Category Archives: Diabetes

#DiabetesAwarenessMonth – Fact 2

Type 1 diabetes is NOT caused by eating too many sweets or junk food. It is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the pancreas and the cells that produce insulin. – #PBNFacts #ProjectBlueNovember the quote is from … Continue reading

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#DiabetesAwarenessMonth – Fact 1

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an Autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. It occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells in … Continue reading

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It is #Diabetes Awareness Month

In many parts of the world, the beginning of November marks the start of a month-long series of activities aimed at raising diabetes awareness and calling for urgent action to tackle the diabetes epidemic. On December 20, 2006, the United … Continue reading

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#DSMA – Acceptance from April 4, 2012

Q1. What are the things about living with diabetes that you accept? what are the things that you have trouble accepting? I accept that its a condition that I’ll have for life and that if not kept in check can … Continue reading

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Favourites and Motivations – Day 6 – #DiabetesBlogWeek

Well its Day 6 of the Diabetes Blog Week and todays topic is… If you have been blogging for a while, what is your favourite sentence or blogpost that you have ever written? Is it diabetes related or just life … Continue reading

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