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#235: The Strangest Things Said To T1Ds
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In this week's episode Eoin and Graham sit down to talk about one of Eoin's recent Instagram posts.
Eoin received a huge reaction to a post where he asked, 'What's the strangest thing anyone has said to you about T1D'?
From 'I wish I was diabetic', to 'why are you not fat?', there were some seriously strange comments made to diabetics around the world.
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