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The experience of living with Type 1 diabetes book

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A diabetic life

The experience of living with Type 1 diabetes book

SHARE - ENJOY - EMPOWER

A diabetic life

My life. My story.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

I’m Sarah Harding. Very pleased to meet you.

I’m a type 1 diabetic.

I’m here to share my story.

I'm here because enjoying life is what it's all about.

I’m here to empower others.

Sharing my experience

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

When I was 21 I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and suddenly my well-planned life took a very unexpected turn. After almost 30 years with the condition, I’ve realised two important things. The first is that I’m an expert on living with Type 1 Diabetes. I want to share my type 1 diabetes advice. The second is that I can help other people by sharing my experiences, laying out what I’ve learnt, and maybe most importantly, by showing that a life lived to the full is well within reach. This led to me writing a type 1 diabetes book.

Enjoying life

Empowering you

Life has plenty of challenges in it without having a medical condition that requires 24/7 attention layered on top of it. I’ve felt weighed down, frustrated, and impeded by it many, many times. Added to that, there’s the sense that people don’t truly understand what it feels like to be diabetic, which has made me feel isolated at times.

However, the upsides of my life have far outweighed the difficulties being Type 1, and overall, my life has been full and very much enjoyed.

My story starts at university, and covers work, marriage, divorce, and a new direction in my twenties. In my thirties I backpack around Asia and Australia, settle in London, and have babies while juggling work. In my forties there’s a family crisis to deal with, my own growing family, and an intensely busy life all round.

Empowering you

My aim is to empower others through a better understanding of what it really means to be a Type 1 Diabetic, and I hope that everything I share resonates with you and helps in how you navigate your own path.

Writing the Book

Photograph of Sarah, type 1 diabetic author, in formal pose, looking straight at the camera

Sarah’s purpose in writing the book was to help others understand the experience of living with Type 1 diabetes. She has found that although medical and practical advice is widely available, there is a gap in finding sources of truly insightful information about what living with diabetes really involves. Her type 1 diabetes book focuses on the lived experience. Type 1 diabetes is a serious disease with frightening consequences that the sufferer manages almost entirely themselves every day.

Originally seeking to constrain her own diabetes into a small corner of life, over the many years that have passed, Sarah has found that the condition affects every part of life and is woven through all of life’s fabric. Type 1 diabetes is an invisible condition and so despite it being ever-present, people do not see the internal efforts involved in handling it. The dual challenges of it being a permanent fixture and yet something peripheral to ‘real life’ are explored in many different situations.

In Sarah’s case, the daily trial of managing the condition has not stopped her from living a full life, and in this book, she shares her many experiences, through three decades and many different life stages. Not only does this book cover the relevant medical details, it also details Sarah’s personal and emotional relationship with the disease and the challenges it brings. The hope is that because of this angle, this book will become one of the best books for type 1 diabetes management.

About Sarah

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Sarah was born in Zambia, and spent her childhood there and in the Middle-East. Her family then returned home, to Cornwall, where Sarah lived out her teen years.

An early interest in other countries and cultures has shaped her life and Sarah has spent time all over the world. Travel remains a passion.

career

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Sarah became a diabetic when she was doing her university degree, aged 21. After her Law degree she qualified as a chartered accountant and has pursued a business career. Aside from Finance, her professional interests cover how data empowers the workplace and she has a particular focus on culture and diversity.

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These days, Sarah lives in south-west London with Jim, and her two children, Lauren and Greg. Family is the centre of her world, and a huge number of life’s pleasures involve doing things together. Whether going to sports fixtures, shows, exploring new places, enjoying weekends away from it all, or seeing friends, life is always full.

The experience of living with Type 1 diabetes book

The experience of living with Type 1 diabetes book

My life. My story.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Sharing my experience

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Enjoying life

Empowering you

Empowering you

Empowering you

Empowering you

Empowering you

Writing the Book

About Sarah

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I want to help other diabetics. This book is the best way I know to do that.

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My life. My story.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Sharing my experience

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Share. Enjoy. Empower.

Enjoying life

Empowering you

Empowering you

Empowering you

Empowering you

Empowering you

Writing the Book

About Sarah

background

background

background

career

background

background

family

background

family

Something to say

Photo Gallery

My Blog

I want to help other diabetics. This book is the best way I know to do that.

Connect with me on social media

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