Pick Me Up!

A NEW WOMAN

Waiting patiently in the doctor’s surgery for my check-up appointment, I planned what I was going to cook for tea.

Maybe a vat of cottage pie? I thought to myself. And I’ve got some chocolate in the cupboard for dessert!

It was August 2019, and I weighed 24st 11lbs and was a dress size 26.

I was very overweight, but I’d never had any health problems.

That was, up until now…

‘You have Type 2 diabetes, Sarah,’ my doctor said.

I was stunned.

Diabetes! I thought – the diagnosis flashing in my head.

Type 2 diabetes ran in the family, but

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