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Kay - Interview 32  

Kay - Interview 32

Age at Interview: 34
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 30
Background: Kay is a single mother, with a daughter aged 12. Ethnic background/Nationality: White British.
Brief outline:Diagnosed 4 years ago. Kay took metformin for 2 years and now takes insulin.

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Kay talks about her childhood, the abuse she experienced and the effect that had on her weight.

 



A lot of people think that Mum used to feed us a lot. But it is the same, she was big. If you saw her now, she is slim as you, she is. She works nights, well a fortnight about at the factory. We grew up, well I grew up as my Dad was a chef and… he always did large meals, but it wasn't because of that. A lot of the family are big anyway because of our glands. It is something to do with the glands. But otherwise, Mum always brought us up healthy and whatever. I was always on the go. It wasn't the fact that I sat about. I am always on the go. Or with little 'un anyway, she likes doing things. And growing up, we grew up in a chip shops, because Dad was a chef up till I was about seven, and a lot of the time I was abused anyway when I was growing up by a friend of the family. So that was hard as well. Coping with that and coping with the weight issue because kids around, around where we lived, they could be cruel sometimes, but then most kids can be can't they?
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