<p class="">When I saw the call for stories of diabetes stigma, I didn’t think I had any experiences to share. However, when I was viewing the live facebook event I started to think about one or two specific times where I felt stigmatised and the more I started to reflect the longer the list got. So here’s a few of my personal experiences of diabetes stigma over my 28 years of diabetes.</p>

<p class="">Over the years, I’ve been told by so many people that the patient voice is the strongest and most difficult to ignore and for a very long time I believed this wholeheartedly. But in recent months, I’ve been feeling that the voice of people with diabetes is nothing more than white noise, unheard and unsupported.</p>