Diabetes Sufferers Share Their Stories

Diabetes sufferers around the world are being encouraged to share their stories and experiences, to help others who are looking for answers about diabetes. Australian-based website, The Official Diabetes Blog™ has dedicated a new area of the site to collecting people's stories, which will be used to help others who are struggling with diabetes, or who want to know about the condition.

(PRWEB) November 10, 2006 -- Diabetes sufferers around the world are being encouraged to share their stories and experiences, to help others who are looking for answers about diabetes. Australian-based website, The Official Diabetes Blog™ has dedicated a new area of the site to collecting people's stories, which will be used to help others who are struggling with diabetes, or who want to know about the condition.

The move has been prompted by an increasing number of requests for personal stories from visitors to www.OfficialDiabetesBlog.com. "What we're hearing is that a lot of the information out there is about the hard facts, but many people are looking for personal accounts that tell of people's ups, downs and experiences," said Stephanie Jakobi, spokesperson for The Official Diabetes Blog™.

With approximately 275 Australians developing diabetes every day, the demand for experience-based information about the condition is certainly on the rise. Visitors to The Official Diabetes Blog™ are being invited to visit www.officialdiabetesblog.com/my-story if they would like to be part of this exciting new initiative and help other people affected by diabetes.

One visitor wrote, "I'm having a lot of trouble finding out how other people affected by diabetes felt when they were first diagnosed and how they coped with adapting their lifestyle to the condition. Please help!"

Many people find it easier to cope with the condition once they learn that they are not alone and when they can read about how others have coped with adapting their lifestyle to the condition. Finding out you have diabetes can be frightening and having to adjust your diet, exercise and routine can be very inconvenient at first.

However, the fact is that many people with diabetes live a very normal, enjoyable life once they become accustomed to the changes that their condition requires. In many cases, it's simply a matter of adjustment.

www.OfficialDiabetesBlog.com is looking for stories from people in a variety of situations, including people with type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. The Official Diabetes Blog™ team are particularly interested in hearing from people who believe that their experiences could benefit others with the condition.

"It's important for people to realise that they are certainly not alone and that, although being diagnosed with diabetes can be frightening at first, it is certainly manageable," Jakobi said.

www.OfficialDiabetesBlog.com is committed to helping people affected by diabetes to find the information they are looking for. It provides an online platform where people can get together and help each other through, what can be, a difficult time.

The Official Diabetes Blog™ is working with diabetes sufferers and organisations to provide quality, relevant information that answers its visitors questions.

The new personal story area at www.officialdiabetesblog.com/my-story will add a new dimension to the information provided on the site and help thousands of people affected by diabetes around the world.

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