Megan Whelan

I'm walking down the street when it happens, a cold autumn day in Wellington, deserted because it's the beginning of the Omicron Covid outbreak. I get a notification to my phone: "you have a new health record". It's my first post-diagnosis HcA1c. The blood test measures how much glucose has been in a person's blood for the past three months. It's the standard test by which type 2 is diagnosed and monitored. I've had two so far, and this is the first one I've had since - in my post pasta life.

I started writing this column because I had questions about diabetes and, well, me. As a person who has spent much of my life (and almost all of my career) on the internet, I turned online for answers, but to be honest, there were more answers than I had questions. Raw onion could supposedly lower my blood sugar, so could turmeric. I should do lots of cardio, but also strength training.