This page is really for my own reference, more than anything else. But by all means, feel free to stick around and have a browse.
Here, you can find every post ever written at Type 1 Writes. Just hit the Control/Command and F buttons on your keyboard, and you’ll be able to search for the post title that you’re looking for.
December 2018
- The Silly Season
- Diabetes Themed Christmas Gifts?
- Road Trip
- Review: Two Months With the Tandem t:slim x2
- The Pizza Bolus
- Not What I Planned For
- ‘Tis the Season
November 2018
- #HealtheVoicesAU 2018
- Finding the Good in Diabetes
- The Advice I Would Give to My Newly Diagnosed Self
- My Diabetes Family
- Hard Reset
- What It Feels Like to Live With Diabetes
- Review: Contour Next One Blood Glucose Meter
- Lesson Learned: Don’t Overfill Your t:slim Cartridges
- ‘Dumbing Down’ Diabetes
October 2018
- Why I’m Opting Out of a My Health Record
- Forever Learning
- Frank’s First Week on the t:slim!
- Dawn Phenomenon, Spring Style
- JDRF One Walk
- In Memoriam
- #TslimForFrank
- Trust
- Christmas Day, For a Person with Diabetes
- A Type 2 Diabetes ‘Shake?’
September 2018
- V-Go Insulin Pump Launches in Australia!
- Dressing for Diabetes
- In an Ideal World
- Review: FreeStyle Insulinx Blood Glucose Meter
- Headspace
- AccuChek, MySugr and Eversense at the Diabetes Congress
- Addressing ‘Non Adherence’
- Cellnovo on Show at the Diabetes Congress
- The Diabetes Social Media Summit
- Treating Lows
August 2018
- Medtronic 670G System Closer to Approval in Australia
- Tandem T:slim X2 Insulin Pump Launches in Australia!
- Championing the Consumer Voice
- Day 3 at the Australasian Diabetes Congress
- Day 2 at the Australasian Diabetes Congress
- Day 1 at the Australasian Diabetes Congress
- Solo Travel
- Lack of BackUp
- Do Your Insulin Needs Increase During Winter?
- Dilated
- YpsoPump: Eight Weeks Old!
- Remembering My ‘Why’
July 2018
- The Real Deal
- Tribe Vibes
- “You Have Very Poor Control”
- Replicating the Good Days
- Overflowing
- That Time I Was In The Newspaper
- Hope
- Its About Time…To Raise Awareness of Diabetes!
- T1 Talk: National Diabetes Week Edition
- The 4Ts of Type 1 Diabetes
- Basal Rate Intuition
- Review: Yoga For Diabetes by Rachel Zinman
June 2018
- One Messy Night
- Diabetes Blogging 101
- YpsoPump: The First Few Weeks (Part Two)
- YpsoPump: The First Few Weeks (Part One)
- Red Light
- Perspectives on Pumping
- The YpsoPump Launch Event
- Ten Things I Wish I Knew About Being Sick With Diabetes
- Hypo In The Diabetes Clinic
- FreeStyle LibreLink: First Impressions!
May 2018
- DX2 Sydney 2018
- Pump Complacency
- FreeStyle LibreLink App Launches in Australia!
- YpsoPump Launches in Australia!
- Review: AccuChek Guide Blood Glucose Meter
- Eight.
- Dear Pancreas
- Breaking Up With My Health Insurer
- My New Look Diabetes
- Insurance, Insurance
April 2018
- Insulin Gone Bad
- How to Get Active Without Entering a Gym
- Perspective
- Guest Post: Behind the Scenes of Diabetes Research
- Learning to Fuel My Body With Type 1 Diabetes
- Help Test a New Survey Tool For Women With Diabetes Considering Pregnancy
- A Little Piece of My Mind, HBF Health…
- Four Foods I Cannot Bolus For To Save My Life
- Which Meter Do I Trust?
- Where Is The Patient Centred Care?
- Happy Easter Monday!
March 2018
- Drawing Parallels to ‘The Good Doctor.
- Diabetes at 3.14am.
- Feeling Tired With Type 1 Diabetes
- In Conversation with Leonie and Elly of Diabetes Meals Online
- ‘Instant Diabetes’ Jokes
- “Do You Ever Get Sick of It?”
February 2018
- Review: Fit With Diabetes e-Book By Christel Oerum
- Outside the Bubble
- Curse of the OneTouch Verio IQ
- Why I Am Waiting
- Yesterday’s Incident.
