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Reena didn’t have any noticeable signs or symptoms of gestational diabetes when she was diagnosed at 28 weeks pregnant. Not long after diagnosis, she started to experience some of the signs of diabete...

Jay didn't just swim the length of the channel when she took part in Swim22 – she swam back again, clocking up 44 miles in 3 months. Jay is also one of Swim22's top 10 fundraisers, raising a...

Asad knew his risk of developing type 2 diabetes was very high as he had a family history of the condition. But it was still a shock when our Know Your Risk tool confirmed his fears, and it made him t...

Rhia was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 16 years old. Here, she tells us how she's coped since her diagnosis and some of the challenges she's faced preparing for Run26. 

Helen wanted to take part in one of our events to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes, so she took on Swim22 – swimming the length of the channel (22 miles) in 12 weeks. Here, Helen takes us throu...

Gareth was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at just eight weeks old. Years later his diabetes nurse suspected he actually had neonatal diabetes, a rare form of diabetes caused by gene mutation, and...

Linda is an official friend of the One Million Step Challenge, and she’s taking it on again this year to support her husband, John who has type 1 diabetes. Having originally set a target of £200 in 20...

Member and fundraiser, Charlie Churchill, vividly remembers the day he was diagnosed with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) at the age of 34. Since then, he’s learnt to adjust to life with d...