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"I was diagnosed when I went to have my tonsils out"

I was diagnosed when I attended the local Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital to have my tonsils out.

"I wanted to try to use my diabetes as the basis for something productive and musical"

I want to show others with Type 1 diabetes that they can do what they want

Diabetes UK blogger Helen Maywas determined Type 1 wasn't going to stop her achieving her goals, whether trekking for gorillas in Uganda

'I'm a Type 1 diabetic woman who has given birth to two healthy children.'

'I want to share my story to prove that having diabetes will not stop you achieving your goals.'

"On March 28 2008 I was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

I used to think of diabetes as negative - but over the years I have come to realise that it has brought me positive things too

Hear howblogger Cornflake Traveller is 10 years and 64 countries into travelling the world with Type 1 diabetes.I grew u

'I started to live out my dreams'

'I remember waking one morning to the recognisable smell of ketones on James' breath.'

I simply didn't know the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes

Amy is 'up for doing her bit' to make people more aware of Type 1 diabetes after her son spent a week in intensive care. If I or someone else around Isaac had known these symptoms, perhap

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