- My Story
- ‘Seedy’ Crackers
- Taking a Plunge
- In and Around the DOC of Late V
- Embracing Minimalism
January 2018
- Diabetes Brigades
- Some Insights into Fat and Protein Bolusing
- Review: Myabetic ‘Banting’ Diabetes Wallet
- Live Beyond
- Summer Daze
- Implications of the Animas Exit for Australia
- Rationality
- Normal Person Sick
- Less Is More?
- The Third Year
December 2017
- Festive Isolation
- Travelling Prepared With Diabetes
- Christmas Trees
- A Close Second.
- Finding Independence From Continuous Glucose Data
- Type 1 Writes Diabetes Christmas Gift Guide III
- Vacation’s End
- Why We Need to Stop Asking People If Their Diabetes Is Controlled
- Farewell, #OzDOC
- Pump Break: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
November 2017
- Review: Extend Nutrition Bars
- Is Diabetes Normal?
- Pump Break II
- Diabetes Before 11am
- Pump Fatigue
- Channeling My Inner Superhero
- T1 Talk: World Diabetes Day Edition
- What Does Diabetes FEEL Like?
- A Letter to My Newly Diagnosed Self
- A Low Blow
October 2017
- Catching Up to The Real World
- Navigating My Way Through a Food Heavy Culture
- Relentlessness
- It Feels Like…
- Choice
September 2017
- Putting Patient Centred Care into Practice at #ADSADEA2017
- Throwback Thursday: Thinking About an Insulin Pump
- A Medical Alert Bracelet That I Actually Like Wearing!
- Technology Changing Diabetes Outcomes at #ADSADEA2017
- 400 (+1)
- How I Wish Mental Wellbeing Was Approached on Diagnosis
- Championing Peer Support at #ADSADEA2017
- Why I Choose Not to Share My A1C Online
- People With Diabetes Panel Discussion at Roche Educators Day
- Cellnovo Mobile Insulin Pump Launches in Australia!
August 2017
- A Humbling Experience
- En Route to RED and ADS-ADEA 2017
- Yoga For Diabetes: Q and A with Rachel Zinman
- Prioritising Emotional Wellbeing in Diabetes Care
- The Real Deal
- A Smaller World
- Diabetes Advocacy at #DX2Melbourne
- Travelling With an Insulin Pump
- There’s More to My Self Worth Than Numbers Alone
- Diabetes and Mental Health at #DX2Melbourne
- FreeStyle Libre: Questions and Answers From #DX2Melbourne
- En-Route to #DX2Melbourne!
- Incriminated
July 2017
- T1 Talk: Food, Exercise and Emotions in Check
- Feeding the d-Tech Frenzy
- The Cost of Having Diabetes For a Year
- Getting the Most Out of a Flash Monitor
- Mixing Up Finger Sticks and Flash Monitoring
- From Uni Procrastination, To a Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis
- VLOG: It’s About Time
- Type 1, Turning 18 and Finding Peer Support
- Another Indescribable Feeling
- Diabetes Disruptions
- “Type 1 Diabetes. Fasting”
- It’s The Little Things
June 2017
- Throwback Thursday: I Am Obsessed With Perfect Blood Sugar Levels
- Breathe
- Mystery of the Varying Overnight Basals
- Type 1 Event: Relationships, Partying and Life
- Review: My Dario Smartphone Glucose Meter
- Foggy
May 2017
- T1 Talk: Managing the Unmanageable
- Type 1 Tech: A Patient’s Perspective
- That Time I Almost Ran Out of Insulin
- One Year Pumping!
- In an Ideal World
- Five Things, Completely Unrelated to Diabetes
- Getting all Emotional
- The Blame Game
- The Cost of a Chronic Illness
- Travelling Prepared With Diabetes
- Seven
- Can I Tempt You With A Sugar Fix?
- That Damn Clip
April 2017
- Lest We Forget
- Giving Context to a Hba1c Result
- Review: Think Like a Pancreas By Gary Scheiner
- “How Do You Manage Sweets With Your Diabetes?”
- Easter Holiday Vibes
- Walking Through
- Diabetes Advocates Day
- At the End of the Pier
March 2017
- Hat Trick
- Bells and Whistles
- All About That Basal, ‘Bout That Basal
- Insomnia, of the Diabetes Kind
- My Own Worst Critic
- Conversation Starter
- In and Around the DOC of Late IV
- Eating Whatever I Want
- T1 Talk: Back to the Beginning
- NDSS Debacle
- How I Manage My Blood Sugar During Exercise
February 2017
- Clinic Days
- Losing It
- Hot or Hypo?
