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Bridget - as a young adult and motherhood

In the fourth instalment of our five-part series on Bridget Wilkins and her father Jim Nicholls, Bridget remembers her experiences of having

'You can live a full and active life with diabetes'

Ron Pharoah

Ron Pharoah is 74 years old and has Type 2. Ron, a retired IT manager, is a keen golfer.

Roy Izatt

Roy Izatt, 66, a Scot living in Southborough, Kent, has been Type 2 insulin-dependent since he was 38.

Now and then

Bridget Wilkins, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of nine, talks about her approach to healthy eating and how it helps her manage her diabetes.

Olly

14-year-old Olly has had Type 1 for two years. Olly runs his own flock of sheep In North Wales and helps with his elderly neighbours flock too.

Caroline Cornford

Caroline, 46, from Battle, East Sussex, has Type 2 diabetes. She is a big fan and owner of 1950s cars and all things vintage. She also has a tattoo that says 'diabetic'.

Dr Timothy Tree

Portraits of Dr Timothy Tree, Senior Lecturer at Kings College School Of Medicine.

Lauren

Lauren, aged 16, lives in East Sussex and has just taken her GCSEs. She has trained all three of her dogs in dog agility classes. She has had Type 1 diabetes for five years.

Michael Bigg

Michael has Type 2 diabetes. He is 34 and from Stratford, London. He keeps lots of snakes, including this seven foot boa constrictor shown with him in the pictures.

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