How does it feel for me - Gemma

Gemma is a Leeds lass who lives in Horsforth. She is helpful, bubbly and a real foody. She loves to travel before the pandemic and spend time with her loved ones.

Gemma has multiple long term health conditions such as type 1 diabetes, high blood pressure and recently gone into stage 4 renal failure. She gets tired quite frequently with the kidney function and find it difficult to walk with the problems with her feet. She decided to do these videos as she wants to help change things. It is more beneficial in her views for professionals to understand not just the conditions but the person behind that.

Gemma's story

To read a summary of the themes covered by Gemma's updates, click on the picture on the right. We would like health and care services to use this report within their teams in conjunction with the videos as a learning and development tool. The report contains a series of questions that could be used as conversation starters.

Click the links below to watch Gemma's monthly updates.