Hello

I am Bec and here is what you should know about me:

I am a registered nurse.
I am a credentialed diabetes educator.
I have a counselling degree.
I started studying midwifery but decided it wasn’t for me.
I have been married for 12 years.
I have three children aged 10, 8, and 5.
I have experienced and overcome mental health problems.
I bake cakes and sew for fun.

And I’ve done all this while living with type 1 diabetes.
I’m living proof that life can be full, joyful, and deeply meaningful—with diabetes as your passenger, not your driver.

My Story

Orange Peels & Giant Spiders
1992. Age 2½. Diagnosis.
My parents practised injections on oranges before they ever touched my tiny arms. Long 12mm needles on the unforgiving syringes —and the stakes were impossibly high. Two insulins, drawn with precision. One mistake? Start again.

Then came the hypos.
Hallucinations. Hitting my loved ones to beat the Giant Spiders.
Diabetes didn’t just shape my childhood—it haunted it.

But here’s the thing: I survived. And I learned. And I grew into someone who could turn all that chaos into clarity.

Today, I use those memories not as scars—but as fuel. Fuel to help others feel safe, capable, and seen.
Because even the hardest beginnings can lead to the most meaningful work

It's Not Textbook but that doesn't make it “Non-Compliance”

Type 1 diabetes isn’t neat. It doesn’t follow rules.
It doesn’t care how well you’ve planned, how closely you’ve counted, or how hard you’ve tried.
And yet, when our lived experience doesn’t match the textbook, we’re often labelled “non-compliant.”
I’m fed up with that.

So, I built SEE Diabetes to offer something different:
Support that’s personal.
Education that’s practical.
Empowerment that’s real.

Why I Became a CDE

I didn’t become a Credentialled Diabetes Educator to recite textbook advice.
I became one because I’ve lived it.

I know what it’s like, day in and day out. The mental and physical load you carry.
To feel like you’re failing when you’re doing everything right.

Most of my clients know I have diabetes—and they trust me because I won’t suggest anything I haven’t tried myself.

Note: Don't ask me if I pre-bolus for meals or how I avoid overtreating hypos because I am not good at this!

This isn’t just clinical. It’s personal.
And that’s what makes it powerful.