Savefor later Page saved! You can go back to this later in your Diabetes and Me Close

Your Stories

Putting my type 2 diabetes into remission by learning how to make changes to my diet.

Read Mohammed's story

Browse stories by theme

Food and healthy eating

Fundraising

Journey with diabetes

Featured stories

Bethany's story: A misdiagnosis and living with stigma

Read this story

amelia wearing her together type 1 jumper

Amelia's story: Raising awareness of the impact of stigma

Read this story

Browse 697 stories

Found 697 stories to inspire you

I am now healthy and have adapted to a new lifestyle

After going on a course about managing her diabetes, Rebecca is humbled to have met so many extraordinary people living the condition.I am a long-term diabetic and have had Type one diabet

I am the director of my diabetes after agony of misdiagnosis

Niki is a brave and inspiring 35-year-old from Oxford misdiagnosed with Type 2 diagnosis in May 2001 aged just 20.

"I believe that living with diabetes has shaped me into the person I am today, for the better.”

18-year-old student, Linzi, recently walked along the edge of the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada for Diabetes UK.

My mum is my number one best friend

I am a 21 year old girl who was only diagnosed five months ago with Type 1 diabetes.

Girl with Type 1 raises thousands for diabetes

An inspirational eleven year old girl from Bristol has embarked on a coast-to-coast cycle ride to fundraise for Diabetes UK. 28 July 2016

Hollie's story

Hollie was 13 when she went on our Type 1 Adventure “I would sum up Type 1 Events in three words: fantastic, enjoyable, happy.“

Holding hands, we crossed the finished line

Georgia tells how she's learned to support boyfriend Jamie's diabetes.

Helen won an appeal to get her driving licence back

Helen Nicholds, a 27-year-old District Nurse, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes aged seven. Helen’s licence was revoked in 2014 following two night-time hypos.

Great effort from Team Mac

Three of my children completed the Great North Run to fundraise for Diabetes UK.

Diabetes events were a huge help after my daughter's diagnosis

Helen tells us about the impact of her daughter Charlotte's Type 1 diabetes diagnosis on their lives. And how Diabetes UK events helped them learn more about the condition.

Talk to us about diabetes