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Seven-year-old Harriet was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in January 2017 and features in our Christmas appeal.

I was shocked to be told I had Type 2 diabetes.

I was 59 when I was told I had Type 2 diabetes. It came at a difficult time – just months after I’d had a heart attack in 2011.

I was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2015 but this is not where my diabetes story begins.

A big night out drinking didn't go to plan for Max when he had a hypo on the way home. And his mates had no idea he had Type 1 diabetes.  

When Harini from London was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, it spurred her on to get out of her comfort zone and change her inactive lifestyle.

After nearly 40 years with Type 1, Kate’s life has been revolutionised by new diabetes technology. But like a lot of other people living with the condition, access to it is a postcode lottery.

Being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes came out of the blue for Rob, but he was determined to learn as much as he could about his condition so it wouldn’t hold him back.

Charlotte is 28 years old and lives in London. She is training to be a professional wrestler. And has had Type 1 diabetes since she was three years old.

Tom started learning guitar a few years before he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes age 13.