How do you manage your stress ?
– how do you manage your stress and diabetes?
Living with diabetes is a journey that touches every part of my life—home, work, relationships, and self-care. Some days, it feels like a full-time job, constantly balancing blood glucose levels, planning meals, fitting in some exercise, set changes, calibrating my pump, making sure I have enough insulin in the fridge, and worrying about the scares that are left after a site change and not to mention keeping up with appointments.
Category: Diabetes basics
Back on injections for 24 hours….
Humans tend to follow a routine, and for me, one of my routines is my diabetes management plan. For many years, I administered insulin through injections but later switched to an insulin pump. The Manchester Diabetes team offered me tremendous support during this transition period, which helped me ease into the new technology. I attended…
What is ‘Smart Insulin’?
A recent study at Zhejiang University, China, explores “Smart Insulin” for Type 1 diabetes. It aims to revolutionize insulin injections by providing a week’s worth of insulin in a single injection. The insulin release is triggered by glucose levels, mimicking the body’s natural process. While promising for animal models, further research is needed before human trials. This innovation offers hope for a streamlined and effective diabetes management solution.
What are the different types of diabetes?
This week marks the beginning of Diabetes Week. This year the main focus is on, the misconceptions people have in terms of what diabetes is and how it affects individuals. The number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. There are many myths which surround diabetes,…
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