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Claire lives in Northern Ireland with her husband Shane and three sons. Claire was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes aged three and over 25 years later, her son Enda was diagnosed at the same age. Claire...

Diagnosis The year my son was born, I was diagnosed type 2 diabetes. But as there's type 1 in my family, I requested more tests. It took me 5 years to get a correct diagnosis when I was finally tol...

Lee works as a Special Effects Makeup Artist. He first got involved with Diabetes UK in 2019 when he used his skills to create a series of images representing depression, exhaustion and isolation, hig...

Lucy runs marathons in memory of her brother James and has done so for several years in various events, always fundraising for Diabetes UK. She shares memories of James, who was diagnosed with type 1 ...

Lee Burkhill, garden designer and TV presenter, known as the Garden Ninja, shares his experience of living with type 1 diabetes.

Charlotte, who has type 1 diabetes has two boys, aged 7 and 4. She had two very different experiences of pregnancy.

Starting out in volunteering Phoebe has volunteered with Diabetes UK for just under a year. The week she started university – which was also the week she started using an insulin pump – she saw one...

Initially, after my son Gregor's diagnosis, we had to navigate the complexities of the diabetes management regime. Learning about counting carbs, calculating insulin doses, and adjusting fast-acting a...

A career in diabetes  Sid has worked as a Diabetes Dietitian for almost 4 years. He grew up in Australia, where he trained to be a dietitian, before he emigrated to the UK in 2017.  Si...

Sarah was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aged 21 and, now at 45, lives with her husband, Chris, and her house rabbit, Fluffy.