Rossitza, from Sofia, Bulgaria, has been living with type 1 diabetes since childhood years - diagnosed over 26 years ago. Also a volunteer for the Bulgarian Diabetes Association, the dedicated advocate in January became a mother to her firstborn child, Stella. Rossi shares her experience in this DiAview: What were your personal thoughts about pregnancy
Karate athlete Graham Chamberlain, 35, is from South Africa. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Pretoria at the age of 16, Graham feels that only recently in his life with diabetes he has received more supportive medical care having moved to Cape Town and been fortunate enough to have got an insulin pump, which meant
My name is Pete Davies and I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in November 1956 when I was 2 years old. Thankfully, we were home on leave from Kenya where my family lived and worked at that time. I had a good start to my Type 1 life as my mother was a
Jordan Thompson is a talented professional cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club (CCC), who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 7 years ago at the age of 16. In this DiAview, Jordan shares about his journey in cricket with diabetes, including the hurdles around sport during this year's pandemic and lockdown, and the initial fears
From Ahmedabad, India, 25 year old Jazz Sethi has 'danced with type 1 diabetes' since the start of 2009. In this Diaview, Jazz shares about her life passion as a dancer and how she has choreographed it into her life with this condition - taking extra steps in recent years to reach out to others
Jenni Dunn is a new trustee of the DiAthlete team, as we form into a charitable organisation. Her direct connection to this cause is in personally living with type 1 diabetes, from the perspective of being a mother, when 4 years ago in 2016 her son, Andrew, was diagnosed with the condition. For DiAthlete some
Mohammad Al Bahar is an advocate and committee associate to the League of DiAthletes, and an active name across the type 1 diabetes world with his social media account of The Diabetic Traveller. Mo, from Kuwait, has lived with type 1 diabetes for 34 years and is the founder of the Diabetes Ambassadors Program (DAP).
Simran Bal is a 19-year-old student from Leamington Spa, England. Sim was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 10 years ago. In recent times she has found a willpower and passion to support her local NHS diabetes team, and openly started this interview by sharing how her first decade in living with this condition had been
Every #FeelgoodFriday DiAthlete will share an exclusive, insightful and empowering interview (or #DiAviews) with a connected voice in the type 1 diabetes world. Scott K. Johnson, born and raised in Minneapolis, MN, in the United States, has lived with type 1 diabetes since the age of 5, diagnosed in the April of 1980 - "coming
During 2019’s Rugby World Cup, England’s Henry Slade wasn’t the only person at the tournament living with diabetes to play a key role, Hisako Saito, from Japan, has lived with type 1 diabetes since 2006 and was a volunteer for the media team of Osaka’s Hanazona Stadium fixtures. With a deep passion for ballet, Hisako
