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Putting my type 2 diabetes into remission by learning how to make changes to my diet.

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Volunteer Spotlight – May 2025 – Vicky Greenbank

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I want to inspire others to run the Royal Parks half marathon

Brian has found exercising and diabetes can go together with a little help from his insulin pump and a different approach. I've had Type 1 diabetes for just over three years now. I was diagnosed in...

Laura and Zoe: "She made me feel normal, at a time when my normal had completely changed"

Laura, 24, and Zoe, 26, have been friends all their lives. We asked them to open up about their friendship and the difference that having great friends can make – especially when Laura had the shock o...

Type 2 diabetes has changed my life - for the better

Jay, a volunteer with Type 2 Together, was motivated to make some lifestyle changes when he was diagnosed with the condition.

Regular exercise got me off insulin

When 64-year-old Eddie was told three years ago by his GP that if he didn’t stop smoking he risked amputation, he went home and had a think. Diabetes doesn't stop you working out

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Saad was a student at De Montfort University in Leicester.

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Tracy's catalyst for getting fitter was her mum's death from diabetes-related complications

Paul's story: I came to realise my sexual problem was mechanical

Paul's shares his experience of having erection problems, how it affected his sexual relationship and getting treatment.

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Patience, persistence and campaigning for better diabetes care does work

A successful campaign by Corinne Wykes for a local footcare team to treat people with serious foot problems has led to a dramatic fall in amputation rates.

"I just hope that with greater awareness we can help prevent more amputations."

No longer relying on insulin after changing my lifestyle

Ben changed his lifestyle to help his depression and his marriage 13 years after being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Told he had the condition at the age of 31, it wasn't until the age

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