This website may contain imagery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased. Stories of people whose lives have been touched by diabetes There is no doubt that having diabetes can have a big impact on your life, and everyone’s experience will be different. Here are the stories of two people whose lives have been touched in some way by diabetes. Norm Phillips, Noongar man living in Adelaide Martina Berolah, Torres Strait Islander woman from Cairns