- Being a Support Person to Someone With Diabetes
- First World Problems
- The Expired Box of Lantus in My Fridge
- A Strong ‘C’
- Review: The Fast Diet By Dr Michael Mosley
January 2017
- Just Like Federer
- Starting the Conversation
- An E-Mail to My Electoral Candidate
- Sticky Stuff
- Multiple Daily Injections, a Second Time Round
- Taking a Break From My Insulin Pump
- The First Hypo of 2017
- An Ode to the Medic Alert Bracelet
- Staycation
- Cheers to Two Years!
December 2016
- The What-Ifs of the Festive Season
- Is There Room for More Voices in the DOC?
- Pump-less in December
- Type 1 Writes Diabetes Christmas Gift Guide II
- “Are You On a Diet?”
- A New Addition to Team Frank
November 2016
- Pins and Needles
- Skyrocketing Levels
- Libre-less
- Do Others See My Diabetes as a Weakness?
- Making the Leap into Private Diabetes Care
- What Type 1 Diabetes Is Really Like
- An Indescribable Feeling
- Eating Some Carbs, and Moderate Protein
- My Desk Says a Lot About My Diabetes
- Throwback Thursday: The Things I Don’t Tell You About My Diabetes
- When Diabetes Gets Sick
October 2016
- Insulin Resistance, and Bolusing for Protein
- Pressing a Button
- Working Towards a Lower hba1c
- Letter of Hope
- Post Pizza Lows
- Deeper than Diabetes
- Missed Diagnoses
- I Don’t Have the Answers
September 2016
- Food, Glorious Food
- Dawn Phenomenon, Physical Activity, Breakfast and Diabetes
- Guest Post: Surviving Insulin
- Trialling an Angled Infusion Set
- Playing the Diabetes Card
- FreeStyle Libre Cheat Sheet
- I’m in Print!
- Burnout Is In The Air
- A Basket Case
August 2016
- Wordless Wednesday: Skittle Party
- In and Around the DOC of Late II
- Highs After Exercise
- Hungover from a Day of Rollercoaster BGLs
- Does an Insulin Pump Make Me Lazy?
- First hba1c Result Post Pump
- Is the DOC Inclusive?
- Three Month Pump-aversary!
- A New Member of the d-Club
- Navigating Diabetes Through a High Carb Breakfast
- In the Line of Questioning
- FreeStyle Libre Not Working?
- To Carb, or Not to Carb?
- Did I Forget to Mention Diabetes?
July 2016
- Diabetes Christmas in July
- Pre-Bolusing, For the Win
- Mid Year Blues
- At the Top of the Bridge
- Pump Doubts
- Time to Rethink National Diabetes Week?
- Accepting My Ordinary
- Diabetes Hacks: Four Ways With Test Strips!
- Finding My Tribe
- VLOG: There’s More to Diabetes Than Complications
- A Tumultuous Night
- Macgyvering a Glucose Check
- Why Matters of Diabetes Ignorance Won’t Bother Me
- FreeStyle Libre: Second Time Round!
June 2016
- In and Around the DOC of Late
- No Clinical Need, No CGM For Me
- Six Hours
- Setting the Record Straight
- Wordless Wednesday: Testing, Testing
- Making DOC to Real Life Connections
- Goodbye, Gwen
- Minimise the Lows. Minimise the Lows
- Troubleshooting
- Relief From The Stress of Insulin Dosing
- Two Weeks of Continuous Glucose Data
May 2016
- Back to Work With an Insulin Pump!
- The Whole Patient
- Diabetes as an Election Pawn
- First Site Change
- FreeStyle Libre: First Observations!
- DX2 Sydney
- First Week on the Insulin Pump!
- Diabetes Hacks
- The Healthcare Experience
- Language Matters
- The Other Half of Diabetes
- Message Monday: Everyone’s Diabetes is Different
- Why Australians With Type 1 Have It Better
- Hey, Sydney
- Thursday Night, Diabetes Style
- Fear as a Motivator For Health?
- Six Mother’s Days Ago
- The Story of How I Was Diagnosed
- Why Blog?
- Inside the Telethon Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre
- More Reasons for the Insulin Pump
April 2016
- Guest Post: I Wish People Knew That Diabetes
- Same, Stupid Mistakes
- How Do We Lessen the Burden of Glucose Monitoring?
- A Pitch For My Kitchen Rules
- “Diabetic” is a Label. “Diabetes” Describes Me
- I Wish People Knew That Diabetes
- Sticking Up For My Diabetes at Work
- Glucose Monitoring Doesn’t Tire Me. Diabetes Does.
- “Do You Use a Lot of Test Strips?”
- Changes to the NDSS from July 1, 2016
- Daydreaming
- Saying “Yes” To An Insulin Pump
- A Long Way From “Beating” Diabetes
- World Health Day
- Not Quite a Test Strip Dispenser…
- The Other Side of the Fence
- Removed From My Diabetes
March 2016
- Exactly the Same
- Diabetes, Like a Boss
- More Transparency Around Hidden Sugar
- Rage Bolus, Baby, Bolus
- Sick Day
- An Insulin Logging Adventure
- Taking a Plunge into the Diabetes Twitterverse
- Accessing My Diabetes Healthcare in Australia
- An Excellent Example of Patient Centred Care
- Prepared for Nothing
- Why Isn’t Online Peer Support Encouraged?
- Monday Vibes
- Textbook Diabetes
- Diabetes Food Guilt
February 2016
- FreeStyle Libre to Hit the Australian Market
- The Power of Words in the DOC
- The Physical Toll of Blood Sugar Swings
- A Turning Point
- Disclosing Diabetes in the Workplace
- For The Love of Automation
- Giving Up Lent, For Lent
- Selfish Perspectives
- The Challenges of Parenting a Young Adult With Diabetes
- Stamp of Approval
- Heatwave
- The “Fill In” Endo
- Spare a Rose, Give Life to a Child With Diabetes
- Deciding to Switch to an Insulin Pump
- Diabetes Instinct
- A Good Listener
January 2016
- The Severity of My Illness
- Reviewing the Numbers
- Diabetes Online Community Down Under
- The Barriers to Insulin Pumping in Australia
- Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
- Tennis, With a Serve of Diabetes
- Defining Healthy in My Own Way
- Wake Up Call
- Diabetes Game Plan: 2016 Edition
- Defeated in the Darkness
- “How’s It Going? Are You Managing It Alright?”
- May The Force of Low Blood Sugars Be With You
- My Festive Season, In 7 Adjectives
- End of Year Exhaustion
- Happy Birthday, Type 1 Writes!
- Final Update on Site Subscriptions
December 2015
- Happy New Year!
- Merry Christmas!
- Dragging Diabetes Through The Christmas Season
- Do Diabetes Tech Companies Really Care?
- Three Hypos in One Night
- Christmas Gift Guide, With a Diabetes Twist
- Pieces of the Emotional Support Puzzle
- Type 1 Writes at the World Diabetes Congress!
- Diabetes Tech: A Cure of Sorts?
- “How Do You Prepare For a Big Event Like This?
- Revisiting Gwen
- Type One: Breaking Misconceptions With Humour
- To Pump, or Not to Pump?
November 2015
- Tomorrow, Diabetes Will Still Be Here
- Wednesday Hypo
- The Reason I Can’t Advocate For The Cure
- Guest Post – T1D Family Story
- Not Your Ordinary Bag of Shopping
- Advocating Long, And Hard, And Always
- My First World Diabetes Day, Twitter Style
- Healthy Eating on World Diabetes Day
- Perfect Since Never
- Type 1 Diabetes Looks Like Me
- My Day From The Glance of a Glucose Meter
- Dear Minister Ley…
- “Really? But You’re So Slim and Fit!”
- “You Should Be Making Your Appointments Outside of Work Hours”
- How I Became Empowered to Chat Act Change
- I Know What My Supplies Mean to Me. #Insulin4All!
- Dear Content Marketing Specialist…
October 2015
- A CGM, and a Second Option in My Diabetes Drawer
- The Case For Subsidising CGM in Australia
- Taking Words, And Actions, To Heart
- Nightly 1am Blood Glucose Checks
- School Bus Memories
- Logging My First Big Blue Test!
- The Diabetes Translation of “Good Thanks.”
- Glucose Testing Behind The Wheel
- In Conversation With a Type 1 Mum
- My Brush With Diabetes and Cold Feet
- No Responsibility From Insulin Pump Companies
- The Invisibility of Type 1 Diabetes
- Diabetes Pressures Without CGM Subsidies
- Why Are Our Obesity Campaigns So “Nanny” Like?
- The First Time That I Remember Diabetes Being There
- Night Time Blood Glucose Monitoring Mishaps
- How Can We Change Attitudes to Glucose Monitoring With Limited Subsidies?
