Tag: Diabetes

I am doing the One Million Step Challenge (500,000 steps) for Diabetes UK!

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This is scary but here goes! This summer, I’m stepping up for Diabetes UK in their Step Challenge (I will be aiming to do 500,000 steps between my birthday 1st July and September).🤣🥰

I am doing this challenge to not only support the 5 million people in the UK who live with diabetes (including my dad Mike) but also to get fit, healthy and lose weight after being diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos) last year. With pcos there is a future risk for diabetes as well as fertility challenges- I’m not diabetic currently and want to get healthier.

Those who know me well know this is a big deal for me as I am not a gym goer! I will be aiming to do 5000 steps a day starting on my 36th birthday 1st July- through to 30th September to total 500,000 steps which is one of the challenges.

Please sponsor me if you can afford to fund life saving treatments/research into diabetes and get me off the couch so I am healthier too!

Click sponsor me in previous sentence to donate or learn more!

Thank you; Eleanor xx

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Words Save Lives- Jessicas Story for NHS Organ Donation: Waiting for Kev

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Today is a slightly different post than normal, but just as important. My friend Jess writes a blog called Waiting for Kevin and has recorded this video to get people to sign up to the NHS Organ Donation register .

Who is Kevin I hear you ask? Kevin is the name of Jess’s new kidney, one she is waiting for in hospital while on dialysis (a machine that helps with kidney function- to keep you well). Jess was diagnosed with diabetes as a teenager and found out she would need an organ transplant last year.

She dreams of working, getting a pet, travelling, living life to the full– things most of us take for granted. Jess is only 30 and she is the most amazing, strong, wonderful human being- I am proud to be her friend.

Understandably, physical health issues can also impact on our mental health too and that is why I am sharing this. In the video, you will see that Jess’s incredible art works, help her when she is waiting around in hospital and she is incredibly talented.

So please watch and share this video and blog and if you can and live in the UK- sign up to the Organ Donation Register.

Jess is on Twitter @waitingforkev where you can find her blog too. She has previously commented on this issue on major radio stations and on BBC Breakfast TV.Â