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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fergus" data-source="post: 78319" data-attributes="member: 6150">I appreciate how you're feeling Iolanthe. I told no-one about my diagnosis because I thought it made me seem defective and that people's perception of me would be coloured by their understanding, or lack of it, of diabetes. It took me a long time to tell my then girlfriend, now my wife, because I convinced myself that it would be a deal-breaker and she'd be off. I also thought that I could take care of it myself and so no-one else really needed to know anyway.I think about it differently these days. Now I don't care who knows, in fact I'm proud that I can manage it effectively and that it's helped me learn so much about human biology that I would otherwise be completely ignorant about.At the same time, my friends are able to keep an eye out for me if necessary now that they know, and that's a real comfort too. To be honest, they're mostly pretty keen to know more about diabetes and apply some of that knowledge to their own health. As I'm thinking about it now, I don't remember a single 'negative' reaction from anyone I've told about my type 1.You might be surprised when you tell people your news, it could be a very positive thing?All the best,fergus</blockquote>

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