Diabetes society, Sanofi launch online campaign for patients

My Diabetes Story Community, an online patient community, led by the Saudi Scientific Diabetes Society, was launched in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
The group is supported by Sanofi and is one of the outcomes of My Diabetes Story program that aims to provide meaningful support and advice through patient-to-patient communication.
The community is also endorsed by leading diabetes associations across the Middle East. The newly formed body is a close network of patients only and aims to provide patient-to-patient support and advice. It is a secure forum that provides the locals diabetic patients a platform to reach out to others in similar circumstances. They will be able to discuss the issues that matter most to them and share tips and recommendations on how to live successfully with their condition.
Across the region, several diabetes societies and patient groups have joined together to manage the community.
The head of Saudi Scientific Diabetes Society, Professor Abdulrahman Al Sheikh, a consultant endocrinologist with King Abdul Aziz University and Suliman Fakeeh Hospital, said, “Diabetes is not just an illness, it becomes a lifestyle, and most patients feel restricted by it. Many of my patients feel alone in their situation, until they realize that they are not. While diabetes can affect each patient differently, we believe that by bringing them together they will have the opportunity to draw strength from each other and find comfort, knowing there are others who face the same challenges and have overcome them.”