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Capital Diabetes Collective 📍 Canberra
🩺 Compassionate & Custom Diabetes Support
🙌🏻 Care for all ages

We talk a lot about managing diabetes, but what about the importance of connection & community?Finding people who unders...
13/10/2026

We talk a lot about managing diabetes, but what about the importance of connection & community?

Finding people who understand what it’s like to live with diabetes, or parent a child with diabetes, can be so valuable. It’s a chance to share experiences, learn from each other and feel understood. When so much of diabetes is those mind miles, having people who “just get it” means a lot.

For your child- being able to see others wearing the same pump or sensor can be that small thing to know there are others out there like them 🫶🏻

You don’t always have to join an in person group or attend events. Sometimes, it starts with one conversation or connecting with one person who understands.

Have you found your diabetes people? Where did you find community? 💛

In a recent clinic I didn’t even look at the glucose data of half the people I saw. This might seem crazy to some, but t...
05/10/2026

In a recent clinic I didn’t even look at the glucose data of half the people I saw. This might seem crazy to some, but there are things that matter more in that moment.

How are you feeling about diabetes? How are you feeling about food? Are you burnt out? Are you avoiding things because you’re worried about BGLs? How much of your day is spent thinking about diabetes?

For all of us, it’s easy to get caught up in the numbers. HbA1c, time in range, highs, lows, patterns- but there is a whole person and family sitting behind that data.

And sometimes what someone needs from their diabetes appointment isn’t another adjustment to their insulin. Sometimes they just need to talk about how exhausting diabetes is and what we can do to reduce that.

The numbers matter. But they are never the whole story.

✈️ Have an upcoming trip but Diabetes making you nervous? Travelling is such a fun part of life and doing it with Diab...
24/08/2026

✈️ Have an upcoming trip but Diabetes making you nervous?

Travelling is such a fun part of life and doing it with Diabetes is possible! Swipe for our top tips when travelling, so that the focus can be on having fun- not worries about Diabetes 🌏

10/07/2026

‼️ Using Dexcom G6 in Australia? Have you heard the news announced today? Feeling worried about what it means for you?
📧 Get in touch and I can help you transition smoothly to your next sensor

27/06/2026

🍕Pizza, Pasta and Take Away- the three things so many living with T1 avoid because it is SO hard to manage.

Finding no matter what you do- those delayed highs continue? Watch to learn why, there are so many factors but confidence with insulin is a key to making these foods more enjoyable 🔑

‼️ Realised you don’t know what to do if your, or your child’s, pump failed? No matter if brand new to an pump, or years...
21/06/2026

‼️ Realised you don’t know what to do if your, or your child’s, pump failed?

No matter if brand new to an pump, or years in, having a pump fail plan is so important. Are you prepped with a plan?

Save this post to refer back to for that 2am pump fail 😅

Sometimes the hardest part of an appointment is getting there.Telehealth removes barriers like travel, parking, time off...
15/06/2026

Sometimes the hardest part of an appointment is getting there.

Telehealth removes barriers like travel, parking, time off work, and juggling family commitments, making it easier to access the specialised diabetes support you or your child needs.

We can review your data, answer questions, problem-solve, and create practical strategies to tackle it all. Best of all, it’s in the location you feel comfortable- home.

Send Capital Diabetes Collective a message if you want to learn more about accessing specialised diabetes care from anywhere in Australia 💙

I haven’t eaten anything… so why is my blood glucose high? It’s a question I get asked often in appointmentsWhile food c...
08/06/2026

I haven’t eaten anything… so why is my blood glucose high? It’s a question I get asked often in appointments

While food can certainly have an impact on glucose levels, it’s only one aspect! Stress, illness, hormones, sleep, dawn phenomenon, and insulin delivery can all contribute.

If your numbers aren’t making sense, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve done something wrong. Sometimes it’s “diabetes being diabetes” but a lot of the time- looking at the bigger picture can often reveal what’s really going on. Send us a DM if you need help looking at that bigger picture 💙

29/05/2026

If you have used your phone or turned on the news this week you have probably heard the amazing news that Teplizumab (brand name Tzield) has been approved in Australia 🎉

Wondering what this means for you and your family? Let me know if you have any questions after watching my video answering the most common messages I have gotten. Such exciting news in the Australian T1 space, with huge work from and SO many others 💙

22/05/2026

On the blood glucose roller coaster 🎢 and can’t get off?
It may be your hypo treatment 👀

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