Type 2 diabetes is often diagnosed following routine blood or urine tests. It can come as a shock to get the diagnosis and difficult to take in everything the GP tells you during the appointment.

In this video slideshow, you can watch people with type 2 diabetes discuss how they felt when they received the diagnosis, find out what type 2 diabetes is and how it is commonly treated and how some people have found technology helpful with their diabetes management.

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In this slideshow, you can watch videos explaining what Flash Glucose Monitors are, listen to people with type 1 diabetes describing how they felt when they were first diagnosed and learn about the principles of carb counting.

You can watch more videos about different aspects of type 1 diabetes by clicking below.

High blood glucose levels over a prolonged period of time can cause damage to the major organs in your body. In this slideshow, you can learn more about how diabetes can affect your eyes, feet and kidneys. 

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You may already know a lot about type 2 diabetes – but did you know it can be put into remission or paused? There’s hope. 

If you have type 2 diabetes, remission means you can bring your blood glucose back to healthy levels* without needing to take any diabetes medication. This can have a dramatic impact not just on your diabetes but on your wider health and wellbeing.

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