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Bangor woman, Gemma Bell-Gibson shares her experience of living with type 1 diabetes and the journey she has been on since diagnosis over a decade ago.

Sam was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes nine years ago, aged 41.

Georgia was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in March 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic, aged 26.

Diagnosis I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 5 years ago, and at the time I was told that I probably had

Mark Langlands, 63 from Norwich is a retired Communications Manager. He has lived with type 1 diabetes since he was 18.

My mother has been living with type 2 diabetes for 35 years.  Her fingers were sensitive from all the daily finger prick tests to check her blood sugar.

Diagnosis I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in March 2012, age 11.

Diagnosis I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was eight.

We know sometimes living with diabetes means that you may experience stigma in your lifetime.

Diagnosis I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 19 over 30 ye