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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2514325" data-attributes="member: 372717">I've always been open about it, and as a result I have had my life saved by friends/co-workers who knew about hypos.  (I had a bad time with hypos during my pre cgm T1 pregnancies. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)It's a (small) part of who I am, don't believe it's ever affected my relationships/friendships.  (Though my partner is a saint for the way he helps with my hypos.) But I think it may be easier for those of us who were diagnosed as children, because we don't have any pre-T1 friends, and we are much more used to living with the condition.  I certainly don't consider myself disabled, or at least no more than someone who needs an asthma inhaler, and I've never got the impression that my friends think me so either.I agree with Nicole's statement here. It's hard to handle the situation with friends when you are still struggling with how you feel about it yourself.Good luck,  and welcome to the forums [USER=513207]@Excarlibur[/USER] .(Edited to add. Disclaimer, I haven't been a young person/adult for a long time, but I did have T1 when I was.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)</blockquote>

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