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Kirsty's story: Coming to terms with our child's diagnosis

Kirsty’s youngest son Eddie has type 1 diabetes.
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Elaine's Story: My daughter's diagnosis with type 1 diabetes

On World Diabetes Day, nearly 4 years ago, Elaine Kane from Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, received an email that she credits to saving her daughter’s life.
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Paul's story: The impact of diabetes complications

Paul was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes when he was 27 years old.
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Natasha’s story: our lives our voices and becoming a young leader

Natasha was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 17 and very shortly after joined the Northern Ireland youth programme Our Lives Our Voices back in
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Sean’s story: Walking regularly is helping me lower my blood sugar levels

Sean is building up to our Liverpool Wellness walk to improve his health and raise funds for diabetes research.
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Aidan’s story: running Omagh 5k for Diabetes UK NI

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James’s story: my time with Our Lives Our Voices

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Starting out as a volunteer Kirsty was diagnosed with
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