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Aruna's story: importance of emotional support from family and community

A year after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Aruna suffered a diabetes burnout and lost her motivation to manage her condition. Receiving emotional support from her family, GP and diabetic nurse...

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Sara's story: my experience with diabetes burnout and how I manage it

Sara works in a hospital and lives in Southend. Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2015, she’s been determined to control her condition by diet and physical activity rather than take metformin. Ho...

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Pam's story: counselling helps me manage stress from diabetes

Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2007, Pam has since struggled with the emotional impact of having the condition, not helped by a lack of support from her local healthcare services. She feels that wa...

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Nicki's story: removing the stigma around type 2 diabetes

Nicki shares the impact that stigma has had on her whilst coming to terms with her type 2 diabetes and says "we need to educate people more and make sure there’s a better understanding of diabetes".

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Dave's story: kids living with diabetes should have emotional support

Dave’s diagnosis with type 1 diabetes at the age of five triggered a huge range of emotions, including anger and denial. Now qualified in psychology and counselling, he recognises how much he would ha...

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Lucinda's story: changing my mental relationship with food to improve health

Living with undiagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder and mental health issues led Lucinda to binge eat. She was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a year after her dad’s same diagnosis, and by supporting each...

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Rob's story: focusing on eating healthier to manage my diabetes

Following an injury to his back, Rob became a lot less active and was told he had prediabetes – which then developed into a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. After his daughter was diagnosed with type 2 t...

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Graeme's story: Raising awareness with One Million Step challenge

Graeme will be taking on the One Million Step Challenge a year after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes following a heart attack. Graeme, who works in cyber security for Bentley Motors, is taki...

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Katie's story: learning I'm not alone has helped with managing diabetes stress

As a teenager Katie started having daily panic attacks brought on by managing her type 1 diabetes. Learning that she isn’t alone in the challenges she faces by talking to others with diabetes has help...

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