We recently asked the Diabetic South Africans community what they do with their needles… Take a look and see what they said. Research shows that…
Tag: type 1 diabetes
Information and questions about Type 1 diabetes.
For those of us who inject insulin, it can become very much part of our everyday lives – just one more thing we have to…
When you live with diabetes, you know that there are all kinds of things that affect your blood sugar: food, medication, exercise, hormones, the weather…
I’ve been thinking a lot about insulin timing lately… Which might seem like a weird comment to make, except that this year – at last, finally, thank heavens – ultra rapid-acting insulin is coming to South Africa.
Discovery Health recently sent out two emails about an update to the Discovery CGM Benefit. Here’s a simple explanation of what they mean.
We recently ran a survey to find out who exactly you are – who makes up the Sweet Life Diabetes Community we know and love. Here are the results:
Do you wish that images of people with Type 1 diabetes more closely represented you? Would you like to change that? Read on!
Living with Type 1 diabetes is a juggle at the best of times… But Type 1 diabetes and travel is even more challenging. We asked diabetes advocate Kirsten de Klerk to tell us about her adventures with travel – and what she’s learnt…
People living with Type 1 diabetes are a largely ignored group. The main emphasis of all diabetes awareness is – rightly – on the 90% of those living with Type 2 diabetes, who are leading the death tolls for South African women in South Africa, according to Stats SA.
One of our community members, Sonette Smith, reached out to share her Type 1 diabetes journey with us, in the hopes that it might help someone else.
Earlier this year, we were lucky enough to sit down with endocrinologist Prof. David Segal for a Masterclass on how to interpret your glucose reports. It was fascinating! Here’s what we learnt…
Together with Abbott Diabetes Care and FreeStyle Libre, we’ve created a beautiful 2022 Diabetes Journal. It’s aimed specifically at those living with Type 1 diabetes,…
What are you doing on Friday 12th November? Would you like to join the #WearBlueForDiabetes movement by wearing blue for diabetes?
Meet Elize Cloete, living with Type 1 diabetes and using essential oils to help her diabetes control. She’s answering the question: Could essential oils help people with diabetes?
Are you on Discovery? Do you know about the CGM Benefit for all Type 1 diabetics? Here are some important updates.
We all know there’s no such thing as a perfect diabetic… So why is it so hard to accept that? Let’s talk about being a perfectionist with diabetes.
Is there a stigma around living with diabetes, do you think? Many people with diabetes feel as though there’s a diabetes stigma.
Moji Musa is a PhD with academic and industry experience in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. She is living with Type 1 diabetes, after being misdiagnosed…
How has diabetes changed in the last 36 years? That’s the question we asked artist, writer and Type 1 diabetic Paul Edmunds – here’s what he had to say…
We’ve been getting so many questions about the FreeStyle Libre System, because of our work with the #fingerstickfree movement.
You may have noticed that we keep mentioning TEEL as the simple way to manage your diabetes. But what is it?
Have you heard about Pilots with Diabetes? They’re a group of dedicated pilots who want to change Civil Aviation laws in South Africa.
You may have heard people talking about time in target – or time in range – lately. Read on as we unpack it!
We recently published the happy news that Discovery Health now offers a CGM Benefit and how to claim it. But what are your options on…
What do people with diabetes need to eat? That’s the big question! Here are the answers. Eating healthy food for diabetes management is one of…
We know that managing diabetes can seem like a full-time, neverending job. And that sometimes it seems like there are too many things to remember!…
For the first time ever in South Africa, people with diabetes raised their voices together, asking medical aids to cover life-changing CGM devices. We started…
When were you diagnosed with diabetes? I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when I was 11 years old. I was very young, so it…
We celebrated World Diabetes Day 2020 with a virtual event co-hosted by Bete It, YT1 (part of Diabetes SA) and Sweet Life. You can watch…
If your child has Type 1 diabetes, you have your hands full. We have all kinds of articles about diabetes and children, particularly kids and…
Many people struggle with high blood sugar and find it hard to keep their diabetes under control. Here are the symptoms of high blood sugar…
We’ve discussed diabetes and kids in school in some detail, but we know that if your child has diabetes it’s a lifelong journey. That’s why…
What a strange time we’re living in… Remember when we could easily go to our doctor’s office or clinic or hospital without it feeling dangerous?…
There’s been a lot of talk lately about CGM because of the #cgm4all campaign. But what exactly is a CGM? What is flash glucose monitoring?…
On Tuesday this week, I was lucky enough to be part of Abbotts’ dX2 2020 event – their first digital diabetes exchange and experience event.…
Kirsten De Klerk is a Type 1 diabetic, founding member of Bete It and one of the top 20 South African voices for diabetes. Her…
Holly Rey is an award-winning South African house artist living with Type 1 diabetes. Mzansi’s most loved house star has stormed into 2020 towing a…
Een van dinge waaroor ons die meeste op Diabetic South Africans gevra word, is die verskillende tipes diabetes. Daar is drie hooftipes: tipe 1-diabetes, tipe…
Eminye yemibuzo eminingi esibuzwa yona eNingizimu Afrika Diabetic South Africans ngoshukela ukuthi kanti unezinhlobo ezingaki. Zintathu ke izinhlobo zalesifo ezikhona, ezibizwa ngamagama ahlukene ngokuhluka kwazo.…
Omnye wemibuzo esiyibuzwa kakhulu kwi Diabetic South Africans ingendidi ezahlukeneyo zesifo seswekile. Kukho iindidi ezintathu zesifo seswekile: Udidi lokuqala,udidi lwesibini , nesifo seswekile sokukhulelwa. Nalu…
If you’re a Type 1 diabetic between the age of 18 and 30 and you want to get more involved in diabetes advocacy, read on!…
Kids with diabetes are just like kids without diabetes… in many ways. In many other ways, there are all kinds of special considerations to be…
We asked Prof. Joel Dave, one of SA’s top endocrinologists and one of our Panel of Experts, for some advice for people with diabetes during…
Bete It is a South African organisation for Type 1 diabetics, by Type 1 diabetics. They’ve just launched their #cgm4all campaign – please read below…
The Holy month of Ramadan begins on the evening of Thursday 23rd April 2020 and ends on the evening of Saturday 23rd May 2020. If…
Diabetes in the time of coronavirus… This is nothing any of us ever anticipated! We thought it might be helpful to ask a few people…
Late last year the Diabetic South African community started a petition. The first time people with diabetes in SA all united for a single cause:…
The diabetes dawn phenomenon – when blood sugar is normal at night but sky high in the morning. Do any Type 1 diabetics have any advice?
Signs of diabetes in men and women If you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes, you probably have a lot of questions. ‘What are the signs…
Low GI (Glycaemic Index) foods are those that release their carbohydrates very slowly. GI is a number that describes the rate at which sugar is…