Life with Type 2 stories

Stop the Stigma: Using Insulin is Not a Failure

Editor’s Note: People who take insulin require consistently affordable and predictable sources of insulin at all times. If you or...

Transgender with Diabetes: Fighting for Gender-Affirming Healthcare

Max was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 6 in 2002. His father has said he remembers the diagnosis...

Mounjaro Allowed Me to Participate More in Life

Mounjaro (tirzepatide) is a once-weekly injectable medication from Lilly Diabetes. It is the first and only dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist....

How This Foodie Changed Her Diet After Being Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

Editor’s note: This story is about a young woman who was able to stop taking insulin after making changes in...

Switching to an Insulin Patch After 50 Years of Injections

People with diabetes need options—the daily and hour-by-hour task of taking insulin does not come in a one-size-fits-all system. Whether...

HCP’s Perspective on Diabetes Success: Learn to Celebrate the Small Wins

Many with type 2 diabetes often believe diabetes management is all about what their A1C says every three months. But,...

(Un)doing Diabetes Stigmas and Changing Public Perception

Beyond Type 1 sat down with authors of a newly released book discussing the public perception of diabetes and what...

A Different Kind of Happiness: Defining My Own Success with Type 2 Diabetes

What does it mean to be successful with type 2 diabetes? Sure, there are clinical guidelines, which encourage people with...

How Starting a GLP-1 Helped This Chef Address Diet Culture

When people talk about diabetes, there’s always such an emphasis on food and what people with type 2 can and...

Former Chef with Type 2 Diabetes Proves Great Food Can Be Healthy + Tasty

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. A type 2 diabetes diagnosis leads many people to believe that...

Making Small Changes + Incorporating Time In Range With Freestyle Libre

For many people living with diabetes, understanding and interpreting blood sugars can be a daunting, never-ending task. In the 21st...

I Accidentally Took 18 Units of the Wrong Insulin

For some people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D), using insulin is a necessity to keep blood glucose levels in...

I Wish People with T1D Understood THIS About Type 2 Diabetes

It’s important to advocate for people who live with all kinds of diabetes. However, people with type 2 diabetes (T2D)...

Using a CGM for My Type 2 Diabetes

Over the past few years, more and more people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have begun using a continuous glucose...

“My doctor refused to put me on insulin for type 2 diabetes, so I got a new doctor.”

Before Kate Cornell was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2005 at 50 years old, she had no idea anything...

Putting Inhaled Insulin to the Test

Editor’s Note: This article is about Ginger’s personal experience using Afrezza, and what has worked for her may not work...

My First Freestyle Libre: Making Adjustments to Type 2 Diabetes Care

When you speak with John Ramos, you hear a person who is self-assured about what methods of diabetes care and...

T1D + T2D Perspectives on Hypoglycemia w/ Ginger + Taylor

Beyond Type 1 staff member, Ginger Vieira and type 2 podcast host and advocate, Taylor Daniele, joined Beyond Type 2...

Why Type 1s Need to Advocate for Type 2s

Over 460 million people around the world have diabetes. Still, people with type 2 diabetes feel stigmatized by those with...

Being Prepared for Hypoglycemia to Stay on Top of My Diabetes Game

Keith Crear is always on-the-go. As a sports photojournalist, he’s always running up and down the field to get the...

Feeling Like a New Person with the Omnipod System

This article was made possible with support from Insulet, a Founding Partner of Beyond Type 2. This interview has been...

A Type 2 Makeover by the Freestyle Libre 14 Day System

Allan Avendaño is a FreeStyle Libre Ambassador and this content was sponsored by Abbott, the makers of FreeStyle Libre 2,—a...

Experiencing A Telehealth Appointment

This content was sponsored by Abbott, the makers of FreeStyle Libre 2,—a Founding Partner of Beyond Type 2. As we...

My First Time Wearing the FreeStyle Libre

Liz Cambron was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2014. Over the years since her diagnosis, Liz, a Ph.D. candidate...