It is often said that of the complications of living with diabetes neuropathy is the hardest to live with.

If there were ever a time in life when one should pay extra attention to their diabetes it is when planning a pregnancy.

I often speak with people about the value of regular eye exams to detect and treat diabetic eye disease. They reply, my vision is fine - why would I need to have regular exams?”

Although smoking is harmful to everyone, people living with diabetes are already at an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, so smoking compounds their risk.

No one likes to be in hospital, but the reality is that people living with diabetes are more likely to have a hospital stay. At any given time on a hospital medical ward, about 25% of the people there have diabetes.

If you take insulin to manage your diabetes, you could be at risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). DKA usually occurs in people with type 1 diabetes, but it has been known to happen in people with type 2

We often hear scary stories about foot problems for people with diabetes. If care is taken it doesn’t have to be that way!