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Diabetes videos

Sometimes, the best way to learn about your own diabetes is by listening to others in the same boat. Click on the videos below to hear from Dan, Ross, Stuart, Diane, Surjit, Max and Fiona.

Getting on with life

Getting on with life

Getting regular exercise

Getting regular exercise

"I'm not very good at sticking to routines "
Coping in the 21st century

Coping in the 21st century

Diabetes in the workplace

Diabetes in the workplace

Diabetes and friends

Diabetes and friends

"I go to bars with my friends and they're very familiar about what can happen ..."
Aiming high

Aiming high

Testing your blood sugar regularly

Testing your blood sugar regularly

Pursuing your chosen career

Pursuing your chosen career

Adjusting your diet

Adjusting your diet

Understanding blood glucose results

Understanding blood glucose results

Coming to terms with hypos

Coming to terms with hypos

A healthy and inexpensive lifestyle

A healthy and inexpensive lifestyle

Keeping active without going overboard

Keeping active without going overboard

Enjoying your social life

Enjoying your social life

"Diabetes doesn't affect the things we do or the places we go "
Keeping active, without a regime

Keeping active, without a regime

Getting used to testing

Getting used to testing

Staying fit and healthy

Staying fit and healthy

Worrying about complications

Worrying about complications

Enjoying an active social life

Enjoying an active social life

Receiving the news

Receiving the news

Being diagnosed

Being diagnosed

Understanding hypoglycaemic attacks

Understanding hypoglycaemic attacks

Making sure diabetes doesn't hold you back

Making sure diabetes doesn't hold you back

Enjoying an active social life

Enjoying an active social life

Finding a testing routine

Finding a testing routine

Looking to the future

Looking to the future

Staying fit without a regime

Staying fit without a regime

Testing your blood glucose

Testing your blood glucose

Managing diabetes at work

Managing diabetes at work

Reflecting on diabetes

Reflecting on diabetes

Diabetes at school

Diabetes at school

Travelling around the world

Travelling around the world

Watching what you eat

Watching what you eat

Managing your own condition

Managing your own condition

A better diet with diabetes

A better diet with diabetes

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