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Joanna Jones

One Walk Manchester

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I’m taking part in One Walk Manchester to help raise money to fund life-changing research and make a difference to the lives of people affected by type 1!

Breakthrough T1D funds world-class research, supports the T1D community and campaigns for broader NHS provision of treatments and technologies. Their collaborations with the best researchers in the world have led to new developments in diabetes technology and treatment.

This is where you come in. With your support and your generous donations, we can fund Breakthrough T1D’s important work.

Just £20 could help towards the next big T1D breakthrough. 

Whatever you can donate, it is really appreciated - Thank you!

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My Updates

Alfie

Monday 27th Apr
My name is Alfie and I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes nearly 3 years ago, and I will 
talk about my story and how I have adapted and overcame this huge obstacle in my life.
Months before I was diagnosed my friends and family began to notice subtle signs that 
something was wrong. I experienced excessive thirst, restlessness and I kept dropping 
weight no matter how much I ate. Eventually on a random morning I woke up to get a 
shower until I nearly passed out in the bathroom. This was the moment my mum 
realised there was something severely wrong and rushed me to the doctors where they 
delivered the devastating news that turned my life upside down. I was admitted into 
Warrington children's outpatients where I stayed for numerous days having tests ran, 
injections and finger pricks constantly while feeling the worst I have ever felt in my life.
Eventually I was released from the hospital, and I returned home where I began to adapt 
to this new routine that i would continue to follow to this day. However, it's not all bad, 
while it might still be stuck with this for the time being, I have never once let it drag me 
down and I continue to do everything a normal teenager would and can do. From 
regaining almost 20kg while going to the gym, and pursuing my hobby of boxing, I never 
once let it hold me back. Even in normal day-day life i make sure i control my diabetes 
and that I don't let it control me, going to school and going out with my friends the same 
as everyone else.
I will never lose hope that even more great technological advancements are made that 
make all diabetics lives 100 times better, and I hope that one day there might even be a 
cure to it. I hope that my story can help other kids in the same position that I was in, 
keep their heads up and continue to pursue all their dreams and not let diabetes 
control their life. But after all of this the main reason I am where I am today is thanks to 
my Mum who has helped me more than anything through it all

Thank you to my Sponsors

£21.84

Chris Cunliffe

£16.56

Marie Woolley

Good luck Jo Jo and Alfie xx

£16.51

Joanna Jones

£15

Katy & Neil

Go Jo and Alfie!! Very proud of you Alfie, you're a superstar xxx

£7

Em ❤️

Good luck, you’re going to smash it ❤️

£7

Danielle Booth

£6.11

Anonymous

£5

Jade Lawton

You go guys, you’ll both smash it 💪🏻

£5

Vicky Watson

Good luck ❤️