Monitoring your blood glucose levels is an important part of the day to day management of diabetes. This is particularly so if you have type 1 diabetes or use insulin or sulphonylureas (one type of...
You may have experienced receiving both negative and positive responses when sharing your diabetes diagnosis. As we want you to remember you don’t have to do diabetes alone, we've gone to our community to ask them...
It is common for people with diabetes to experience hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) when their bodies don’t have enough sugar to use as fuel. This may be caused by diet, some medications, or exercise. If...
We'd like to introduce Kaitlyn, someone who started having some symptoms during the recent COVD lockdowns and then discovered that she was diagnosed with T1D. We've asked her to share a bit about her experience leading up...
Hypoglycemia happens when your blood sugar falls too low with some first symptoms including shaking, a racing heart, anxiety, and hunger. When experiencing symptoms of hypoglycemia, test your blood sugar to check if it is...
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder where the immune system attacks and destroys insulin producing cells in the pancreas. This results in the pancreas being able to produce little or no insulin. Currently there...
