This week, it was announced that the previous home secretary, Theresa May is now in line to become the UK’s second female Prime Minister and the first with Type 1 diabetes. It was in 2013 when she was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes but after medication failed to work, she then took further tests…
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Guest Post: Introducing Dr Joan St John
I’d like to introduce Dr Joan St John. She is a GP / Diabetes Specialist. She is the lead for diabetes in a practice in Brent, UK. Dr Joan also has a crucial role working with Diabetes UK as a Clinical Champion. As a GP, I have been interested in Diabetes for many years and…
Diabetes Week Sunday 8th June -Saturday 14th June 2014
This week in the UK is diabetes week and this year’s theme is ‘I can’. Diabetes has been a part of my life since I was 11 years old. At such a young age I had the burden of such a huge responsibility. It forced me to mature, it taught me about myself and even…
Hope for a cure!
Since I was diagnosed, I always hoped that one day I’d wake up to the news of diabetes being cured. For now this is a prospect that I can only dream about. Type 1diabetes has been with me for 19 years and the truth is, until they find a cure it will always be a…
Sugar High Sugar Low - My life with Type 1 diabetes 