Team sports have always been central for rising rugby star Layla Sae. Her type 1 diabetes is something she manages on the side – her ‘normal’.
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In writing about her twin journeys – with type 1 diabetes and kidney disease – Ana Hutchins inspires and encourages others, and releases some of the burden for herself.
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Liam Fryer, seven, from Dunedin, received a Jerry the Bear learning pack as part of our programme for children 4–10 years old living with T1D.
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Leigh Sharland had a gut feeling about what was affecting her daughter Macie, but the GP wouldn’t listen. Two years on, Leigh recalls the frustration.
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Diabetes NZ’s Brave Bear pack for children has been flying off the shelves since it was launched in November. Cassy Hay, and her daughter Zanthia, 4, from Katikati, explain how it’s been helping them learn about diabetes.
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As a double-amputee, Paul Rowland has been dealing with a stretched and unwieldy health system, but he is, as he says, ‘a stubborn bugger’.
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After a serious stroke in 2006, Tiahuia Abraham forced herself to slow down and reduce stress, while staying active at the same time.
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Twelve-year-old Sophia Shearman couldn’t believe it when she won our competition to design a sensor patch.
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2 April, Hamilton 17-year-olds Jack Murray-Griffiths and Vincent Gordon set off on a month-long journey, cycling the length of the country to fundraise for Diabetes NZ.
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Radio NZ’s Head of Content Megan Whelan was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in December 2021. Over the course of this year (2022), she will be sharing a weekly column on her first year living with type 2.
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The Freestyle Libre was the best medical advice I got from my diabetes nurse, Bonnie. She pushed me to try many things to help me with the tracking of the blood sugars, so without her help and her guidance to the Freestyle Libre, I probably wouldn't be here today telling you my story.
Read MoreIn writing about her twin journeys – with type 1 diabetes and kidney disease – Ana Hutchins inspires and encourages others, and releases some of the burden for herself.
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When Tainui Live broadcaster Atawhai Edwards decided to take on the Great Wall of China Marathon, nothing was going to stop her – not money, not fitness, not doubters.
Read MoreThe CGM would be absolutely wonderful, so that you can go out and walk or cycle without having to check your blood sugars while on the go.
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CGM is completely free here in Norway, and I am waiting for a similar thing in New Zealand to become available before I move back home.
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I sleep better with the CGM - if I don’t have one the worry will keep me awake, not the blood sugars.
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