Do you know how to inject insulin? Here’s a video to help you.
Month: June 2022
If you inject insulin, what length needle do you use? Is there a right length needle? We recently asked the South Africans with Diabetes community…
We recently asked the South Africans with Diabetes community what they do with their needles… Take a look and see what they said.
I don’t know about you, but I really like finding out the reason behind why things happen… And when it comes to a chronic condition…
How will you manage your diabetes if a disaster hits? Have you ever thought of that? This diabetes disaster kit is helpful if you have…
While lifestyle changes are the foundation of treating and managing Type 2 diabetes, whole-food plant-based diets are now being recognized to significantly improve symptoms and quality of life. So is a plant-based diet for diabetes a good idea? Let’s unpack it.
We all know that living with diabetes – Type 1 or Type 2 – can be a rollercoaster. But are there any tools that help? We asked Renate Benjamin to share her story with us.
How often do you change your needles? Most people with diabetes don’t change them very often at all…
Today we’re talking about something a little sensitive… eating disorders. Please be kind to yourself – if you find any of this triggering, there’s no reason to read on. But it is an important conversation to have… Eating disorders thrive in secrecy, and we want to be able to bring the conversation into the light.
One of our community members, Zahni Terblanche, reached out to us with her story of diabulimia and Type 1 diabetes, and we wanted to share it to shed some light on the condition…
For those of us who inject insulin, it can become very much part of our everyday lives – just one more thing we have to…
We could not be more excited to share the news that in June 2022, for the first time ever, ultra-rapid-acting insulin is launching in South…
Do you know what lipohypertrophy is? If you’re living with Type 1 diabetes and injecting insulin, you need to!
