Category: Wellbeing
Sometimes you wake up and feel like you don’t want to do this anymore. You want to get off the train, hand in your name tag that says “diabetic”, unhook the pump, throw the monitor in the bin and walk away. Today is one of those for me. I spent half the night feeling sick…
Read moreSugar. Sucrose. Fructose. Lactose.Glucose. Dextrose. Sugar and diabetes go together like Romeo and Juliet. Like a warm gentle breeze on your skin as you lie on a beach with your toes digging in the sand. Like a warm scone with a good cup of tea. Like the sweat dripping down your back after a good…
Read moreHelen Edwards; Founder and Director Diabetes Counselling Online www.diabetescounselling.com.au Diabetes burn out is a common problem for many people, but what is it? Basically this occurs when you grow very tired of managing your diabetes. You might experience feelings of exhaustion and instead of sticking to your regular blood glucose checks, medications, exercise, insulin and…
Read moreWaking up to a beautiful morning with my beautiful family and a freshly painted house in the midst of chaos as we renovate our old 1949 home has got me wondering about a few things. One of these is how we measure ourselves in life. I have never been one to consider myself vain –…
Read moreThis morning I woke up with a Blood Glucose Level of 20 mmol (360 for our US readers), this was despite increasing my overnight insulin rates in my pump yesterday morning due to continually having to take extra insulin during the night. I thought today I would wake with the perfect blood glucose level. I…
Read moreIt’s been a while. Life has been very busy and we have been away from home for over a month. Blogging has not been on the agenda. While I have been away from my familiar environment, my oldest son, my cats and my comforts of home, diabetes has been ever present. It comes with me,…
Read moreWatching the Olympics the past 2 weeks like millions across the globe it always makes me cry, laugh, shout and barrack. I am not usually a sport nut, but this is one time in 4 years where I will watch as much of it as I can. Despite almost reaching Olympia-burnout, I am still going….
Read moreFood, food food. Somewhere in the Western world we have gone wrong. There are still many people in the world who have no food. Children who are starving, Dying. And we sit here with an abundance of the stuff. We keep getting fatter and unhealthier as a collective group. We keep throwing food away. Gorging…
Read moreSee on Scoop.it – Diabetes Counselling Online Empathetic GPs may reduce depression and suicidal thoughtsMedical XpressIn the biggest study of depression in older people in Australia, researchers at The University of Western Australia and nationally showed that by educating GPs, it was possible… See on medicalxpress.com
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