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'I started to live out my dreams'

I used to think of diabetes as negative - but over the years I have come to realise that it has brought me positive things too

Hear how blogger Cornflake Traveller is 10 years and 64 countries into travelling the world with Type 1 diabetes.

'I remember waking one morning to the recognisable smell of ketones on James' breath.'

I simply didn't know the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes

Amy is 'up for doing her bit' to make people more aware of Type 1 diabetes after her son spent a week in intensive care. If I or someone else around Isaac had known these symptoms, perhap

'I reached the summit for Diabetes UK'

I raised £260 for Diabetes UK on my wedding day

Helen-Louise was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was three.

"I never felt having Type 1 diabetes gave me a restricted childhood"

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"I never thought I'd get this far.."

Anne Dobson says she has lived for 50 years with Type 1 diabetes with a little help from her family, faith, and the NHS.

I blame lack of desire on my medication

"I am 55-years-old and have had diabetes since I was eight.

I have been really lucky with my health

John was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was four years old. But being diagnosed in 1936 was very different to being diagnosed today.

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