you in return is a few moments of your time. To…

Hope for a cure!

Since I was diagnosed, I always hoped that one day I’d wake up to the news of diabetes being cured. For now this is a prospect that I can only dream about. Type 1diabetes has been with me for 19 years and the truth is, until they find a cure it will always be a…

The insert that bled

Don’t you just hate it when it’s time to change your insert (pump insert), you find the perfect site and in goes the insert. Only to find that your perfect site isn’t so perfect after all. It aches with every move you make. It’s impossible to sleep on and it’s just so uncomfortable. This is the…