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Nicki Hornby
Diagnosed age 46 in 2015.
For a lot of people I don’t fit the stereotypical idea that everybody has of a type 2 diabetic.
Nicki’s shock diagnosis of type 2 diabetes out of the blue has had a big impact on her life. She thinks there is a lack of understanding about the condition which leads to assumptions that aren’t true.