Night shift at diabetes camp
Imagine. You’re a volunteer on a night shift at a diabetes camp, on a shift with a nurse, and an alarm goes off. There is a corridor full...
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Alyssa Faulkner
Jun 112 min
Blog for Dexcom
I wrote a blog for Dexcom, who makes the CGM that I wear. The blog discusses my use of the Dexcom G6 and how I find it. Here is a small...
Alyssa Faulkner
May 85 min
Tino: My Journey as a Diabetes Advocate in Zimbabwe
I first worked with Tino (aka The Diabetic Mogul) when we were both volunteer organisers for the T1D Festival in London with 'League of...
Alyssa Faulkner
May 67 min
Katie Lamb: Art as Advocacy
Today we have another guest blogger, Katie Lamb. Katie is an amazing artist, who focused her art on diabetes and using her art as a...
Alyssa Faulkner
May 52 min
Insulin Consensus: An Urgent Call to Action
Currently in the world there are some abhorrent things happening, and it is easy to feel helpless and unsure how you can help. An example...
Alyssa Faulkner
May 29 min
Food for thought: What is a Paediatric Diabetes Dietician with Kirsty MacLean
Hi! My name is Kirsty MacLean and I am a Children’s Diabetes Dietitian. I have worked as a diabetes dietitian for 12 years; working with...
Alyssa Faulkner
May 12 min
Type 1 Diabetes and the Environmental Impact
When you google diabetes and the environmental, the first search results that comes up are regarding how climate change impacts on the...
Alyssa Faulkner
Apr 192 min
The importance of including lived experience voices in research, from #dedoc° voice Cameron Keighron
In March 2024, I attended the ATTD (Advance Technologies and Treatments in Diabetes), which was held in Florence, Italy. I attended via a...
Alyssa Faulkner
Mar 234 min
Being a Sibling of a Type 1
Below is a blog by my fabulous sister, Iona. Iona is 3 years younger than me, and has been with me throughout a lot of my type 1 diabetes...
Alyssa Faulkner
Mar 202 min
Advice for Companies who Want to Work with People with Lived Experience
Last week, I was luckily enough to attend ATTD (Advance Technologies and Treatments in Diabetes) 2024, which was held in Florence, Italy,...
Alyssa Faulkner
Mar 44 min
Rossi: My Diabetes Advocacy and Healthcare in Bulgaria
Rossi and I met when we were both volunteering and speaking at the T1D Festival event in London, which was run by the League of Diabetes....
Alyssa Faulkner
Jan 284 min
ZOE Continuous Glucose Monitor: Helpful or Harmful?
ZOE is the latest nutrition technology sweeping the nation. My question is: Is ZOE more helpful than it is harmful? What is ZOE? Zoe...
Alyssa Faulkner
Jan 196 min
Rochelle Featherstone: Creating Type 1 Content on TikTok
Below is a blog by the amazing Rochelle. Rochelle has a big social media following, specifically on TikTok, where she currently has 15.2k...
Alyssa Faulkner
Jan 102 min
Diabetes and Homelessness: A Plethora of Additional Challenges
In this guest article, Rebecca Barlow-Noone discusses the intersectionality between diabetes and poverty/homelessness, and how the...
Alyssa Faulkner
Jan 46 min
Shelley Golspie: My Diabetes Journey
Today's guest blog is written by Shelley, who is sharing her personal journey with Type 1 Diabetes. I first met Shelley when we...
Alyssa Faulkner
Dec 11, 20234 min
Medtronic Smart MDI System - The Next Step in Diabetes Technology
This year I was lucky enough to attend ISPAD 2023 (International Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Diabetes) in Rotterdam as a patient...
Alyssa Faulkner
Dec 7, 20233 min
Embracing Life with LADA: My Journey from Misdiagnosis to Advocacy - Lin May
Hello and welcome to 'Pumptastic Scot'. We have another guest blogger today, Lin May, who is an author and diabetes advocate, dedicated...
Alyssa Faulkner
Dec 7, 20233 min
‘Diabetes Tech Can’t Wait’ Campaign - Scotland
‘Everyone living with diabetes must have fair and equal access to the diabetes tech they’re eligible for’ In Scotland, in 2022, new...
Alyssa Faulkner
Dec 7, 20234 min
Michelle - Competing in Strong Woman whilst living with Type 1 Diabetes
Hello and welcome to 'Pumptastic Scot'! We have a guest blogger today, Michelle, who discusses her journey of training and competing in...
Alyssa Faulkner
Dec 6, 20233 min
Aisling Pigott – Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating Research
Earlier this year, I saw a poster for research being completed on type 1 diabetes and disordered eating, and quickly signed up to take...
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