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10/09/2026

3 hypos. One day.

This is one of those parts of Type 1 diabetes that people on the outside rarely see.

You treat the first low, wait for your blood glucose to come back up and try to carry on with your day.

Then it happens again.

And again.

By the third one, it’s not just your blood glucose that’s taken a hit. You’re physically and mentally drained from constantly having to stop, treat and recover.

And tomorrow? You get up and manage it all over again.

If you live with Type 1 diabetes, or care for someone who does, follow Team Diabuddies.

This is where we talk about the reality of T1D — the good days, the difficult days and everything people don’t always see.

💬 What’s the most hypos you’ve ever had in one day?

10/09/2026

You can look completely fine… while Type 1 diabetes is demanding your attention every minute of the day.

The calculations. The alarms. The highs. The lows. The decisions. The constant voice in the back of your head asking, “What’s my blood glucose doing now?”

That’s the side of Type 1 people don’t always see.

And it’s why I talk openly about what living with this condition is really like — not to scare people, but to make people feel understood.

đź’™ If you live with Type 1, follow Team Diabuddies.
đź’¬ And tell me below: what part of diabetes do you think people underestimate the most?

08/09/2026

Ever completely lost your temper over something tiny… and then thought, “Why did I react like that?”

Sometimes it wasn’t really about the thing that happened.

It was the alarm that woke you at 3am.
The stubborn high that wouldn’t come down.
The hypo you had to treat.
The constant decisions about insulin, food, exercise and glucose levels.

Then one tiny thing happens…

and it becomes the final straw.

Diabetes doesn’t excuse treating people badly. But sometimes the people around us see the reaction without seeing the 100 things Type 1 piled on top of us beforehand.

If you live with Type 1 and recognise this feeling, you’re exactly who I make this content for.

Follow Team Diabuddies for the side of Type 1 diabetes that doesn’t always get talked about.

And tell me in the comments: what’s the smallest thing you’ve ever snapped over when diabetes had already pushed you to your limit?

07/09/2026

Imagine losing part of your sight to diabetes — and knowing afterwards that changes could have been picked up earlier.

I’ve just come back from my own eye appointment today, so it feels particularly apt to talk about this.

At the moment, I’m checked every 3 months because I have a slight bleed in my left eye. Thankfully, it doesn’t seem to be getting any worse — but it isn’t improving either.

And the strange thing is, my eyesight can feel absolutely fine.

That’s why diabetes eye screening matters. Changes at the back of the eye can develop before you notice any difference in your vision. Catching problems early gives us the best opportunity to protect our sight.

After years of diabetes appointments, tests, bloods and check-ups, it’s easy to develop appointment fatigue. But this is one I won’t take for granted.

We spend so much of our lives managing the numbers in front of us. Sometimes we need to think about protecting the future we still want to see.

If Type 1 diabetes is part of your life, follow Team Diabuddies. I share the realities of living with this condition — including the things we sometimes don’t want to think about, but need to talk about.

And I’d genuinely like to know: when was your last diabetes eye screening?

They look fine. But that doesn’t mean diabetes is being quiet.Whether it’s a child sitting in a classroom or an adult ge...
07/09/2026

They look fine. But that doesn’t mean diabetes is being quiet.

Whether it’s a child sitting in a classroom or an adult getting through a working day, there can be an entire second job happening in the background.

Checking glucose.
Calculating insulin.
Treating hypos.
Responding to alarms.
Watching trends.
Making decisions.
Trying to concentrate while doing all of the above.

And most of the people around them may never even notice.

The environment changes as we grow up — school becomes work — but Type 1 diabetes comes with us.

That’s why understanding and reasonable adjustments shouldn’t stop at the school gates.

We shouldn’t have to look unwell before our diabetes needs are taken seriously.

💬 Have you ever had a moment at school or work where you were struggling with your diabetes — but everyone around you thought you were completely fine? Tell me about it below.

06/09/2026

You become so good at hiding what diabetes does to you that eventually, people stop noticing you’re struggling at all.

They see you going to work. Laughing. Getting on with your day. Looking “fine.”

They don’t see the broken sleep, the alarms, the constant decisions, the fear of going too low, the frustration of going too high, or the mental exhaustion of managing something that never gives you a day off.

And after a while, you get good at hiding it too.

You smile. You carry on. You say, “I’m fine.”

Not because diabetes isn’t affecting you — but because explaining just how much it affects you can sometimes feel harder than pretending it doesn’t.

How much of your life with diabetes do the people closest to you never actually see? đź’™

05/09/2026

The mental load of T1D parenting doesn’t switch off when the day ends. It follows you through every meal, activity, bedtime, and overnight alarm.

It’s the constant calculating, checking, planning, and second-guessing — all while trying to make life feel as normal as possible for your child.

T1D parenting is 24/7, and the weight of it can be hard to explain to anyone who hasn’t lived it.

If this is your reality, you’re not alone. 💙

T1D parents — what’s the part of this responsibility that people outside the diabetes world understand the least? Tell me in the comments.

04/09/2026

DiaPASS is still being developed — and I want the diabetes community to help shape it. If you or your child has ever had to explain, justify or fight for basic diabetes needs at school, tell me what happened below. Your experiences could help show why something like this needs to exist. 💙

04/09/2026

Sometimes, as a parent, you can’t help but wonder…

Who would my child be if Type 1 diabetes had never entered their life?

What would their childhood have looked like without the needles, alarms, carb counting, hypos, hospital appointments and constant decisions?

Would they be more carefree? Less anxious? More spontaneous?

It’s not that you don’t love the person they’ve become. You’re incredibly proud of them.

But sometimes you grieve the childhood they should have been able to have — the one where being a kid was their only job.

And I don’t think parents talk about that grief enough.

If you’ve ever had the same thought about your child, you’re not alone.

03/09/2026

Sometimes the people closest to us see us getting stressed over something small and wonder, “Why has that bothered you so much?”

But what they don’t always see is everything that came before it.

The alarms. The blood glucose swings. The calculations. The decisions. The interrupted sleep. The constant awareness that diabetes never really switches off.

Then one more everyday problem lands on top.

It’s not necessarily that someone with diabetes can’t handle normal life. Sometimes their mental load was already full before that “little thing” even happened.

And when the people we love begin to understand that, it can change the way they see our reactions completely.

Does diabetes make everyday stress feel heavier for you?

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