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Putting my type 2 diabetes into remission by learning how to make changes to my diet.

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Diabetes is one of many things Claire and Martin have in common

I met Martin at a Diabetes UK summer camp in 2000. We were both there as volunteers. I was diagnosed with diabetes at nine and was a shy child and so even at 18 going away to a residential camp was a ...

Megan quit her job over lack of support for her diabetes

Megan, 27, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 14 years ago. Last year Megan quit her job working as a management consultant due to lack of support and understanding from colleagues about the impact of...

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 first heard about the 1 Million Step Challenge for Diabetes UK on the website. I had been looking out for a fundra...

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 his recovery he has been able to come to...

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. Here she tells her story from diagnosis to being inspired by her fellow runners to take owner...

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.  Selwyn’s story Michelle's control was always erratic being...

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. The James’ are a fundraising family. Josh’s mum, H...

"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. "There’s a lot of diabetes in my family. My brother and I both have Type 1 diabetes. Jaco...

"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. He was joined on the climb of the 137m sea stack in the Orkney islands by his brother Kevin and friend Dave and they raised ...

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