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05/10/2026

Today, on World Teachers’ Day, I want to recognise the teachers who truly get it. 💙

The ones who learned about type 1 diabetes. Who listened to the child and their family. Who understood that a phone might be a medical device, that a hypo can’t wait, and that sometimes a child just needs a little extra support.

Most importantly, the teachers who made a child with diabetes feel safe, understood and included — not different.

If you had a teacher like that, or your child has one now, tag them below or their school and let them know the difference they made.

Sometimes the people making the biggest difference don’t realise they’re doing it.

With Diabetes Strong – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉
05/10/2026

With Diabetes Strong – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

With Steve Morgan Foundation – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉
05/10/2026

With Steve Morgan Foundation – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

With Diabetes UK – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉
05/10/2026

With Diabetes UK – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

03/10/2026

She looked drunk.

She was stumbling, confused and struggling to stay on her feet.

People watched. Some judged. Some laughed.

Then she fell onto the train tracks.

But she wasn’t drunk.

She was having a severe hypo.

That’s why diabetes awareness matters.

A severe low blood sugar can affect the brain. Someone may appear confused, unsteady, aggressive, disorientated or even intoxicated.

Sometimes the person who desperately needs help can look like someone people choose to walk past.

Don’t always assume. Ask if they’re OK.

A little more understanding of diabetes could genuinely save a life.

This is why I keep talking about it.
This is why Team Diabuddies exists.

Educate • Empower • Support

Please share this video. The next person someone mistakes for being drunk could actually be having a medical emergency.

02/10/2026

You can’t see a hypo. So I wanted to try and show you one.

A hypo isn’t just a low number on a screen.

It can be confusion. Shaking. Feeling disconnected from everyone around you. Hearing people but struggling to process what they’re saying.

And sometimes, the frightening part is knowing you’re getting worse while slowly losing the ability to do something about it yourself.

These images aren’t diabetes-related. But for anyone who has experienced a bad hypo, I think some of them will feel very familiar.

If this helps explain something you’ve struggled to put into words, please share it.

The more people understand what a hypo can actually feel like, the better.

02/10/2026

Would you feel completely comfortable letting your child with type 1 diabetes sleep at a friend’s house?

It’s something most children take for granted, but with type 1 there’s so much another parent may need to know — hypo treatment, CGM alarms, insulin, what your child looks like when they’re low, when to call you and what to do in an emergency.

That’s another situation where our FREE Type 1 Diabetes Safety Sheet could help.

Fill it in with the important information about your child and leave it with whoever is looking after them.

It doesn’t replace proper diabetes education or an individual care plan — it’s simply something they can quickly refer to if they need it.

Because children with type 1 deserve sleepovers and normal childhood experiences too. đź’™

👉 Download it FREE here 👇
https://team-diabuddies.kit.com/40a8659f0c

02/10/2026

There are things I did as a teenager with type 1 diabetes that I’ve never really talked about.

Not because they were dramatic.

Because at the time, they just felt normal.

I hid my diabetes.

I hated people seeing me inject.

I didn’t want to explain why I needed sugar.

I didn’t want to be the “diabetic kid”.

As I got older, that carried on.

I even had a girlfriend who didn’t know I had diabetes.

There were employers I didn’t tell.

I’d rather struggle quietly than have somebody look at me differently.

Looking back now, I realise how much energy I spent trying to make diabetes invisible.

And I wonder how many young people are doing exactly the same thing today.

We talk a lot about blood sugars, insulin, carbs, pumps and technology.

But we don’t talk enough about what it feels like growing up knowing you’re different.

That’s one of the reasons I started Team Diabuddies.

Because children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes shouldn’t feel like they have something they need to hide.

So I’m interested in something…

Did you ever hide your diabetes growing up?

Or if you’re a parent, has your child ever tried to hide it or avoid talking about it?

I’d genuinely like to hear your experiences.

01/10/2026

You can understand diabetes medically without truly understanding what it feels like to live with it.

The constant decisions. The interrupted sleep. Watching your glucose while trying to work, learn or just get on with your day.

Clinical knowledge is essential. But lived experience brings something different — an understanding of the parts of diabetes that happen between the appointments.

After around 40 years with type 1 diabetes, that lived experience is a huge part of what drives Team Diabuddies.

What’s something about living with diabetes you think people only understand once they’ve experienced it?

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