Recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Lydia, aged 17, blogs about the importance of talking with a new partner. It’s really difficult to cope in general with handling diabetes and it’s also difficult to talk about it. For me personally, being a teen Type one diabetic – it’s hard talking to people because most don’t understand…

This Diabetes Week, Helen May reflects on talking to healthcare professionals about her diabetes. I think of myself as healthy. There is no part of my health which stops me doing what I want to do. I may not have enough time to learn to play the piano, or the basic coordination to play tennis well, or…

Pregnancy and the thought of bringing a new life into this world can be scary – particularly when managing your diabetes. Often a patient’s main concern centers around the difficulties of actual conception, rather than how to stay healthy during the pregnancy itself. But at NEEDS (North East Essex Diabetes Service), we support patients through…

My younger brother, Eddie, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was aged 6 or 7 – and from that age he had to give himself insulin injections every single day. I clearly remember the early days of learning how to inject himself, practising on an orange, disinfecting glass syringes and needles and the…

Hello. I’m Jon, a content producer here at Diabetes UK. I’d like to tell you about some really exciting new videos we’ve made, and the process we undertook to produce them. Here is the story of our brand new ‘What is diabetes’ video series. It started with our rebrand. Our old videos, though the information…

My story begins in 2000. Previously I had a martial arts accident where I had my knee cap kicked off and I needed an operation. My Wife and I  sat in the pre-operation waiting room and I will never forget these words “Mr McCoy how long have you been diabetic?” This naturally came as a…