Your Stories

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. I was diagnosed in...

Laura, 24, and Zoe, 26, have been friends all their lives. We asked them to open up about their friendship and the difference that having great friends can make – especially when Laura had the shock o...

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

When 64-year-old Eddie was told three years ago by his GP that if he didn’t stop smoking he risked amputation, he went home and had a think.  Diabetes doesn't stop you working out

Saad was a student at De Montfort University in Leicester. 

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

Paul's shares his experience of having erection problems, how it affected his sexual relationship and getting treatment.

A successful campaign by Corinne Wykes for a local footcare team to treat people with serious foot problems has led to a dramatic fall in amputation rates.