I climb, I walk, I cycle and I go to the gym. I move around a reasonable amount but there are still times when I just don’t feel like it or don’t fancy going out in the rain, or I have too much work to do or eaten too much or not feeling 100% or … many…

“Dad, I had such a good time, I want to go back next year and do the three week course.” “And I want to do the Marathon Des Sables.” I gave a wry smile, and asked “What brought that on?” “Well, the instructor asked us to give goals for the next three years and I…

Tweet In a regular blog series, Simon O’Neill, Diabetes UK’s Director of Health Intelligence and Professional Liaison, rounds up the latest diabetes research. This week Simon reports on the latest healthcare and research updates. Split of newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes by age and % We regularly hear that Type 1 diabetes is most common in children between the ages…

Tweet Share I’ve was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes over ten years ago. Throughout that time, I have been reading papers, articles, magazines about diabetes. As I have previously mentioned, I was worried that although that meant I knew about diabetes in general, my knowledge about diabetes for me was not growing. So I wrote…

Tweet Share Hi, my name is Simon. I am 35 years old and about five years ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. At first, shock and fear – my father had died from a complication of diabetes about a year earlier, so my mind was racing. I had just come back from a…

Tweet Share This week is Diabetes Week, which I always find kinda weird, because every week is diabetes week really. How about Diabetes Life? But it’s great to have a focus and raise awareness in a concentrated way. This year’s Diabetes UK theme is #DiabetesandMe, which I like as I’m constantly emphasising how personal Type…