How to be a friend to someone with diabetes - friends, housemates, workmates, schoolmates etc

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If your friend, housemate or someone else you know has diabetes, it can affect their daily life particularly if they take medication for it. This can be insulin or other types of diabetes medication. So it’s useful to know what to expect.

They may never need your practical help unless they have a diabetes emergency. But they will welcome your understanding and tact, particularly if they’ve recently found out they have diabetes.

“It’s amazing to be able to speak to someone who understands my type of diabetes so I don’t have to keep repeating myself.”

How to be a friend to someone with diabetes

If your friend, housemate or someone else you know has diabetes, it can affect their daily life particularly if they take medication for it. This can be insulin or other types of diabetes medication. So it’s useful to know what to expect. They may never need your practical help unless they have...

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