Category Archives: Interviews

Your name, your occupation,  and for how long you’ve been a diabetic? My name is Emma, I am currently training to be a health coach and have been diabetic for 18 years now. When were you told you had diabetes and what was that experience like? I can’t actually remember my diagnosis since I wasContinue reading “Interview with Emma”

Your name, your occupation,  and for how long you’ve been a diabetic? Hello, my name is Lara, I’m a Law student in Paris. I was diagnosed in February 2016, so 5 years ago . When were you told you had diabetes and what was that experience like? When I first learned that I was diabetic,Continue reading “Interview with Lara”

Your name, your occupation,  and for how long you’ve been a diabetic? ‘Raquel, Marketing / social media manager T1d for 19 years.’ When were you told you had diabetes and what was that experience like? ‘I was 5 years old. I do not remeber much except being told in the hospital that i would needContinue reading “Interview with Raquel”

Similar to Ashlyn, I was able to contact Marnie through Instagram. She was very forthcoming in sharing her experience and she emailed me back these answers which go into great detail of her experience with diabetes. What I find to be a regular occurence in the three responses I have received so far is theContinue reading “Interview with Marnie”

After finding it hard to get in contact with people who have diabetes by word of mouth (blaming this on COVID), I decided to use the seemingly most used platform today to see how I might be able to find people willing to talk about their experiences with diabetes. The first person who was ableContinue reading “Interview with Ashlyn”

Tim: ‘Hi my name’s Tim. I live in London, i’m 26 years old. I’m a type 1 diabetic and I have been for the last 9 years.’ Me: ‘Can you tell us about the time when you were first told you had diabetes? What was that experience like?’ ‘So it was in 2011 and allContinue reading “Interview with Tim”