Are you involved in any patient groups and do you recommend them as a mode of support?

This is Liz's story of living with Type 2 Diabetes. Here she discusses her experience with accessibility to information on diabetes. She mentions community groups and websites that can be used to help develop and understanding of all type of diabetes.

This is Liz's story of living with Type 2 Diabetes. Here she discusses some of the main stigmas around diabetes and has some valuable insight into the complexity of diabetes as a whole. Her mantra is wonderfully empowering as she explains that diabetes does not control her.

This is Liz's story of living with Type 2 diabetes. Here she discusses her awareness of her condition at the time she was diagnosed. Her understanding was helped by her career in nursing and access to information within her job.

This is Liz's story of living with Type 2 diabetes. Here she discusses how her family had reacted to her diagnosis. With diabetes running within the family there was a profound understanding of adapting the whole family lifestyle together.

This is Liz's story of living with Type 2 Diabetes. Here she discusses how she still lives a normal life whilst moderating her intake of the food she enjoys. This is her way of preventing the feelings of missing out and punishment in relation to enjoying food.

This is Liz's story of living with Type 2 diabetes. Here she discusses the impact diabetes has had on her lifestyle initially and further into her condition.