In this #DiabetesChat Lurina Fourie joins us as our guest speaker and will be talking about her own diagnosis and story of type 1 diabetes as well as education and advocacy. Lurina shares her educational game/tool 'Quackers'. Video Timestamps:00:00 Welcome00:36 World Diabetes Month Awareness01:40 Quick Fire 'Get to know' the guest questions04:30 Lurina's diagnosis [...]
In this episode of #DiabetesChat, co-host Claire speaks with Sheila, who shares her own experience supporting her husband Iain, who lives with type 1 diabetes. Sheila reflects on how the condition has shaped their family life, bringing both teamwork and emotional challenges. She emphasises the importance of self-care, understanding, resilience and shares her own [...]
In this episode of #DiabetesChat, co-host Mary welcomes Iain, who shares his perspective on growing up with his sister Kirsty, who lives with type 1 diabetes. Iain reflects on his childhood experiences and his involvement in Kirsty’s care and he offers an honest look at the emotional dynamics and understanding that come with being [...]
For this #DiabetesChat our hosts Mary and Tony talked to partners, parent & caregivers of those have have family & friend living with type 1 diabetes. In this podcast we heard their story and how they support the person living with type 1 diabetes, and the importance of diabetes awareness, stigma and much more.
This week we welcome Shaun Carpenter to DiabetesChat. In this podcast we will be talking to Shaun about his journey and diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. We will also be talking about his advocacy work for the type 1 diabetes community and we will be talking about technology and Android APS.In this DiabetesChat Shaun [...]
On this #DiabetesChat we hear from the dedoc community as they share their experiences from the EASD2025 conference in Vienna with our co-host Claire.
In this #diabeteschat episode we welcome Kamil 'Nerdabetic' to and we talked about diabetes technology. Kamil welcomed community questions.
This week on #DiabetesChat we will joined by Sam, Gary and Jazz as they share with the diabetes community about their diabetes books.Sam joined us from Enhance -d and talked about their app & book 'Empowered' - The Science of Exercise With Type 1 Diabetes book. The book is a practical guide to managing [...]
For this #diabeteschat we are joined by DSNs Beth Kelly and Amanda Williams, from DSN Forum UK and they will be sharing their top tips for holidays and travelling🧳✈️🚗🚌🏝️0:00 Introduction1:08 Planning Ahead - Why it Matters3:24 Travelling Locally5:10 Medication and Supplies Checklist6:48 Temperature & Storage12:43 Navigating Airports & Security 16:45 Navigating Tech & [...]
Amelia Cook, DSN, joins the #diabeteschat and talks about diabetes care processes with the community. Amelia talks about: Urine ACR measurementHbA1c measurementBlood pressure measurementFoot surveillanceSerum creatinine measurement (and eGFR)Serum cholesterol measurementBMI measurementSmoking status
