by Mega Bite | Aug 19, 2019 | About Diabetes, Blog page
When I first met Niki, I had no idea she had diabetes (not that it mattered to me of course). It wasn’t long before I found out though when we went for a coffee at the café and she took insulin for it. Some of my family members have Type 2 Diabetes and I’m ashamed to...
by Mega Bite | Jul 25, 2019 | About Diabetes, Blog page
When I realised I would have to go wedding dress shopping, I had the obvious anxieties and body image issues. On top of that was the worry of what I would do with my pump in a wedding dress? Did I go wedding dress shopping wanting to be able to access my pump being a...
by Mega Bite | Jun 1, 2019 | About Diabetes, Blog page
There is so much about being a parent that isn’t revealed until you are in the throws of it. You know the sort of thing — as soon as you announce you are pregnant, the truth starts to tumble out from those already on the parenting side of the fence. And so the...
by Mega Bite | May 20, 2019 | About Diabetes, Blog page
I was already overweight at a very young age, and part of my life has been dominated by numbers ever since. Mainly the numbers on the scales. When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I had another number to check: the number shown on my glucose meter. And then there were...
by Mega Bite | Mar 20, 2019 | About Diabetes, Blog page
When I think of things that make me happy, my chronic illness doesn’t immediate spring to mind. Friends and family? Yes. Wine and cheese? Of course. Sunsets and springtime and freshly washed sheets… but not so much my type 1 diabetes, which I have lived with for 22...
by Mega Bite | Mar 1, 2019 | About Diabetes, Blog page
When I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 35, my world was turned upside down. I had suffered from gestational diabetes during my pregnancy. I knew the impact that diabetes would have on my life. Except now it was permanent. I decided straight away that I...
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