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Shaun: 'I have a sweet tooth and like fast food'
I was diagnosed four years ago after a blood test. I was shocked. I’d been feeling a bit tired and thirsty but didn’t know why.
The doctor told me my body was making less insulin. I control it with Metformin - one after breakfast, one after tea. I’m also trying to eat better food - more vegetables. But I have a sweet tooth and like fast food. When I get tense, I like a bun. I’m trying to drink water instead. Drinking less diet cola helps too.
I walk and have started to play 5-a-side football. I hadn’t played for 20 years. I wouldn’t have done that if not for the diagnosis. I was borderline obese but I’ve lost a stone. I have a group of friends who can support me. One of them already had type 2 and she told me the signs of high and low sugar. She could tell by my eyes. The doctors don’t tell you enough. It’s like you’re on a conveyor belt.
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The Men’s Health Forum need your support It’s tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it, things generally only get worse. So we’re asking. In the UK, one man in five dies before the age of 65. If we had health policies and services that better reflected the needs of the whole population, it might not be like that. But it is. Policies and services and indeed men have been like this for a long time and they don’t change overnight just because we want them to. It’s true that the UK’s men don’t have it bad compared to some other groups. We’re not asking you to ‘feel sorry’ for men or put them first. We’re talking here about something more complicated, something that falls outside the traditional charity fund-raising model of ‘doing something for those less fortunate than ourselves’. That model raises money but it seldom changes much. We’re talking about changing the way we look at the world. There is nothing inevitable about premature male death. Services accessible to all, a population better informed. These would benefit everyone - rich and poor, young and old, male and female - and that’s what we’re campaigning for. We’re not asking you to look at images of pity, we’re just asking you to look around at the society you live in, at the men you know and at the families with sons, fathers and grandads missing. Here’s our fund-raising page - please chip in if you can.
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