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"Look after yourself and try hard to do the right things, it will all help later on"

I was nearly three when I started behaving funny. My mum said it was August Bank Holiday, 1958. They rang the doctor, he said not to worry and that mumps was going around.

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I do it on the go, 20 times a day

Adrian has been using a Flash Glucose Monitor for more than two years. And it’s completely changed the way he manages his type 1 diabetes.   I have lived with type 1 diabetes since I was ...

Living with diabetes is not the end of the world

Channel swimmer Steve looks back at his diagnosis and tells of his achievements since then. I have been diabetic now for 47 years.

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Dr Roman Hovorka is working on a five-and-a-half-year project to generate a first-generation artificial pancreas prototype and evaluate its ability to improve blood glucose control at home and redu

Living with a continuous glucose monitor

We asked Sarah to share her experience of using a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM). Other people may have different experiences.

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Life just became different not worse

Kidney failure - my personal journey

Everyone who has gone through dialysis has different experiences, health problems and opinions.