Ellen has lived with type 2 diabetes for 15 years and over the last 5 years she has had crippling neuropathy. Here is her story in her own words

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During the weekly peer support group for those living with type 2 diabetes and heart disease, many people shared their weight loss experiences.

While scanning the discussion forum of Diabetes Care Community, I came across a post: “My dad is 74 with type 2. His doctor says he should be exercising. Well probably he should but he’s never really been a sporty or physically active kind of person. How can you make someone change at that age?”

"Our bodies have evolved over millions of years to do one thing: move," After all, humans were hunters and gatherers and survival meant constantly being on the move.

I will share the story of one of the members of the diabetes community support group.

Living with diabetes is a challenge. I discovered that over 10 years ago when I developed Type 2 Diabetes, triggered by the use of steroids prescribed by my oncologist to treat Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.