Diabetic Living Australia

4 min. di lettura

When were you diagnosed with type 2? I was diagnosed about 10 years ago during a check-up. My blood glucose level was really high, at 22. My doctor said “Oh my God Julie, you’re diabetic. I’m surprised you’re actually not on the floor right now.” It

Diabetic Living Australia

1 min. di lettura

Across the world, there are currently about 425 million people living with diabetes, all of whom have either type 1 – an auto-immune condition – or type 2, affected by a combination of genetics and lifestyle factors (for more details on each, see pag

Diabetic Living Australia

2 min. di lettura

“When I was told I had type 2 in June last year, it didn’t faze me. To be honest, it was the least of my problems! “The week before, I’d been rushed to hospital because I was retaining fluid. I’d put on 26kg of fluid in 10 days and my doctor suspecte

Diabetes Self-Management

4 min. di lettura

Tony- and Emmy-nominated actress S. Epatha Merkerson is just like the rest of us. She’s human this time of year. “I’m not going to tell you that I don’t falter when it comes to staying on track during the holidays,” she admits, “but I’ve learned not

Woman & Home South Africa

2 min. di lettura

How will I be diagnosed? You need to see your GP for a urine and blood test. “Type 2 diabetes is diagnosed by detecting persistently high blood levels of glucose and HbA1c, which reflects blood glucose levels over the past three months,” says Dr Mel

Diabetic Living Australia

4 min. di lettura

Today, according to Diabetes Australia, 1.7 million Australians live with diabetes. Around the world, according to the International Diabetes Federation, there are over 427 million adults (20-79 years) with diabetes, with an expected rise to over 600

Diabetic Living Australia

1 min. di lettura

It’s not that simple. While type 1 is triggered by genetics and unknown factors, type 2 is caused by a mix of genetics and lifestyle factors. One of those is being overweight, but it’s not just sugar that causes that. Plus, if you are overweight, tha

Diabetes Self-Management

4 min. di lettura

IF YOU THINK you don’t know anyone who has diabetes, you might think again. According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 30.3 million Americans have diabetes, which translates into 9.4 percent of the p

Diabetic Living Australia

1 min. di lettura

A diagnosis of diabetes can be scary and isolating. There’s a lot to take in, and health-wise, things can change rapidly. In this issue, we speak to people who are determined to overcome that isolation and support others in the same situation. On pag

Diabetic Living Australia

3 min. di lettura

“Learning I had diabetes didn’t come as too much of a shock to be honest. On top of the fact that I was excessively thirsty and found myself needing the toilet all the time, you can’t eat like I had been and think that something wasn’t going to happe

Diabetic Living Australia

1 min. di lettura

It’s not that simple. While type 1 is triggered by genetics and unknown factors, type 2 is caused by a mix of genetics and lifestyle factors. One of those is being overweight, but it’s not just sugar that causes that. Plus, if you are overweight, tha

Woman & Home South Africa

1 min. di lettura

CAROLINE MORGAN is 62 years old. “I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in a routine check-up three years ago, and it was a complete shock – even the doctors couldn’t believe it. I’m at a healthy weight for my age, 1,65m and 64kg – I swim, cycle, ga

Diabetic Living Australia

3 min. di lettura

“When I was told I had type 2 in mid 2018 after a regular check-up, I wasn’t particularly shocked, even though I felt fine. Type 2 runs in my family, so I’d been warned in the past that for me, it was less a matter of ‘if’ and more a matter of ‘when’

Diabetic Living Australia

2 min. di lettura

In the 16 months following her diagnosis, Kim lost 57 kilograms, and says the “huge wake-up call” was the best thing to happen to her and her family. “I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in October 2017, four days before my 39th birthday – it was a

Diabetic Living Australia

1 min. di lettura

Avid traveler, type 2. “Diabetes brings up many emotions: surprise, guilt, anger, frustration, defiance. When you feel overwhelmed, take a deep breath, do your research, and learn how best to manage your diabetes – not the diabetes that someone else

