{"id":2894,"date":"2026-01-23T11:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=2894"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:49:37","slug":"joannes-story","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/news\/educate\/joannes-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanne&#8217;s story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1310.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Joanne was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes during a routine health check. At the time, she felt constantly tired, her vision was affected, and mentally, she was in a difficult place. Starting medication gave her no relief. When her diabetes nurse mentioned the remission programme, Joanne was ready for change and<br \/>\nthe idea of 12 months of 1-to-1 coach support gave her hope. Joanne logged everything in a journal, stayed focused and found comfort in the supportive online<br \/>\ncommunity. She even used crafts and walking as healthy distractions. The 1-to-1 coaching gave her reassurance and she thanks the programme for giving her, her life back.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing the initial phase of total diet replacement products was only 12 weeks helped her to stay on track; it was a temporary change for long-term gain. Her turning point in the programme was realising she no longer needed food to cope emotionally. She loved the food reintroduction phase and planned her meals<br \/>\nusing various tools, which she now uses daily. Joanne describes the programme as giving her a new lease of life. In the past, she had experienced a bad bout of depression, now people say she\u2019s a totally different person.<\/p>\n<p>Joanne has lost 30kg, dropping from a size 28 to a 12. Her HbA1c dropped from 69 to 36 and she\u2019s off all medication. She now does 20,000 steps a day, five exercise classes a week, and volunteers twice a week. Her energy is back, her confidence has soared, and she\u2019s inspired her son and brother to begin their own<br \/>\njourneys. The goals she set out to achieve at the start of the programme, she has achieved. To anyone thinking about starting: trust the process. Even when weight plateaus, your body is still healing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has totally changed my life\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-xlarge button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/Case-study-Joanne-Dorset-1.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read Joanne&#8217;s full story &#8211; PDF<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2454,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[20],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2894","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-type-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2898,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2894\/revisions\/2898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}