Hi all! :)

[everydayupsanddowns]

Gosh is it really 42?! that's so many! I've been given a 400 word limit so I don't think I'll be able to include all of them- but I will definitely include a few of them.

I’m not sure it was meant to be anexhaustive list, but these are the ones the folks at Diatribe put together

Thread '42 Factors that affect BG'

Jan 27, 2020

A useful list for when you're making that 'piece of cake' calculation 🙂



ETA: Article about the table:

https://diatribe.org/42factors

• Northerner
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Good luck putting your piece together @lauramwatt

I think it would be nice to include something anti-stigma. So much media coverage either blatantly or subtly blames those being diagnosed with diabetes as having ‘brought it on themselves’ and ‘bankrupting the NHS’, when in reality it is a lot more complex and nuanced than that. No one sets out to give themselves diabetes, and there are significant genetic, environmental, and socio-economic factors which mean that two people can make exactly the same choices, one will quickly develop diabetes, and the other never will.

 

[CliffH]

Hello everyone!

I hope you're all having a lovely day so far.

I recently took part in the CHOICE course, and I found out about this forum through that. I've been diabetic for quite a while, and it's lovely to know that there's a group of people here that are going through the same/similar things. Diabetes can be a little lonely sometimes, so I'm really excited to be part of this.

I don't have any questions to start with, but I was wondering if any of you could offer me some insight? I work in HR, and closely with our Head of EDI, and I've been asked to write a piece on Diabetes awareness for World Diabetes Day (nov 14th). I want to write a bit about my experience, and resources we have available for those at our company, but I was wondering if any of you have any ideas for what I should include? I was thinking some links also (to Diabetes UK and a link to the Diabetes NHS health check). If anyone has any other ideas, I'd love to hear them!

Thank you 🙂

I'm a Clinical Psychologist (although not in the field of diabetes) and have Late Onset Type 1. I'd be delighted to help your organisation in any way I can (for free, of course!) with thinking in more detail about how to support people with the psychological impact of all forms of diabetes. Alternatively, I'd be happy to reach out for you to colleagues who do specialise in diabetes.