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Message: <blockquote data-quote="alhubb" data-source="post: 1367853" data-attributes="member: 369195"><p>Following on from what [USER=369210]@TallGiraffe[/USER] has said.  I absolutely hate being T1D, it is awful.  Transitioning from being non-diabetic to insulin dependent T1D has been difficult, but has been made so much easier by having spent the last 18 months living with my partner [USER=369210]@TallGiraffe[/USER] and see what she has to do etc and that she's bloody amazing at supporting me.  But even with that, it is incredibly difficult.  Some friends have been great to talk to about it, some have been worse than useless.  My parents and my partner's parents have been great, they're always an ear to voice my frustrations.  But at the end of the day, only I understand what it is like to be me with this disease.  I could never fully understand what it is like to be my partner with it, growing up with, coping with injections at a young age etc and I still can't the same as she can never understand what is like to get to 31 years old and suddenly have this disease.   Unfortunately, I think we're all going to have some level of "you just don't understand" but we have the cards we're dealt with and have to deal with it the best we can, which includes getting annoyed some days and feel like we're struggling.  Point is, you shouldn't be afraid to say something if you're struggling and need help and want to air your frustrations, it is completely understandabe</p></blockquote><p></p>

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