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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A WOMAN who has had diabetes for 70 years has been hailed as an inspiration to others.
Joan Willis, 74, of Woodgrange Drive, Thorpe Bay, has been commended for living with type one diabetes since the age of four.
To mark the occasion, Diabetes UK gave Mrs Willis a medal to celebrate her efforts living with the condition.
Suffering with type one diabetes means her body cannot produce enough insulin to break down sugar. As a result, Mrs Willis has to have five injections of insulin every day.
She said: ?It was just life and I had to learn to deal with it.
http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/southend/9744096.Inspirational_Joan___s_70_years_of_diabetes/
Joan Willis, 74, of Woodgrange Drive, Thorpe Bay, has been commended for living with type one diabetes since the age of four.
To mark the occasion, Diabetes UK gave Mrs Willis a medal to celebrate her efforts living with the condition.
Suffering with type one diabetes means her body cannot produce enough insulin to break down sugar. As a result, Mrs Willis has to have five injections of insulin every day.
She said: ?It was just life and I had to learn to deal with it.
http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/southend/9744096.Inspirational_Joan___s_70_years_of_diabetes/