Living with diabetes

Monitoring, recording and understanding your blood glucose levels (BGLs) is important for both you and your health care team. Why is it important to monitor your BGLs? Performing finger prick checks gives you an immediate ...

Over time, ongoing high BGLs can damage our body’s organs.    Damage to the big blood vessels (macrovascular) can lead to heart attack and stroke. Damage to the small blood vessels (microvascular) can cause eye, kidney, feet and nerve ...

Your diabetes health care team is made up of a number of health professionals who you can turn to for advice, support, tests and medical treatment. While you are in charge of the day-to-day management ...