Jo Sellwood
Let me introduce myself as I start sharing my diabetes connected thoughts via a set of blogs for Tesu Health.
I'm a relatively newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetic if you’d say that 5 years is newly diagnosed. To me it still feels like I am learning about diabetes, how to manage my own diabetes and how the medical and research community are moving forward to help us all.
My diagnosis was only confirmed after I was unwell with a completely unrelated condition. It was a surprise as I thought I was fit and healthy. A vegan marathon runner probably isn't the first person you’d expect to have T2.
Over the last 5 years I've moved through different medication regimes and am currently injecting slow acting insulin once a day. For me, this works well in conjunction with my (self-funded) Continuous Glucose Monitor.
As a way of better understanding diabetes and my own lived experience, I volunteer with DiabetesUK. I am fortunate to be an Expert by Experience as part of their Diabetes Research Steering Group which is planning the next research into the causes of diabetes.
I am a huge advocate of enabling people living with diabetes to have the knowledge, skills and support to take action and thrive.
I hope you enjoy reading my blogs. You can read more through my LinkedIn posts - https://www.linkedin.com/in/josellwood
