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TWO Clare people living with Type One Diabetes have organised the seventh annual Thriveabetes Conference in the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise, which runs from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, October 5th. Thriveabetes has hosted six national conferences, which have been attended by 250 people at each one. It involves nine volunteers from seven counties, including Christine Meehan and Gráinne Flynn, Ennis, who are the founders of Thriveabetes. Gráinne was diagnosed with diabetes at age 20, more than thirty years ago. She created a diabetes support group in Clare in 2007 when I struggled to find the care and support I needed to help me manage my diabetes. This is where Gráinne first met Christine. Christine was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in her 30s in 2006. She describes those first few years of trying to get to grips with it as often being “a daily struggle, juggling all the different elements that have an affect on my blood glucose …
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