Jacq Allan and diabetics with eating disorders

Jacq Allan and diabetics with eating disorders

Met up last week with Jacq Allan, Founder and Managing Director of  Diabetics with Eating Disorders (DWED). It was hot. A Phd student, researcher, teacher and musician, Jacqs is a busy woman.  A clever one too. Life isn’t just about diabetes. It’s about...
First time cannula insertion: rookie mistakes

First time cannula insertion: rookie mistakes

Four years ago when we got home from the hospital after type 1 diagnosis we had forgotten most of what we’d been taught. Thrown into the fire, we slowly figured out some things. But the first time I had to insert the cannula I forgot to take off the plastic cover on...