- Dealing With Diabetes Blogging Burnout
- I Can…Still Hurt Myself at Work Like Anyone Else
September 2015
- Diabetes Horror Stories in the Media
- I Will Happily Shoulder the Burden of Diabetes
- How Much Does Mum Think About My Diabetes?
- “How Are You” Makes a World of Difference
- Finding My Voice Inside, and Outside of the #DOC
- Memories of Nurse Pina From Hospital
- Some Friday Inspiration, #DOC Style
- Just Another Human of Diabetes
- The Day Before I Was Diagnosed
- Lantus Adjustment Struggles
- The Day My Insulin Ran Out
- Embracing the Unpredictable
- Thirteen Truths About Insulin Injectors
- Surviving My First Year of Diabetes Appointments
- To Disclose, or Not to Disclose Diabetes?
- My Dad On The Day of My Diagnosis
- September Goals, Of The Diabetes Kind
- A Marathon Of The Diabetes Kind
- #DOC Burnout Day
August 2015
- My Week on Diabetes Autopilot
- Be Realistic, But Don’t Settle For Satisfactory
- A Whole New World of #DOC on TuDiabetes
- My Lousy, Flu Ridden Friday
- My #OzDOC Story
- Everything in Moderation Will NOT Cause Diabetes
- A Letter to My 17 Year Old Classmates
- What’s The Point of Telling Me About Diabetes “Epidemics?”
- I’m Skeptical of Diets That Cut Out Food Groups
- A Rare Sighting of Diabetes In The Wild
- What The #DOC Means to Me
- I Need to Accept That I’m Only Human
- If My Diabetes Went Away Tomorrow
- Building Trust With My Endocrinologist
- My Perfect Week
- To My Dear Friend Mr Hypo
- Climbing The Sydney Harbour Bridge With Diabetes
- There’s No Such Thing as “High Use”
July 2015
- Some Inspiration From The #DOC
- Thanks to Banting and Best, I Have a Chance
- My First Big Diabetes Advocacy Opportunity
- Someone Else With Diabetes Was Here!
- Throwing Away All The Rules in Sydney
- Getting My Twitch Checked
- I Don’t Feel Like I’m Doing Enough
- Blaming Diabetes For My Bad Day
- Raising Awareness and Smashing the Stigmas
- Hypo On The Harbour
- Sunny Saturday at Sydney Harbour
- Enough With The Scare Tactics and Blame Games
- I Have Type 1 Diabetes, and It’s Not My Fault
- Finding a Moment Away From Diabetes
- Since When Did Restaurants Become Dictators?
- Australian War Memorial, Canberra
- Parliament House
- Holiday Headspace, With a Side of Diabetes
- Taking Diabetes on Holiday
- Dear Crossfit
June 2015
- A Blood Test and a Hangry Morning
- Thanks, #DOC
- Headspace
- Learning To Say ‘No’
- Thanks, Gwen
- I Am NOT a Diabetes Sufferer
- Friday Feelings
- Hospital Memories
- Access to Supplies Isn’t a Question, It’s a Right
- Diabetes and Me
- A Day’s Worth Of (Healthy) Drinking
- Diabetes and Vices
- Things I Secretly Love About Diabetes
- Down Time
- Recipe: Chunky Steak Pies
- Three Stages of Dealing With Hypo Grief
- I’m So Glad I Found The Diabetes Online Community
- Welcome Back, Winter
May 2015
- My Diabetes Superpowers
- First They Bagged Fat. Then Sugar. Now Carbs
- Bolussing For My Birthday
- Where’s The Appreciation For Goodwill?
- Changing the Way I Think About My Hypos
- Diabetes Blog Week…One More Wrap
- Diabetes Blog Week…And That’s a Wrap!
- Chasing My Dreams
- My Diet (On A “Good” Day)
- More Understanding From Diabetes Professionals
- I Am Obsessed With Perfect Blood Sugar Levels
- Why I Keep Diabetes To Myself
- I Can…Better Understand My Food Choices
- Happy 5 Years (With Diabetes)
- Ryvita Crispbread
- Thank You
April 2015
- The Things I Don’t Tell You About Diabetes
- Vitamin D and Diabetes
- Falling Off The Wagon
- Four Ingredient Muesli Bars
- Should I Stop Eating Breakfast Cereals High In Sugar?
- That Sugar Film
- Taking a Break From Diabetes at Easter
March 2015
- Belvita Breakfast Biscuits
- Equal to Sugar in Sweetness, and Sweetness Addiction
- Diabetes Footwear, The ‘Casual’ Way
January 2015