Easter can be a hard time of year for people living with diabetes given all the sweet foods on offer.

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Jen revisits her personal transition from adolescence to adulthood and how she dealt with the change.

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Jen revisits her personal struggle with diabetes and how she has coped with the condition since she was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes aged six.

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Gaynor Harrison, diabetes specialist nurse and member of the Bayer Diabetes Care panel, discusses diabetes, driving and DVLA guidance for diabetics who drive.

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Emma Law, mother of one with Type 1 diabetes and member of the Bayer Diabetes Care panel, reveals her experience of being pregnant with her second baby and how she controls her diabetes

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Jen talks from different points of view: as Type 1 diabetic and a clinical psychologist.

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Gaynor on helping patients to manage their diabetes and how to cope with changes to their lifestyle.

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Lara Wahab, English graduate with Type 1 diabetes and member of the Bayer Diabetes Care panel, discusses how to manage diabetes and alcohol and reveals her own personal experiences of the effects of binge drinking at university.

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Lara on how living with diabetes has influenced her outlook on life.

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Gaynor talks about her experiences of the key concerns of  people with diabetes: from Type 1 to Type 2 diabetes, from hypos to pregnancy and how every patient’s needs differ.

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Chris Southwell talks about his biggest challenge yet: taking on seven demanding adventures in seven continents to raise awareness of diabetes.

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Gaynor speaks on the areas of diabetes care she specialises in.

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Diabetes exists within and between people. On a day-to-day basis, management of diabetes can often cause even more concern in those close to the person with diabetes than for the person themselves.

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Jen on sharing your problems as the solution to managing diabetes.

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Lara speaks about some of the more extreme side effects of not managing your diabetes properly, and warns others not to make the same mistakes she did.

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Chris discusses his dedication to sport and how snowboarding has helped him manage his diabetes.

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Jen suggests ways to keep people with diabetes motivated.

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As a kid in the 70s I used to watch the Olympics on TV never actually thinking that I would ever get to see it live let alone think about the UK hosting it. I still remember watching my childhood hero Daley Thompson do his iconic celebration back flip in the Decathlon pole vault in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. 

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Chris on mountains, helicopters and what he wishes he’d known when he first found out he had diabetes.

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Do you ever find yourself feeling down, and eating to distract yourself? The connection between emotion and food is one that is set down from birth – from the very first time you cried and your mother soothed you with milk. As you grew up, she may have given you sweets to cheer you up after the upset of hurting yourself, or a biscuit when you got in from a hard day at school, or cooked you a roast dinner when you’d fallen out with a friend.

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We’ve seen many inspiring posts over the last few weeks from our panel – including from our super-fit extreme sports enthusiasts. We’ve really enjoyed sharing in the journey of our bloggers and so thought we’d take this opportunity to extend the sporting theme to those of us who aren’t top athletes!

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Dr. Jen Nash talks about her role as a clinical psychologist and the support she offers her patients.

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Chris talks about the challenges he faces as a pro-snowboarder with diabetes and how looking after himself means ‘going low’ is a rare event.

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The psychology of blood glucose testing is the psychology of being in control. In diabetes settings - ‘How is your control?’ is a question we get asked, and ask of ourselves, a lot.

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The long distance triathlon (AKA Ironman) is a 140.6 mile race that starts with a 2.4 mile swim, follows with a 112 mile bike ride, and ends with a 26.2 mile marathon with no stops (the timer only stops when you cross the finish line of the marathon and the compere shouts “Steve McMenamin you are an IRONMAN”).

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Extreme snowboarder Chris Southwell on discovering he had diabetes whilst on holiday and what scared him most when he was first diagnosed.

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I’ll be honest; I hate testing my blood sugar.  It always seems to be the longest chore of the day and one that needs to be completed every time I eat if I really want to keep my sugar levels steady all day.

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The transition from your childhood diabetes care to your adult diabetes care can be quite a shock for a lot of people.

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I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes over 21 years ago now, and I can group my ‘coping strategy’ into several distinct phases over that time.

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When I look in the mirror in the morning I don't see a middle-aged balding man staring back at me but a slightly younger balding guy. The way I look at it is that we don't stop moving because we get old; but we get old because we stop moving. 

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I’m not sure about you, but I don’t often feel like an expert manager of my diabetes. Certainly not when I think I’ve done everything ‘right’ and I still have a sky high blood glucose reading, or when I wake up with a hypo for the third night in a row, or when I’ve (yet again) missed an exercise session…..

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Like most people, when I was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes it was a very scary and unsure time. My head was full of questions like, “Why me?” and “What do I do now?” It was made worse as I was stuck in a French hospital for ten days with only one English speaking doctor. As a professional snowboarder, my main concern was how having diabetes was going to affect my snowboarding.

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I remember being diagnosed very clearly (a miracle really, considering how high my blood sugar levels were!).

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Today we're introducing the new Bayer Diabetes Care panel, who will be contributing regularly to this blog and opening up the conversation on subjects that really matter to you.

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Today we launch a brand new section of the Bayer Diabetes Care website, dedicated to writing about what matters to you. Life with diabetes isn’t always a walk in the park, but we know sharing experiences with others can really help. So in line with our commitment to diabetes, this new blog has been designed to cover everything from the day-to-day realities of diabetes management, monitoring and fitness, to hot topics such as the DVLA guidance on driving.

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