A woman with diabetes told she may ‘never walk without difficulty again’ after the bones in her right foot disintegrated is defying expectations by running the London Marathon this weekend to prove her diagnosis is not a ‘life-sentence’.
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at just four-years-old, trainee solicitor Holly Thurlby, 29, found herself withdrawing from her vital diabetes care in her early teens after facing cruel taunts from other kids.
