Living With Diabetes 40 - Type 1 Diagnosis Part 2

We talk to comedian Sajeela Kershi, who is living with type 2 diabetes who wants to raise awareness in her South Asian community. She attempts to manage her condition alongside a challenging lifestyle on the road as a comedian. This is the sixth episode of eight special programmes, in our Living with Diabetes series, which takes an in depth look at women’s health issues. Our women’s health series is supported by Abbott.

In this episode of our special women's health series, we talk to Sarah Bool, the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire. Sarah is living with type 1 diabetes after being diagnosed when she was 33. She now sits on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diabetes. This is the first episode of eight special programmes, in our Living with Diabetes series, which takes an in depth look at women’s health issues.

We discuss the challenges of diagnosing Type 1 in infants following the tragic death of a two year old girl who went into DKA before the auto-immune condition was identified. Claire Levy talks with Professor Parth Narendran about the prevalence of Type 1 in the UK. She also speaks with John Story, the father of Lyla Story - who tragically died in early May 2025 just after her second birthday.