Life with Type 2 stories

My Rejection for Life Insurance Revealed My Type 2 Diagnosis

Editor’s Note: Get involved in Beyond Type 2’s #SeeTheSigns of diabetes campaign! Share your signs to help save lives, get...

How I’ve Dealt with My “Freshman” Year of Type 2 Diabetes

Editor’s Note: Get involved in Beyond Type 2’s #SeeTheSigns of diabetes campaign! Share your signs to help save lives, get...

Life with Diabetes Complications: I Wish I’d Known This Would Happen

The unfortunate truth: having diabetes can significantly increase your risk of developing other health conditions. While some potential diabetes complications...

Hiking The Appalachian Trail with Type 2 Diabetes

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Insulin Improved My Quality of Life

Attorney, copywriter and Beyond Type 2 community member, Alex Charnin, shares her personal journey of starting insulin for the first...

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....

Conquering Type 2 Diabetes While Training For a Triathlon

When Aditya was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2014, he accepted this challenge with open arms. Then he welcomed...

How Insulin Got My Health Where it Needed to Be

Living with diabetes means having to perform daily management tasks like taking medication, tracking carbohydrate intake, monitoring blood glucose levels...

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...

Weight Lifting For The Win with Freestyle Libre

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. With experience as a triathlon coach, Dave Winningham knew that once...

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...

T2D As A Catalyst For Change: How Jamie Focused On Poetry + Community

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How Therapy Helped Me After My Diabetes Misdiagnosis

Thank you to BetterHelp for offering everyone in our community two free weeks of professional online therapy. Learn more at...

Getting Therapy as a Man with Diabetes: “Our pride gets the best of us.”

Thank you to BetterHelp for offering everyone in our community two free weeks of professional online therapy. Learn more at...

LeAnne’s Type 2 Diagnosis + Connecting With Others On Social Media

Editor’s Note: Get involved in Beyond Type 2’s #SeeTheSigns of diabetes campaign! Share your signs to help save lives, get sharable...

Finding Adventure in Life with Type 2 + FreeStyle Libre

This interview was edited and condensed for clarity. All photos were taken by L.A. Carr of Manifest Media Haus. Alysse...

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...

Transforming Tobi: A Story About Fitness + Mental Health

Editor’s Note: Get involved in Beyond Type 2’s #SeeTheSigns of diabetes campaign! Share your signs to help save lives, get sharable...

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...

Losing Weight with Type 2 Diabetes: “You cannot hate yourself to wellness.”

When Mary Van Doorn was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 21 years old—after a routine physical—she didn’t take the...

Forgetting to Take Insulin, Until I Started Wearing a Pump

We hear from so many people in our community that being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes was shocking or scary,...