Let’s talk about your diabetes questions

What are your big diabetes questions? What are the things you really need answers for? That’s what we want to know – so we can get those answers for you. Let’s talk about it.

Friends, I must admit that sometimes running Sweet Life feels like trying to hug an octopus. Our mission is empowerment: to empower people with diabetes to live healthy, happy lives. We do that through education and community. But that means keeping the website updated, daily social media engagement, creating new educational materials, creating and testing out the Sweet Life Chatbot, running campaigns, and applying for grants so we can keep doing what we do.

A diabetes Wikipedia

I love saying that our website is like a ‘diabetes Wikipedia’ for South Africa, because we honestly have answers to all your diabetes questions. We also have beautiful stories of lived experience, and I have the longest list of articles I want to write about all the many aspects of living with diabetes.

But what do you want?

What are your big diabetes questions?

I asked on Facebook last week: What are your biggest diabetes questions?

The answers ranged from wondering about a cure to weight management, medication and daily life. We want to make sure that this website is as truly useful to you as possible, so I’m currently working through all the old articles (there are hundreds!) to make sure that we are answering the questions you actually have.

We have an amazing Panel of Experts who can give us medical advice, and some really helpful resources to share.

What do you need?

So tell me: what do you need from a South African diabetes Wikipedia? What are your big diabetes questions? (You can comment on this article or on this Instagram or Facebook post or email me!)

Hugging an octopus is an exciting adventure most days… But I’d love to have your input into how to do it better!