My blogs are mainly about type 1 diabetes, travel inspo, and sometime’s a mixture of both, and I’ve tried my best to organise everything in my menu at the top of each page, but here they all are in case you want to read the beautiful mess that is all of them!
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Aurora Australis from St Kilda Beach, Melbourne
Being able to witness the Aurora australis from Melbourne is an incredibly rare phenomenon due to the city’s latitude and light pollution. Which makes the fact that I saw the Southern Lights at St Kilda Beach on the 11th May 2024 even more incredible! At around midnight, I was scrolling through instagram, and randomly came…
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Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes both simple and extremely complicated. It’s simple because it involves one treatment: insulin. However, it’s extremely complicated because administering requires precision. It must be injected via pens or pumps in accurate amounts, dependent on blood sugar levels and carb counts. This must be repeated at multiple times throughout the day,…
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Type 1 Diabetes Research: Age at Diagnosis
Misconceptions There is a common misconception that Type 1 Diabetes is only diagnosed at birth, or from a very young age. In reality, 62% of T1D diagnoses occur over the age of 20 (Gregory et al., 2022). This myth stems from the use of the outdated term “juvenile diabetes” , which suggests that T1D exclusively…
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City Break: A Guide to Lisbon, Portugal
For James’s birthday getaway in 2023, I organised a trip to Lisbon and LOVED it. Here are my top recommendations to spend a couple of days here! This post may contain affiliate links, read my disclaimer here. Where to Stay I found there are plenty of places to stay, but very few big hotels. I…
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How I Wear My Insulin Pump: Scenarios & Solutions
When researching what insulin pump to choose to manage my type 1 diabetes, I really wanted to know how people actually incorporated them into their daily lives. I struggled to find content like this, so hopefully this helps someone out! Having used the Tandem T-slim X2 insulin pump for over a year and a half…
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