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Greetings!
I'm Simone, a Type 1-er for over 18 years now, and I have joined the team to help with all things 'Yada'!
In this month's edition, we look at a new exercising with diabetes website, emotional hypos and update you on the Type 1 Diabetes Insulin Pump Program.
We also want to let you know that our brand new website for the Type 1 Diabetes Network is just days from being ready, after almost two years of hard work by our amazing volunteers! Watch your email for a big announcement any day now!
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New website: How to exercise with Type 1
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How to exercise with diabetes  | Do you get that sinking feeling whenever your doc or educator asks you about exercise? Yeah, me too! However, help could be on the way - specifically for how to balance Type 1 and exercise! Yay!
Whether you're a newbie to exercise, an athlete wanting to improve your performance, or just wanting to drop those kilos, this is one new website you absolutely must check out.
Filled with lots of practical tips and tools, this Australian-based site aims to help people with Type 1 diabetes understand and enjoy exercise. Plus, it's been developed by someone who has Type 1 themselves!
The site's creator, Allan Bolton (aka 'Coach'), has had Type 1 diabetes for over 30 years and has some majorly impressive credentials behind him. Allan has also competed in over 100 alpine, water and road-based endurance events around the world, making him one awesome coach who certainly knows what he's talking about.
The site's tools do have a yearly subscription cost, but you can 'try before you buy' with a FREE membership sampler.
Make sure you check it out at www.ext1d.com.au
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Brisbane Type 1 Seminar: HYPOS - Causes & Solutions |
| Last year's Diabetes Burnout seminar in Brisbane was attended by 70 people  |
Following three well-attended events last year, we are delighted to announce that our seminar series is returning - with the first seminar for 2010 coming up in a few weeks!
Find out how low is too low, whether pets can really detect hypos, what's happening in your brain, and much, much more!
Professor
Frank Bowling, Director of Biochemical Diseases for Mater Health
Services (and a Type 1 himself for over 50 years!), will discuss
hypoglycaemia and its causes and solutions. Frank will reflect on his own
experiences and invite attendees to do the same.
WHAT: Hypoglycaemia - Causes and Solutions
WHEN: Saturday 26 June 2010, 2-4pm
WHERE: Des O'Callaghan Auditorium, Mater Health Services, Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane
COST: Free. Catering will be provided.
RSVP: brisbane@d1.org.au by Monday 21 June 2010 For more info and a venue map, click here. |
Rising sports star - watch Jack run!
| | Jack Edwards certainly seems to be taking the challenging combination of exercise and Type 1 diabetes all in his stride.
Jack has recently been nominated for the 2010 Junior Sports Star Award, and at 15 years old, can run the 110m hurdles in 13.18 seconds, only 0.09 seconds outside the NSW state record.
During competitions, Jack tests his BSLs up to four times an hour, and even has to get approval from the anti-doping authority to use insulin!
Read the full story here. |
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Can you and your family help prevent T1D?
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Relatives of someone with Type 1 diabetes have an increased risk of the disease, which can be assessed by a simple blood test.
If relatives are at high risk they have the opportunity to participate in a prevention trial of a nasal insulin vaccine.
Relatives are vitally important in research to prevent and eventually cure Type 1 diabetes.
Encourage relatives to think of themselves and future generations by having the blood test for free.
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Exploring the dark depths of the emotional hypo
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Emotional hypos | Many people tell us they have been there - down to that deep, dark place filled with anger, misery and confusion - down to the emotional hypo.
Have you ever morphed into your evil twin and end up shouting at your beloved, sobbing uncontrollably or trying to throw punches at your best mate? Or, perhaps you've been on the receiving end of a belwildering, low blood-sugar tyraid?
Emotional hypos can be a perplexing, embarrassing and sometimes a regular phenomenon for those of us living with the big D.
Join in the discussion about emotional hypos at Reality Check's online forum. |
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Diabetes myths | Arrrrrrgh!
This widespread myth must be one of the most annoying sentences ever uttered by well-meaning members of the public.
As I try to fight the urge to shove a whole pack of sugar-coated jubes in my mouth, just out of spite, I search for the correct response. Do I bother trying to educate the ignorant populous through gritted teeth, launching into a complicated explanation which makes the offending person's eyes glaze over? Or do I see how far I can reel them in with stories of great childhood sugar orgies and rotting teeth?
Type 1 diabetes can be a complicated topic, and sometimes even those of us who deal with it everyday can fall victim to much-repeated though totally unreliable statements.
We were really interested to see that Diabetes UK is raising awareness of some of the widespread myths about diabetes with a series of cute posters, including the one pictured above.
What myths have you come across?
How do you respond?
Let us know on our Reality Check forum. |
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Subsidies for kid's insulin pumps NOT to be extended to adults
| | In a letter to one of our Reality Checkers, the Department of Health and Ageing has confirmed that the Australian Government is NOT currently considering extending the Type 1 Diabetes Insulin Pump Program to adults.
The Program currently subsidises insulin pumps for children under the age of 18, and is administered by JDRF on behalf of the Government.
The Department says that they face many competeing priorities when considering funding requests. The letter states:
"While insulin pumps are a significant benefit for many patients, they may not be optimal therapy for all persons with Type 1 diabetes. Insulin pump therapy, however, is regarded as an optimal treatment for young pople with Type 1 diabetes, particularly when the diabetes is difficult to manage. For this reason, the insulin pump subsidy has been targeted at this group."
For more information on the Type 1 Diabetes Insulin Pump Program, click here.
Or chat with parents whose kids have been able to access the program on Munted Pancreas, our discussion forum for parents of children with Type 1.
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Want to catch up with some other Type 1-ers?
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These informal meets are the perfect way to meet others in your area who have Type 1. Organised by everyday people, these unofficial get-togethers are fun, relaxed and totally awesome, as you get to talk to people who really do understand!
Melbourne
When: Friday 2 July
Where: Automatic Cafe, Crown Casino
Time: 7pm
Details: Table booked under Kat
Adelaide
When: Saturday 10 July
Where: Cafe Fibonacci OR Simpson Kiosk, Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Time: 2pm
Details: For coffee or late lunch
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Quick shots
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Hot topics on Reality Check online discussion this week:
On Munted Pancreas, Parents of Kids with D are discussing:
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Hope you enjoyed our first edition together as much as I did!
We'd love to hear from you, so please email us! Maybe you have a new story idea, or perhaps you'd like us to follow-up on a previous article? Any feedback is most welcome, so just hit reply to this email and tell us what you think.
Simone & Kate
The Type 1 Diabetes Network Inc.
P.S. If you would like to help us to continue providing support, information and a voice for the Type 1 community, we are a registered charity and all donations over $2 are tax deductible. Click here to donate online.
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