'There’s so much to worry about that worry has become part of our everyday lives'

The Would family in Croom, Co Limerick, explains how living with Type 1 Diabetes requires insulin injections plus life-long management of glucose, food intake and exercise

The Woulds in Croom, Co Limerick, who know all about planning and managing Type 1 Diabetes. Pictured, from back left: Richard, Callum, Jenny, Aedin and Orran Would.

Life in the Would household in Croom, Co Limerick, differs a little from the norm.

The family fridge is stocked with emergency bottles of healthy energy drinks and back-up stores of insulin.