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Hello from Zoe

zoesun0823

zoesun0823

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Type of diabetes
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Hi everyone,

I'm Zoe, a research student at King's College London, and I'm currently doing my research in diabetes management. So glad to join the group. My grandma has been living with type 2 diabetes for more than 20 years, which motivates me to do my PhD research in this field.

I'm very much looking forward to knowing more and learning more from all of you.
 
zoesun0823 said:
I'm very much looking forward to knowing more and learning more from all of you.
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Hi @zoesun0823 , welcome to the forum.

Happy to hear your grandma motivates you with your study, I hope she's doing well! Is she a member of the forum too?

Please feel free to read and chip in on threads. However, if you want to post a thread related to your research, you'll need approval from our head office to do so.
Should you want to do this at any point, please send one of the moderator team a PM and we'll let you know how to apply.
 
The most important lesson to learn is, there are more types than just T1 and T2!
Also more variants within these types!
The individuality of all blood glucose/insulin imbalances should be taken into consideration when treatment is considered.
 
zoesun0823 said:
My grandma has been living with type 2 diabetes for more than 20 years.
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How has she faired through those 20 years, has she avoided complications ?
The dietary advice for T2 was very wrong 20 years ago & actually made the condition worse.
 
Good luck with your research!
 
Antje77 said:
Hi @zoesun0823 , welcome to the forum.

Happy to hear your grandma motivates you with your study, I hope she's doing well! Is she a member of the forum too?

Please feel free to read and chip in on threads. However, if you want to post a thread related to your research, you'll need approval from our head office to do so.
Should you want to do this at any point, please send one of the moderator team a PM and we'll let you know how to apply.
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Dear Antje,
Thank you so much for your response. I really appreciate it. Thanks again for telling me the rules of our forum. Yes, I applied for it on 6th May and sent all the required information. I haven't gotten any replies yet. Therefore, I won't post any research-related information until I got permission.

Thanks again for your kind recommendations and I'm very much to know more about everyone's perspective on my research after I got the approval.
 
Lamont D said:
The most important lesson to learn is, there are more types than just T1 and T2!
Also more variants within these types!
The individuality of all blood glucose/insulin imbalances should be taken into consideration when treatment is considered.
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Hi Lamont D,
Nice to meet you and thanks for sharing your ideas. That's very helpful. Please let me know if you have any thoughts/ ideas/experiences that would like to share.
 
Ronancastled said:
How has she faired through those 20 years, has she avoided complications ?
The dietary advice for T2 was very wrong 20 years ago & actually made the condition worse.
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Hi Ronancastled,

Thanks for your reply. My grandma does have some complications, especially eye problems and heart problems. Therefore, she takes medicines according to the healthcare team and does a half-annual check for her health status. Now, she starts having lower body impairments and it's getting a little bit worse. Due to this, my parents have moved to a 10-minute walk apartment to take care of her.
 
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