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

"Nobody told me I was entitled to have needles and test strips covered"

I had a good base to work from when it came to looking after my diabetes

Susan's story I was diagnosed with Type 1 at the age of four and a half - having just started school. That's nearly 60 years ago.

Going on a DAFNE course changed my life

75 year-old Bruce looks at the time he met Dr R D Lawrence and explains why a DAFNE course changed his life. It was Guy Fawkes Day 1952 and I was looking forward to joining the family at m

Fifteen-year-old Fintan knows the power of our 4 Ts campaign

Fatherhood and Type 1 diabetes

Six dads who live with Type 1 – or have a child who does – share their stories.Andrew: “We wanted to show that this juggernaut that crashes into people’s lives can be used as a force for

'Father and daughter team up to show family support'

A father and daughter team from West Kilbride took on the Great Scottish Run in October, in the hope of taking a step towards a better life for people affected by diabetes.

As a teenager, diabetes makes everything 10 times worse as you're going through puberty and want to rebel against everyone

Hear Emma talking about how she didn't look after her diabetes when she was first diagnosed and how she wants to raise awareness of eating disorders among people with diabetes.I have been

Talk to us about diabetes