Your Stories

Going to university meant having to tell a brand new set of people about my Type 1 diabetes, and that definitely made me feel nervous.

Jason has lost 17 stone and his Type 2 diabetes is in remission after a gastric bypass.

When you follow your dreams, you learn new ways to manage your diabetes, says Ann. August 1987, I lay in bed desperately thirsty wondering how long it would be before I needed to get up a

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when I was six years old, so have lived with the condition for most of my life. But however much experience you have of living with diabetes, moving away from

Kaja was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes towards the end of her first term at university, after a bout of suspected freshers' flu.  

Brian has found exercising and diabetes can go together with a little help from his insulin pump and a different approach. I've had Type 1 diabetes for just over three years now.

Laura, 24, and Zoe, 26, have been friends all their lives.

Jay, a volunteer with Type 2 Together, was motivated to make some lifestyle changes when he was diagnosed with the condition.

Tracy's catalyst for getting fitter was her mum's death from diabetes-related complications

Saad was a student at De Montfort University in Leicester.