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"Look after yourself and your diabetes, the less it will control you or hold you back"

For Katy, having Type 1 diabetes can sometimes feel like having to take an annoying child everywhere she goes – including on a night out.

"I can't cure my Mum's diabetes - running with Diabetes UK is the next best thing"

Jodie grew up experiencing the effects of her Mum’s Type 1 diabetes. Through running with, TeamDUK she’s found another way to continue to show her support. My Brighton Marathon story Now aged ...

DiRECT and being in remission has been life-changing: Kieran's story

In September 2013, I was in hospital with kidney stones when type 2 diabetes was picked up in blood tests. I felt shocked and numb when I was diagnosed. I was struggling with a few health issues at th...

"Type 1 diabetes won't change how special Christmas is to us as a family"

Seven-year-old Harriet was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in January 2017 and features in our Christmas appeal. Mum Hannah explains how they’ll be making sure their first Christmas with Type 1 is magi...

"I’ve gone from taking 16 tablets a day to zero"

I was shocked to be told I had Type 2 diabetes. I’d gone to the doctors because I was feeling unwell after putting on weight, had some tests done and the doctor told me that I had diabetes and my suga...

"When doctors said my pancreas was working again, it felt fantastic"

I was 59 when I was told I had Type 2 diabetes. It came at a difficult time – just months after I’d had a heart attack in 2011. For the next three years, I was on ever-increasing medication for my ...

Colin: "I’ve lost 5 ½ stone and I’m off my diabetes medication"

I was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2015 but this is not where my diabetes story begins. This story began back in 1995, when I started suffering some mental health difficulties, but it wa...

Max: "There's not enough information about being a real human being with Type 1 diabetes"

A big night out drinking didn't go to plan for Max when he had a hypo on the way home. And his mates had no idea he had Type 1 diabetes.

"Diabetes hasn’t spoiled my zest for living"

When Harini from London was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, it spurred her on to get out of her comfort zone and change her inactive lifestyle. My Type 2 diagnosis came about in the most unexpect...

"Own it and don’t let it hold you back"

After nearly 40 years with Type 1, Kate’s life has been revolutionised by new diabetes technology. But like a lot of other people living with the condition, access to it is a postcode lottery. I ...

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