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Rani's story: Living with type 2 diabetes and fasting during Ramadan

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Helen's story: I did Swim22 for my daughter and smashed my target

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...

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Gareth's story: discovering I have neonatal diabetes changed my life

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...

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Linda's story: the One Million Step Challenge gave me a purpose

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...

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Charlie's story: living with a rare form of autoimmune diabetes

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...

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Annabel's story: inspiring others by walking London Bridges Challenge

After being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Annabel was rushed to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), but now almost two years later she will be taking part in the London Bridges Chal...

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Steph's story: my experience living with rare MODY diabetes

Steph, her mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother and sister all have Maturity Onset Diabetes in the Young (MODY), a rare type of diabetes that runs in families.

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Sandra's story: how she's keeping type 2 diabetes in remission

Despite a strong family history of type 2 diabetes, Sandra didn’t pay attention to her own risk of developing the condition until it was too late. After losing 2.5 stone she has now put her diabe...

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Jon's story: taking on the Royal Parks Half Marathon to raise awareness

Jon is taking on the Royal Parks Half Marathon this October as a personal challenge and to show that anything is possible.

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Ali's story: Raising the profile of rare type 3c diabetes

Member Ali Stunt was surprised to be told that she had developed type 2 diabetes, because she didn’t have any of the typical risk factors for the condition. Following a diagnosis of pancreatic ca...

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