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I’m not saying year 12 ball prep is stressful  normally , but add an insulin pump, a CGM, and a dress that costs more than my car and suddenly I was spiralling.  Like… how do you do “formal elegance” when you’re also basically a cyborg?  Three weeks before the ball, I was standing in a change room staring at myself in  the dress . It was perfect. Snatched waist, smooth fabric, no pockets (rude), and definitely not designed with “please accommodate medical device tubing” in mind. I clipped my...

I’ve lived with type 1 for almost nine years now, and in that time I’ve tried all sorts of tech: heaps of meters, two pumps, and a bunch of different CGMs. Normally, I’m all-in on diabetes gadgets. But a while ago, things got too much and I decided to take a break from  all  of it.  The huge life changes during COVID really messed with my head. Every news update said something terrifying about people with medical conditions, and I was constantly reacting to CGM alerts, pump alarms, and...

We just wrapped up Teen Camp for this year, and honestly, it was one for the books. If you’ve ever felt like you’re the only one dealing with type 1, camp flips that on its head – fast. It’s a few days with people who live the same highs, lows, spikes, fails, and wins you do. No explanations. No judgment. Just a whole crew who get it.  Straight into it   Once everyone dropped their bags in their dorms, it was game on. The camp leaders threw the whole group into team challenges straight away,...