High blood sugar, also called hyperglycemia, can happen when the body does not have enough insulin or cannot use the body’s insulin.
type 1 diabetes
Depression and Type 1 diabetes: case studies
Here are two case studies to further understand how depression and diabetes can be intertwined and can affect teens.
Renira: let’s keep driving
Canadians with type 1 and 2 diabetes write back to their younger selves, to share personal insights and reflect on their experience of living with diabetes and starting on insulin therapy. In this post, Renira reflects on living with diabetes.
Kaleb Dahlgren: A positive attitude will fuel your dreams
Tell Kaleb Dahlgren he can’t do something and it’ll inspire him to find a way to do it even better.
Ashley: You got this!
Canadians with type 2 diabetes write back to their younger selves, to share personal insights and reflect on their experience of living with diabetes and starting on insulin therapy. In this post, Ashley reflects on living with diabetes.
Menopause and diabetes
Did you know that a woman spends 30% of her life in menopause and that a third to a half of all women alive today in Canada are in menopause or peri-menopause?