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.
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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.
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.
Have you heard about Pilots with Diabetes? They’re a group of dedicated pilots who want to change Civil Aviation laws in South Africa.
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…
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…
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:…
There’s been a lot of talk on our Diabetic South Africans Facebook page about how diabetes affects the whole family. Especially after this guest article…
Diabetes on Instagram I’d like to introduce one of my favourite Instagram feeds, Tracy Sanders. Also known as @type1tracy. Tracy has Type 1 diabetes, but…
I got this amazing email about being a Type 1 diabetic from one of our community members last week and had to share it. Would…
Do you know what brittle diabetes is? We asked one of our readers, Rencia, to share her story of living with brittle diabetes with us.…
How to help a friend with diabetes: “I would like to know to help and support a friend who has diabetes. My friend is a…