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Diabetes Research Foundation walk at Drayton Manor

Posted on Friday, 03 October 2008 09:39AM by Editor

There will be a walk in aid of diabetes research at Drayton Manor on the 5th of October. Corrine and Steve Norris have helped daughter Emily cope with her diabetes for three years, and they are  encouraging people to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) annual walk.

Type 1 diabetes is more serious than the more common type 2 and is a chronic, debilitating condition that will impact on the suffers life in a manner of ways.  It occurs when the body attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Many suffers of this type of diabetes rely on multiple insulin injections or pump infusions each day.Emily attends Tardebigge C.E.

First School and has her own box that is kept in the staff room containing sugary drinks, glucose tablets and digestive biscuits in case her blood sugar levels run low. She also has to have regular snacks between main meals. We would encourage anyone with the time to attend the walk to support diabetes research on the 5th of October at Drayton Manor.