australia

Hi! I am looking into going to Australia on a working holiday visa and am trying to find some answers about prescriptions for type 1 diabetes car. I am 26, was diagnosed with T1D last year and have been getting along alright but cannot find any information on whether CGM of flash GM's are...

Hi Everyone, Really looking for some advice from anyone who has been through the experience of moving to Australia with type 1 diabetes? I'm being offered a sponsorship visa and want to put my partner on who is a type 1 diabetic. Just wondered if anyone has had any experience with being...

Hi. I´ll try and keep this short (I´m currently on my winter holiday in Spain, as planned, so I need to get outside soon for some 18c sun) and also I don´t want all the waffle to get away from the main point. In short I am British and have been thinking about moving to Australia in the future...

Hi all! I’ve been trying my best to find diabetic forums that are Australia based, but this appears to be the only one! So I’d like to introduce myself.. I’ve been a T1 diabetic as of a young age, now going on 17 years with diabetes! I was diagnosed several months after I was severely ill. I...

Hi All, I’ll be moving to Melbourne in a bit from the UK, on a 1 year working holiday visa, so I believe I should be eligible for the Medicare coverage, but am not entirely sure what that includes and excludes. I have had type 1 diabetes for 17 years as well as epilepsy, am on an insulin pump...

So I just rang around the usual places to ask about CAC score scans (Coronary Artery Calcium score). Two places in my state so far, with the local one charging $330 and the one at the other end of the state starts at $330 and goes up to $650 if they actually find any calcium, depending on how...

Hi All, I'd love to know if anyone in the UK is able to get Accuchek Multiclix lancets on the NHS? I have just moved home after living in Australia where I was using Multiclix, and I really like them as you only have to change the drum when it runs out rather than the lancet every time. The GP...

hi. i am new here on diabetes uk. i'm glad i found this forum. i am a uk resident but based in australia at the moment. was diagnosed by australian hospital 2wks ago to have gestational diabetes. not happy about it. will post more about it in a little bit.