Diabetes Week, 12th-18th June
This year’s Diabetes Week focuses on not letting diabetes define you, and celebrating everything that makes you, you! There are thousands of people across the UK suffering with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and it can be very difficult to live with. Constant checking of insulin levels or carb content in meals can be wearing, which is why this year focuses not on diabetes but the person you are. To find out more, you can have a look at the website below:
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/diabetes-week
Many people across the UK think that there are only two types of diabetes, but you’d be wrong. There are many more types of diabetes, such as gestational diabetes, neonatal diabetes, type 3c diabetes, steroid-induced diabetes and more. Many of these types of diabetes are not caused due to diet or lifestyle; they can be caused by many different things, such as damage to the pancreas or during pregnancy. To find out more about the different types of diabetes, please see the Diabetes UK website: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/diabetes-the-basics/types-of-diabetes
Living with diabetes can be hard, so it’s important to find ways to manage it so it doesn’t affect you quite as much. You can find advice on foods, on driving or feeling burnt-out, on complications that can be caused by diabetes, and advice to help with your emotional wellbeing. To find out more about how to manage your life with diabetes, and to get extra support, you can visit the Diabetes UK website: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes