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Diabetes won't stop me

After being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last year, Jake hasn't stopped fundraising since.

Diabetes UK supported me, now I'm aiming to double my fundraising

From coffee mornings to bucket collections, Diane is doubling her fundraising total.

Diabetes shouldn't be a barrier to doing anything you want to do

Diabetes is who I am - without it I'm not me

Type 1 diabetes hasn't stopped Darren from being a world champion kick boxer.

"Diabetes may be diabolical, but it does not rule Freddie or our family"

Diabetes is not a death sentence

David, now in his 47th year of living with diabetes, reflects on how treatment has changed over the years and puts success of his management down to a positive frame of mind. I am now on

'Diabetes is part of my life - but it doesn't define me.'

Diabetes is not a death sentence but a lifestyle

Despite struggling with injections and high emotions at the time of his diagnosis, Christian is now training to be a nurse so he can help other young people accept their diabetes like he has.

Diabetes is just another part of my life

In 1952, at the age of two, Sheryll was sent to live in a home to help control her diabetes on the advice of doctors.

Diabetes is worth the hard work to have a babe in your arms

Carly shares her experience of pregnancy to support other women with diabetes.Three years ago my husband and I decided that we would like to start a family.

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