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"I never thought I'd get this far.."

Anne Dobson says she has lived for 50 years with Type 1 diabetes with a little help from her family, faith, and the NHS.

"I never felt having Type 1 diabetes gave me a restricted childhood"

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I managed the challenge of not getting lost as well as my diabetes

With a few challenges along the way, not to mention her diabetes, 20-year-old Zoe completed her Duke of Edinburgh Award.

I have been really lucky with my health

John was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was four years old. But being diagnosed in 1936 was very different to being diagnosed today.

I blame lack of desire on my medication

"I am 55-years-old and have had diabetes since I was eight.

"I believe that living with diabetes has shaped me into the person I am today, for the better.”

18-year-old student, Linzi, recently walked along the edge of the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada for Diabetes UK.

I am the director of my diabetes after agony of misdiagnosis

Niki is a brave and inspiring 35-year-old from Oxford misdiagnosed with Type 2 diagnosis in May 2001 aged just 20.

I am now healthy and have adapted to a new lifestyle

After going on a course about managing her diabetes, Rebecca is humbled to have met so many extraordinary people living the condition.I am a long-term diabetic and have had Type one d

I am eagerly awaiting my 50 year medal.

Fifty years of living with diabetes and Sylvia looks back at her diagnosis.In September 1963, aged 13 years, I was walking to college when I was attacked by a dog.

My mum is my number one best friend

I am a 21 year old girl who was only diagnosed five months ago with Type 1 diabetes.
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