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Type 1 has been on Triple J, at Parliament House, and is even heading for Antarctica! News of all that in this issue of Yada.
Plus brand new services for young adults (yay!), an exciting new online course to deal with hypo unawareness (get involved!) and events from Ballarat to Perth. Read all about it here...
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GIVE or GET A REALITY CHECK THIS CHRISTMAS |
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We are delighted to launch a small online store with some Reality Checks you can buy to keep a smile on your D1 dial!To begin, just in time for Christmas, we launch one of our all time favourite Laughs (thanks, Aidan!).My Glucometer after
Christmas Lunch .....
PRINTED ONTO A COFFEE CUP!
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EDUCATING THE ENDOS at Parliament House
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Our very own Kate Gilbert was invited to speak on living with Type 1 Diabetes at the Paediatric Endocrinology conference held at Parliament House in Canberra last week.
In 15 minutes she managed to make people laugh and cry, give them an understanding of what it's really like to live with this thing every day and advocate for implementation of solutions from the Type 1 Issues Statement - no mean feat!
"that is BRILLIANT. It made me laugh, it made me cry (never a bad thing in my opinion) and it was engaging and insightful. Well done Kate - you are a gem of this community"
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| 1,000 Years of Type 1 Diabetes |
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Where else would you go to talk everything type 1?
The Reality Check online community had no trouble clocking up a combined experience of 1,000 years of type 1 diabetes.
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| Help Australianise a successful ONLINE T1D COURSE |
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Leading researchers need your help to adapt from American to Australian a course for people with Type 1 Diabetes that improves the ability to detect and diminish both hypos and hypers.
It is especially popular and relevant to people with hypo unawareness or fear of hypos.
You need to be:
- over 18
- Type 1
- able to spend 15-60 minutes each week for 8 weeks doing the course, plus speak to the researchers each week
The course, called BGAT "is an interactive system, in which users enter personal data, such as their insulin regimen or the results from their blood glucose awareness diary. Using this information, the system provides personalized feedback, such as an insulin action curve or identification of optimally discriminating symptoms of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia."
Even if you can't help with the trial, an exciting one to watch.
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| Are you Above Average? |
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 Novo has produced a map of average HBA1cs for all people with diabetes throughout Australia. State averages range from 7.2% (NSW) to 8.1% (NT).
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| Continuous Monitors During Pregnancy |
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A small study published in the BMJ showed that continuous glucose monitoring devices for women with type 1 and 2 diabetes during pregnancy led to lots of important benefits: improved glyceamic control during the third trimester, lower birth weight and lower risk of macrosomia (too big babies).
Let's hope that CGM becomes standard practice in D pregnancy clinics, make sure you ask about CGM if you're currently pregnant or planning to become so. |
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DIABETES FITS CAMP in Perth next April |
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 Early notice is just out about this camp in WA for people to learn about sport, exercise and TYPE 1 diabetes.
The camp aims to promote safe
physical activity for individuals with type 1 (insulin-dependent)
diabetes through education and hands-on learning. The camp is geared for people of all levels of fitness.
When? April 4th
& 5th,
2009.
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QUICK SHOTS
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Our online forums are always full of lively discussion, and invaluable sharing of ideas and experiences.
Topics running hot at the moment include:
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DO YOU COMPUTE YOUR INSULIN DOSES?
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 One of our new members is looking for other people who use computer programs, like spreadsheets that you have developed, to calculate insulin doses.
More specifically if using a pump anyone who uses computer analysis of blood
glucose levels to calculate hourly basal rates, carb ratios, insulin
sensitivity rates.
Peter Yates has not been able to find anyone who does, since his daughter was diagnosed earlier this year and he has begun to experiment with this stuff. If you have been doing this too, please contact Peter on pyates@bigpond.net.au.
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TRIPLE J DOES TYPE 1 D
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Triple J's Hack featured a great story about what it's like to live with Type 1 this week.
Covering all sorts of issues from eating disorders to counting carbs and public injecting, to our very own Mel giving an interview.
It's up online to download for the next few days only!
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PRO SURFBOARDER: "I like what diabetes did for me"
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Pro surfboarder Sean Busby is heading for Antarctica to raise awareness of Type 1.
His thoughts on his recent diagnosis are very positive: "It's given me a different direction in my life," said Busby, who
will graduate in December with a degree in health promotion and
education.
And his story includes a life-threatening misdiagnosis of type 2 diabetes when he was a professional athlete in his early 20s, pretty amazing.
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NEW SERVICES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IN MELBOURNE |
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Two big Melbourne hospitals have recently launched new young adults clinics especially designed for people with Type 1 diabetes.
Austin Health YADS Clinic
4th Wednesday of each month, 4pm-6.30pm
Repat campus, Heidelberg (north east Melbourne)
For 15 - 25 year-olds
Includes paediatric and adult endos, diabetes educator, dietitian
More info: 03 9496 2444 or email yads@austin.org.au
TODAY Clinic (Type One Diabetes and Young)
1st Wednesday of each month:
5.30 - 8.30 pm
Box Hill Hospital (eastern suburbs Melbourne)
Includes Endos, Diabetes Educator, Dietitian, Psychologist
More info: Contact Diabetes Education Phone 03 9895 3333
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PUMP INFO NIGHT in BALLARAT
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The Ballarat Type 1 Diabetes Social Group is putting on an Insulin Pump Information Night.
Guest speakers include the famous Cheryl Steele, Manager of Diabetes Education Services at Western Hospital, Melbourne.
Monday 8th
December 2008 from 5.15pm
Christmas
Dinner will follow at 7.30pm (at own cost) at Oscars.
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| We hope you enjoyed this issue of Yada. Don't forget to tell us what you think, or send us your news for the next issue.
All the best,
Kate & Mel
The Type 1 Diabetes Network Inc. |
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