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Living Big: Life with Diabetes

  • Sep 15, 2021
  • History
  • 5 MINUTES READ
Thanks to the discovery of insulin 100 years ago by researchers Frederick Banting, Charles Best, John MacLeod and James Collip, millions of lives have been saved, and people living with diabetes can be whatever they wish to be.
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Woolley’s Warriors raise money to help send children with diabetes to “D-Camps.”

Thanks to the discovery of insulin 100 years ago by researchers Frederick Banting, Charles Best, John MacLeod and James Collip, millions of lives have been saved, and people living with diabetes can be whatever they wish to be.

Reid is an inspiration to all children living with diabetes and wanted to share his experience with others.

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"It's not going to get in the way or stop me from becoming who I want to be or do what I want to do."

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