by DIRECT India | Sep 20, 2022 | Friends Forever
FRIENDS FOREVER MEET – SEPTEMBER 2022 On 10th of September 2022- we conducted our monthly meeting of ‘Friend’s Forever’. This time we had a very special guests, Dr. Martha Koch- Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious journal the Lancet Diabetes and...
by DIRECT India | Sep 9, 2022 | Friends Forever
FRIENDS FOREVER TYPE 1 DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP MEET JULY 2022 A meeting of the Friends Forever Type 1 diabetes support group was held on 30th July 2022 at 4.30 pm in our hospital auditorium All children with poor glycemic control (despite of giving standard treatment)...
by DIRECT India | Apr 20, 2022 | Friends Forever
A day with the warriors of Type 1 Diabetes A small Q& A session was conducted on 18th April 2022, between Mr.Lakshminarayana Varimadugu and Mr. Prashanth Mani with our Type 1 children both virtually and Physically, it was a session in order to understand the...
by DIRECT India | Apr 15, 2022 | Type 1 Success Story
Siblings Rahul and Meena were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes more than a decade ago. Rahul was 13 years old and Meena was 9 years old when they had to face the biggest challenge of their life. They had to go through the rollercoaster of highs and lows in their blood...
by DIRECT India | Apr 13, 2022 | Type 1 Success Story
Master Shasvanth M.A was diagnosed with diabetes at the tender age of 2 years. A young baby getting diabetes was a nightmare for the entire family, as no one in the family had diabetes at all. As a growing child, reaching his milestones, proper growth and nourishment...
by DIRECT India | Apr 6, 2022 | Friends Forever
On 18.3.2022, a workshop on carbohydrate counting has been done virtually by Ms. Jaishree SS – dietitian Manager & Certified Type 1 Diabetes Educator and Ms. Aiswarya R- Dietitian & Certified Type 1 Diabetes Educator. The session had an elaborate session on...
by DIRECT India | Feb 26, 2022 | Friends Forever
Peer Group Meet February 2022 The rights of Insulin: Are we all doing it right? A session on insulin was taken on 18.2.2022 in order to throw limelight on the Insulin techniques and the correct methods of administering it. We had Dr. Uthra, Senior Consultant...
by DIRECT India | Dec 6, 2021 | Friends Forever
On 22.11.2021 , we conducted a session for children with high Hba1c to bring more confidence and for better management . In the session, we emphasized on the importance of blood glucose monitoring, physical activity, insulin dose adjustment, diet and most importantly...
by DIRECT India | Nov 12, 2020 | Friends Forever
Stage performances by children with type 1 diabetes Every year as part of World Diabetes Day awareness program, children with type 1 diabetes from the Friends Forever – support group perform on stage. This is done in order to reiterate that Type 1 diabetes is...
by DIRECT India | Nov 12, 2020 | Friends Forever
Drawing Competition for children with type 1 diabetes and Interaction with Parents Another display of talent exhibited by means of a painting competition of different age groups to showcase their...