What it's like to live with Type 2 diabetes
What it's like to live with Type 2 diabetes
What's it like living with Type 2 diabetes? Here's how just a few adjustments to your daily routine can make a big difference to your overall health
By Lisa Bendall
Taking medication
Not everyone with Type 2 diabetes takes medication. But if you do, part of your day involves taking your pills or administering your injections. The medication may be prescribed to lower blood sugar, help your body produce insulin or provide the insulin your body can’t produce.
About a quarter of people with Type 2 diabetes will eventually need to have insulin injections. “It’s not something that’s considered a failure or your fault. It’s just a natural progression of the disease,” says Palmer. These days, people are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at a much younger age, which means they could be living with the disease for decades.
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