Woman & Home South Africa

1 min. di lettura

Over the past 20 years, the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in SA has grown significantly, with experts saying there are more than 16 million people in Africa suffering from the disease. According to recent statistics from the International

Woman's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

Our research has shown that Type 2 diabetes is not irreversible – which many people may have been told previously. It’s possible to escape but, while it’s very reversible in the first few years, as the years go by, it’s less likely to reverse. It’s n

Diabetic Living Australia

3 min. di lettura

“We’re listening. Sugar in moderation is fine, too much isn’t good for anyone,” reads a recent Coca-Cola advertisement which appeared in newspapers in Australia following the news Coca-Cola South Pacific and Coca-Cola Amatil will reduce sugar content

Diabetic Living Australia

3 min. di lettura

People who are obese during their 20s and 30s could risk losing years off their life expectancy. Research conducted at The George Institute for Global Health and The University of Sydney – published in International Journal of Obesity – concluded wom

Diabetic Living Australia

2 min. di lettura

Lisa Schieri first went on a diet when she was 10 years old. “I had always been heavy as a kid,” she remembers. After her mother passed away from kidney failure, a complication of diabetes, her worried family decided that she needed to lose weight an

Diabetes Self-Management

2 min. di lettura

Parenting is difficult enough, but raising a child with diabetes has its own unique demands. In most cases, you’ll be raising a child with type 1 diabetes, but type 2 is becoming more common in kids. According to the CDC, more than 200,000 people you

New Zealand Listener

2 min. di lettura

Three years ago, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I had little time to get my head around the dietary and lifestyle changes needed to manage the potentially fatal disease before I experienced complications and learnt very quickly the harsh reali

Diabetic Living Australia

1 min. di lettura

It’s not that simple. While type 1 is triggered by genetics and unknown factors, type 2 is caused by a mix of genetics and lifestyle factors. One of those is being overweight, but it’s not just sugar that causes that. Plus, if you are overweight, tha

Diabetic Living Australia

2 min. di lettura

STAR LETTER Just received my September/October 2018 issue and read your great articles: ‘Time For A Change’ and Ilene’s story about ‘Beating Diabetes Shame’. I was in the supermarket one evening recently and overheard a staff member at the self-serve

Woman's Weekly

1 min. di lettura

A In the UK, the NHS only prescribes testing meters and strips to patients on insulin, unless the GP gives good reasons for other type 2 patients. However there’s now evidence that self-monitoring blood glucose can help people with non-insulin-depend

Diabetic Living Australia

2 min. di lettura

According to the Australian Medical Association, children as young as seven are developing type 2 diabetes, a disease that can result in kidney failure, blindness and the need to have a limb amputated just 10 years after diagnosis. So, for a seven-ye

Diabetic Living Australia

1 min. di lettura

Living with diabetes is a tough gig, and it can be especially hard because there’s no one definitive answer on how to best manage it. Everyone’s diabetes is slightly different and everyone’s body responds differently to food and medication. In every

Diabetic Living Australia

3 min. di lettura

TYPE 2 I was diagnosed with type 2 seven years ago, when I was 29, and to be honest, it didn’t come as much of a surprise. For me, and my brother George, diabetes was like pulling the bad-luck card in the genetic lottery. My dad has type 2, as did mo

Diabetic Living Australia

5 min. di lettura

A new funding initiative at the Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre in Stirling, WA, has been designed to support young adults (aged 18-25) living with type 1 as they transition from paediatric care to diabetes clinics in adult hospitals. “We want young ad

Diabetic Living Australia

3 min. di lettura

TYPE 2 “Wake up and start looking after yourself,” is what I’d tell the 30-something-year-old me if I could travel back in time to the beginning of my journey with type 2 diabetes. That, and “stop thinking the complications won’t happen to you”, beca