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Do you have a story about diabetes to help or encourage others? Whatever your story and experience, we would be delighted to hear from you.

These are stories of people from all walks of life. Each one is there to inspire, to highlight different aspects of living with or being affected by diabetes, or simply to show that – whatever your situation – you're not alone.

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Megan quit her job over lack of support for her diabetes

Megan, 27, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 14 years ago.

Inspired by her daughter Cara, Sandra took on the 1 Million Step Challenge

Sandra and David Thomson took on 1 Million Steps in 2017. Here’s Sandra’s story:

I'm running so other mothers don't have to go through the same with their children

Rachel Salt's son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 17. After a difficult spell he fell in to a coma and ended up in intensive care.

Since taking a place in the London Marathon I have turned my diabetes control around

Megan, 28 is taking on the London Marathon this year marking her 20th year of living with Type 1 diabetes.

Five marathons in one year

Selwyn’s wife Michelle was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 42 years ago at the aged of just 7, after falling into a diabetic coma.

Proof that silence can speak volumes

Josh is 12 years old and his grandfather, 'Gumps', lives with Type 2 diabetes and his cousin Evie was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes aged 10.

"Research has to continue, long after we die, so that we can understand more about diabetes."

Tom was devastated when his daughter, Alison, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. But getting involved with us helped them learn to manage her condition.

Diabetes has never stopped us from doing anything

Hannah and Jacob Kunert who both have Type 1 diabetes are taking on the Tough Mudder challenge in May.

"I see it as having to take my diabetes on the climb with me"

Steve, 29 from Glasgow, scaled the legendary Old Man of Hoy.

"Joining a gym and tracking my health progress changed how I saw diabetes"

Mark, 58, a sales professional was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 18 years ago.

"I love that exercise is my new favourite thing to do"

Andrea, 50, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 18 years ago, aged 32.

“I tell people to make a friend of their diabetes”

Susan Ingham is treasurer of the Taunton local support group and recently received the Robert Lawrence Medal for living with Type 1 diabetes for 60 years.

"Diabetes UK has been vital to the stable state I'm in now"

Diane understands diabetes having lived with the condition from an early age.

As a school we cycled over 6,000 laps of the 1km course

Read Harry's story, told by his mum, Nicola:

“Now I’ve got funding for flash glucose monitoring, I’m going to keep campaigning for others”

26-year-old David lives in Newport, Wales and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 19 years old.

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