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Long term health conditions >> Women 24+ >> Catherine - Interview 02 >> Only when she saw an epilepsy specialist was she given effective drugs. Since then she could learn to drive.

For many years Catherine stayed on a treatment that was not successfully controlling her epilepsy. And as a teenager she didn't know much about the different medications available. In her early twenties her new consultant put her on new medication that has improved the overall management of her condition.

Long term health conditions >> Women 19-23 >> Jodie - Interview 18 >> Her diabetes and cystic fibrosis require a very specific treatment. She finds that apart from her medical teams other doctors find it difficult to und

Jodie has cystic fibrosis (CF) and was diagnosed with CF related type 1 diabetes in her early teens. Of the two conditions she finds her diabetes the harder to control particularly because she has a very active life. She finds that the specialist care she received is brilliant. She remains thankful for all the nagging she got from her Dad and her children's consultant.

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