Backpacker with diabetes launches Diabetes UK into world of blogs
30 September 2008
The Web team at Diabetes UK is very excited to announce that the first blog to be launched on the Diabetes UK website is 'Josh's travel blog.'
"My name is Josh and I've been asked to write about my experiences travelling with diabetes," Josh introduces himself in his travel blog.
"I've been a diabetic for five years, easily long enough to encounter any problem in regular, everyday life. But now I'm going to be travelling for seven months. As Americans would say, it's a whole new ball game."
Josh
Josh, in his early twenties with Type 1 diabetes, is travelling the Trans Siberian Express, via St Petersburg (Pictured), on to Thailand and beyond. He will be giving us regular accounts of his travels and how he has managed his diabetes whilst travelling.
"I am really pleased to be able to launch this as our first blog," said Alex McDonald, Website Editor. "Josh has a great writing style and gives a good mix of travel anecdotes and accounts of managing his diabetes in new circumstances. There is also the facility for people to add their own comments and I hope that this encourages discussions and inspires people to live their own dreams."
Read more
This blog sits within the young adults 'Mylife' section of the Diabetes UK website. Follow Josh's progress on his seven month trip here.
Be alerted to each new entry
Another first for Diabetes UK is our RSS feed. Sign up and you'll be alerted every time Josh adds a new entry. Simply click on 'subscibe to our blog' at teh top of Josh's blog page.
Your blogs
There are plans for more blogs to be written by website visitors and Diabetes UK staff.
If you think you would make a good blogger, contact the Web team on email website@diabetes.org.uk
