Support

Self-managing your diabetes, whether you have type 1, or type 2 or gestational diabetes can be very challenging and empowering at the same time.

From the day an individual is diagnosed with diabetes - whether Type 1, Type 2 or Gestational Diabetes - the support from friends and family can be very powerful and can help with adjusting to the day-to-day management of diabetes.

As people who support someone living with diabetes, we not only care for our loved ones, we also care about them.

In a previous blog, I wrote about how a person with Type 1 diabetes may transition from a pediatrics diabetes program to an adult medical diabetes program. Once involved in an adult program, research has found that continuing and maintaining the medical diabetic care can be very challenging

Living with diabetes can be extremely emotionally difficult. Learn how to be compassionate to yourself as you manage your diabetes by becoming aware of your feelings, thoughts and behaviours.

Have you ever gone to your fridge and taken the box of ice-cream and eaten most or all of the ice cream?

Transitioning from a pediatrics diabetes program to an adult diabetes program can be exciting and also an unknown, which can be scary for the 18 year old and their parents or caregiver.