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“I found out I had diabetes in July 2018, as part of a routine blood test I was having every three months to keep an eye on a thyroid condition I’d been diagnosed with the year before. In the same doctor’s appointment, I was also told I had an abnormal pap smear result that required treatment, so it was a lot to take in.

“To be honest, I was more devastated about the diabetes diagnosis than anything else. While I knew cervical cancer could be dealt with, I also knew that if I didn’t look after myself, diabetes could mean I’d