Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Around 1,000 Victorian children, teenagers, and their families who live with diabetes will descend on Melbourne Zoo today for a walk on the wild side, leaving their diabetes worries at home.
This year at the Diabetes Australia – Vic annual Members’ Family Fun Day, the focus is on children and teenagers living with diabetes. Adolescence can be a really difficult time, and the daily challenges of living with diabetes can make it even tougher.
Members will be able to choose from a range of activities, with the chance to meet other families who are also living with diabetes.
There are over 28,350 Victorians with type 1 diabetes and nearly 3400 are under 20 years old. Type 1 diabetes is growing by 3 per cent every year. A recent report by Diabetes Australia shows that only 12 per cent of Australians living with type 1 diabetes currently have access to insulin pump therapy (an alternative to multiple daily injections) due to the cost, access difficulties and limited availability.
http://www.3wnews.org/article/news/diabetes-takes-walk-wild-side_599
Hehe! Always have to do a double take when I see people described as 'Victorians'! 🙂
This year at the Diabetes Australia – Vic annual Members’ Family Fun Day, the focus is on children and teenagers living with diabetes. Adolescence can be a really difficult time, and the daily challenges of living with diabetes can make it even tougher.
Members will be able to choose from a range of activities, with the chance to meet other families who are also living with diabetes.
There are over 28,350 Victorians with type 1 diabetes and nearly 3400 are under 20 years old. Type 1 diabetes is growing by 3 per cent every year. A recent report by Diabetes Australia shows that only 12 per cent of Australians living with type 1 diabetes currently have access to insulin pump therapy (an alternative to multiple daily injections) due to the cost, access difficulties and limited availability.
http://www.3wnews.org/article/news/diabetes-takes-walk-wild-side_599
Hehe! Always have to do a double take when I see people described as 'Victorians'! 🙂
