A typical day for me starts at 7.00am i get up ready for school and i test my sugar levels. They are usually around 6mmol and 13mmol. I don't really mind sugar testing, in fact i think that it is quite clever, It's the injections that i hate. When i was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes it used to take me up to 15 minutes just to have one of my three injections and i would usually end up with a big lump or bruise on my leg. I'm fine with it now though, I just have my injections and get on with my life.

I found it difficult when i first started high school, my sugar levels were always high and i found it difficult telling my friends and teachers that i had diabetes but everyone knows now, they all respact me and i don't find it as hard to tell people any more.

My best friend is great, whenever i test my sugar levels she always asks me what they are and she knows if they are good or bad, she is a great support.

At first i found it hard turning down sweets and chocolate, i love chocolate and if anyone offered me a piece i would take it. It was only when my sugar levels went high that i realised it wasn't only affecting my sugars and my moods but the people around me too. I limit my sweets and chocolate now, I only have some when my sugar levels go low or if i'm doing a sport. I do kickboxing and i really enjoy it, My goal is to become great british champion, this will take time but i know that controlling my sugar levels and eating the correct diet is not only very important to achieve this goal but to also control my diabetes and to live a normal life.

I used to hate my diabetes at first, my sugars were always up and down and this affected me and my mood. After two years i am finally controlling my diabetes and now i feel completley normal.

My family are the best, I am so glad they support me so much. I know that my condition has not only affected me over the past two years but also them. We have all been through this together and now that we have more understanding for diabetes, we are all happy and confident.

Finally although i have had my 'ups and downs' I do not let diabetes get me down. Keeping strong is the key, stay positive and you'll get through anything. You control diabetes not the other way round.