After a serious stroke in 2006, Tiahuia Abraham forced herself to slow down and reduce stress, while staying active at the same time.
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Twelve-year-old Sophia Shearman couldn’t believe it when she won our competition to design a sensor patch.
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2 April, Hamilton 17-year-olds Jack Murray-Griffiths and Vincent Gordon set off on a month-long journey, cycling the length of the country to fundraise for Diabetes NZ.
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Radio NZ’s Head of Content Megan Whelan was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in December 2021. Over the course of this year (2022), she will be sharing a weekly column on her first year living with type 2.
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The Freestyle Libre was the best medical advice I got from my diabetes nurse, Bonnie. She pushed me to try many things to help me with the tracking of the blood sugars, so without her help and her guidance to the Freestyle Libre, I probably wouldn't be here today telling you my story.
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In writing about her twin journeys – with type 1 diabetes and kidney disease – Ana Hutchins inspires and encourages others, and releases some of the burden for herself.
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When Tainui Live broadcaster Atawhai Edwards decided to take on the Great Wall of China Marathon, nothing was going to stop her – not money, not fitness, not doubters.
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The CGM would be absolutely wonderful, so that you can go out and walk or cycle without having to check your blood sugars while on the go.
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CGM is completely free here in Norway, and I am waiting for a similar thing in New Zealand to become available before I move back home.
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I sleep better with the CGM - if I don’t have one the worry will keep me awake, not the blood sugars.
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The first thing I do when I get an invoice paid is purchase more sensors. I prioritise that cost before rent, before petrol, before groceries.
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Glucose monitors shouldn’t need to be the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. Having blood sugar results constantly, without finger pricks, would pay off hugely for the national cost of healthcare support throughout our lives and particularly in our later years.
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I'm a full-time student and I can't afford a CGM. I can't even afford to cover my tuition fees on my own or buy a house. I have lived with this illness for more than twenty years and all I want is access to technology that will lessen the burden, even just a little bit.
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This means that I have had diabetes for at least 27 years and over that time would have used 39,312 Caresens test strips – not allowing for the occasions when the tests had to be aborted and / or reconfirmed because I did not believe the result.
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With the CGM, I am able to have freedom in the activities I do, and the foods that I eat. I am able to sleep through the night and only wake up to my crying baby instead of having to wake up to prick my finger at 3am.
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Not being able to afford this meter is very frustrating and I strongly believe it’s very important that the CGMs are fully funded for ALL of our population that have Type 1 and 2 diabetes.
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Diabetes was not going to stop our girl from rowing, so learning how to control diabetes but then adding into it the highly intensive exercise that you need to do as a rower was tough. Three out of four girls in her quad have Type 1.
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There are parents putting their kids to bed, not knowing if they will be alive the next day or getting up several times a night to test them to be sure and that is exhausting whilst trying to hold down a job.
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Moving to a FGM at my own cost 8 years ago (which is not cheap) has given me significant control of my life and my diabetes again. It has also helped reduce kidney and eye damage with the better control!
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