This week on the #diabeteschat we were joined by Mel Stephenson Gray. We heard about Mel's journey and diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes from the age of 13 years old. We also talked about: - juggling life and managing diabetes as a mum - her ambassador roles and involvement with JDRF & DUK [...]
On this #diabeteschat episode we were joined by parents of the Type 1 Club. We heard all about the amazing group and how it all started, the events they do and all the amazing fundraising they do to support children and their families. We spoke to Edelle, Gayle and Kelly and learnt how [...]
On this week's #diabeteschat, Tom caught up with Jerry Gore. Jerry shared lots of fascinating stories about his amazing expeditions that he has been involved in over the years including; climbing K2, Jerry's Insulin Challenges and the Insulin360 expedition. We also spoke about Jerry's diabetes diagnosis in 2001 and how he manages his [...]
On this week's #diabeteschat we were joined by Ros Gray. She spoke to Flipper and Tom about her diabetes diagnosis and journey and how technology has changed over the past 40 years since diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a toddler. Ros also spoke about her amazing advocacy work she has done for [...]
Mental Health Awareness week commenced Monday Monday 15th May 2023. On the #diabeteschat we talked about mental health and peer support and were joined by the GBDoc community to discuss this very important topic. You can also listen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwGWwkqoQpGQ and use the hashtag - #diabeteschat
In this #diabeteschatstories event we were joined by Prof. Partha Kar and we had a live Q&A with the #diabeteschat community; all things Hybrid Closed Looping. We also spoke with Yasmin Hopkins who shared her lived experiences of Hybrid Closed Looping and we shared the communities views on HCL. You can check [...]
On the 1st of May 2023, Jacq Allan joined the #diabeteschat as our guest speaker. Jacqueline Allan is a diabetes psychologist who is also an associate lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, and has been in this role since January 2022. She has worked at King's College London as a trainee clinical psychologist [...]
On the 24th of April 2023, Kes Fuller joined the #diabeteschat as our guest speaker. Kes originally wanted to join the Royal Navy as this had always been something that she wanted to do from her time with the sea cadets. As time went by Kes was unable to do this as she [...]
On the 17th of April 2023, Natalie Balmain joined the #diabeteschat as our guest speaker. Introduction: Natalie is a lady of many talents. She describes herself as a broadcaster, designer & Campaigner. She founded her company Type 1 Clothing back in 2017 based on a novel idea of being able to inject or access [...]
On Monday 27th March 2023 we hosted our third #diabeteschat Research Event with hosts Toni, Tom and Gary. We heard from 6 speakers who shared their diabetes research with our community. Each guest speaker had 15 minutes to share a little about themselves and their diabetes research. We were joined by: - [...]
