HelenW1977
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Hi all. I am the partner of a Type 1 Diabetic. Finding it tough at times and wondering if anyone knows of any support for partners? Thanks.
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Partner support?
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Hi Helen, welcome to the forum 🙂 You are more than welcome to post your questions and concerns here - we have many people who are partners of people with diabetes. Has your partner been diagnosed long? Are there any particular problems you need help with?
HelenW1977
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Thanks for the reply. He has been living with diabetes for about 25 years and we have been together just over a year. There is nothing specific I am looking for help with really just to share my experience and find other people who understand how I sometimes feel. We are incredibly close and manage as a team but he often has episodes and although 90% of the time I deal with them well I feel like I am constantly in a state of worry, I wake up in the night regularly to check he is ok, I hate being away from him in case as sometimes he is not aware he is low and occassionally when he is low and won't listen to me I deal with it really badly and then just hate myself afterwards. I feel so stressed and hate seeing him go through it. It scares me so much.
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Hi Helen
We do have quite a few partner/spouse/carer members here, as well as parents of children with diabetes, of course.
Mrs Eduad has often said that it is surprising the lack of 'official' support (or even acknowledgement) given to what some US bloggers call 'type 3' diabetics like yourself. Parents get quite a lot of advice - and rightly so - but partners seem to fall outside the official mindset. She wrote this on the subject some years ago: http://www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk/2010/02/wags.html
You are more than welcome to post here, of course and pick our collective brains. There may also be local support groups near you where you could get together with other diabetics and their partners to compare experiences.
Welcome to the forum 🙂
We do have quite a few partner/spouse/carer members here, as well as parents of children with diabetes, of course.
Mrs Eduad has often said that it is surprising the lack of 'official' support (or even acknowledgement) given to what some US bloggers call 'type 3' diabetics like yourself. Parents get quite a lot of advice - and rightly so - but partners seem to fall outside the official mindset. She wrote this on the subject some years ago: http://www.everydayupsanddowns.co.uk/2010/02/wags.html
You are more than welcome to post here, of course and pick our collective brains. There may also be local support groups near you where you could get together with other diabetics and their partners to compare experiences.
Welcome to the forum 🙂
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HelenW1977
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Thanks for the welcome Mike. Much appreciated.
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