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Keeping active with diabetes while shielding: Darren’s story

Darren, engineer come stand-up comedian, lives with type 2 diabetes and arthritis. He takes immune suppressant pills for his arthritis, and so has been shielding during the coronavirus pandemic. Darre...

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Paul's story: Finding the motivation to put my diabetes into remission

Paul, 59, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 21 and a half stone. He completely changed his diet and increased his exercise and lost 7 and a half stone and has put his diabetes into remission. He w...

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Getting active with type 1 diabetes: Mahesh’s story

Mahesh was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1992 when he was 30 years old. Here he gives handy tips to others with diabetes about how to start getting active.

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Bariatric surgery and going into remission: Kieran's story

Kieran lost six stone in the four months following weight loss surgery for type 2 diabetes and his diabetes is in remission.

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Going on the NHS low calorie diet programme and into remission: Julie's story

When Julie, 52, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in August 2019, she was sluggish and tired all the time. Her GP enrolled her onto an NHS weight management programme to help her lose weight. Ten wee...

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Volunteer Spotlight - Catherine Brown

We sometimes get sent copies of letters from families saying what a fantastic time they’ve had. For me, that’s the most amazing thing. Sometimes people ask me how can looking after someone else’s chil...

Volunteer Spotlight - Spencer Wimbleton

"I’ve made a lot of lasting friendships over the years. The bond I have with the regional officers is something special. At one point I considered retiring from my role, but we have such a brilliant...

Walking for Wellness - Skids' story

Skids is one of our amazing fundraisers who is going to be walking 10 miles in one day as part of My Wellness Walk. Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aged 46, here he tells us more about how he cope...

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Volunteer Spotlight - September 2020

Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for September 2020, Sheila Seabrook “I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. I’ve worked with lots of different people over the years and the Diabetes UK staff have always m...

Shannon's story: running a marathon with type 1 diabetes

Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during her pregnancy, police custody sergeant Shannon had a lot to come to terms with as she learnt to manage her condition, look after a newborn and figure out what it ...

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