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I go swimming twice a week, which I enjoy, but I struggle to control my blood sugars when I exercise. I was advised by my healthcare team to make sure my blood sugar is 7-12mmols before I start exercising so I either don't inject as much as I usually would for the meal I eat before I go, but...

I understand what you're saying about it being hard for it not to define who you are, I went through the same thing when I was first diagnosed because I was recovering from Diabetes Ketoacidosis and I felt unwell all the time and had to miss a lot of school and I looked unwell, but now I have...

SAME :D

Yeah it's nice that I can come here and vent! And you guys get what I mean. And sometimes I read something that someone with T1 has written that I have felt but never really put into an actual thought/words

Hi Samantha, I'm sorry to hear about your depression. I was depressed before I realised I had T1 because it wasn't diagnosed for a long time after I started having the symptoms, which was at the time I had high blood sugar. But now I'm diagnosed my blood sugars probably never get nearly as...

Hi Mikey, I'm 17 and I also have T1. I've been in some pretty sticky social situations where people have freaked out because of my injection pen so maybe I can help?

Hahaha this was the most human response so far :P Is verbal overload another symptom of diabetes? :P

Thank you for understanding that it's a big deal to me. I think a lot of people just see me test and inject at school once a day and think that that's all there is to it.

Good point about taking cues! My friends that are into biology seem really interested but I'll be on the look out for their eyes glazing over :P

Hi I'm 17 and T1

I do love a bit of crab aha

So the consensus seems to be that if you are asked to talk about it or people need to know that you're diabetic for safety reasons than you do talk about it and if not you don't. Thank you for replying, this was my first question and I only joined the site yesterday so it's great to get so many...

Does anyone else feel like they talk about their diabetes a lot of the time? I feel as though I want to explain it and I want everyone to understand it and know that it is difficult to live with. But I also don't want it to define me and moan about it too much. How do you find the right balance?

Hi Rowan, I find I can eat crabs as long as I don't have too many in one meal so what you're saying makes sense to me. And yep, there is no substitute!

I'm 17 and would love to chat to you guys, my friends are great about my diabetes but I feel like only people who have it actually get what it's like x