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Hi guys With little time to go now I thought I would get the ball rolling. I know that not everyone enjoys/celebrates Christmas and that this year it may be a little different for some. Some may find themselves away from family and feeling lonely, so I wanted to create a thread because I am the...

Hi everyone! I hope you don't mind I'm not diabetic myself but my partner is. I've found that many partners don't know how to engage with their SO's when it comes to their diabetes and I'd love to change this. Were both in our early twenties and both feel that there's not enough support out...

Hi All I am a 20yo male who was recently diagnosed with Type 1. I have always been a happy, positive and easy going person. Probably the perfect person to get T1DM, because I can handle it emotionally. I was initially upset when I found out, but after an hour the tears stopped and I was on my...

In the 3 months I've been dating a type one diabetic he's been admitted to hospital twice, first time was due to low sugars and the second was due to high ketones. I think my main concern is that there's going to be a point, yet again, where I'm responsible for his life? Since his last hospital...

Hello, I found out yesterday that my mum who is 44 has type 1 diabetes. She is really struggling to cope and I just don't know how to help her. I don't fully know how being a diabetic works all I know is 'its a lifelong sentence' or so I keep reading everywhere! I understand she will have...

Hello everyone... This is something that I am really nervous about facing because I feel that if I do and I ask questions etc... I will just get the outcome that I really do not want to get. The "I'm so sorry to tell you but you cannot have children." I'm 21 years old and have been a diabetic...

Hi, I'm 16 and my boyfriend has type 1. Eight years ago, I lost someone really close to me. They were also type 1 and when they were driving their blood sugar dropped so low that he passed out while he was driving. He was in a really bad accident and was killed on impact. Because of this, I'm...

Hi all - as you can see, we've updated the forum and made a whole ton of changes. If anything's broken, missing or not working like you think it should, please post here and I'll do my best to get it sorted for you! Thanks :headphone: