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Thriveabetes; Connect, Learn & Thrive w/ Type 1 #T1D Diabetes at our conference.
Find the Irish Diabetes Online Community through #iredoc
Posts by Gráinne, co-founder

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✨Wouldn’t it be incredible✨ if we saw a panel like this one, made up of ppl living with all types of diabetes, on @RTELateLateShow on World Diabetes Day? 💙

Imagine the conversations, awareness, and the impact that would have.

🤔 I wonder how we could make that happen?

📅 WDD is Fri, 14 Nov
Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes: The “4Ts”

I always remember the “4Ts” when talking about diabetes symptoms:
👉 Tiredness • Thirst • Toilet • Thinner 👈

The “4Ts” matter for both Type 1 and Type 2, though they can show up slower in Type 2

#WorldDiabetesDay #Ireland #T1D #T2D #LADA #MODY #AllTypesofD
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Reposted by Thriveabetes
The multistage chart for type 1 diabetes. Please note that if you only test positive for 1 autoantibody you are unlikely to progress to later stage type 1. There is a lot of misinformation on social media about this aspect.
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Reposted by Thriveabetes
Think insulin resistance is a type 2 thing? It isn't. Type 1s are also insulin resistant, relative to non-diabetics. Previous studies suggest the cause is insulin running around the body, compared to non-diabetics where most of it gets cleared by the liver.
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Diabetes Awareness & Myth-busting: Eating Sugar DOES NOT cause diabetes. Any type of diabetes.

Diabetes is a complex medical condition, and there is no single known cause.

What we do know....

#DiabetesAwarenessMonth #WorldDiabetesDay #WDD #Ireland #Diabetes #DiabetesLife
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
📣 Can you help two @Stripe_YSTE students with a diabetes project?

Donnacha & Dylan from CBS Mullingar are building DiaCare+, a new app to support people living with diabetes.

#SpeirGorm #IREDOC #Diabetes #Ireland #ScienceWeek #Type1Diabetes #T1D #LADA
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🧬It’s #ScienceWeek & #WorldDiabetesDay is near!
From the discovery of insulin to today’s insulin pumps & CGMs, every innovation started with scientific curiosity & research.

Let’s celebrate the scientists, clinicians, & people living w/ diabetes advancing the science.

#ScienceWeekIreland #WDD2025
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We’re so excited for this tomorrow 😁

Thriveabetes is attending Diabetes Ireland’s“Living Life Well with Diabetes” event

📍 Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
🗓️ Sun, Nov 9
🕰️ 1:30-4pm

Come by & say 👋! We’d love to meet you!
#DiabetesIreland #type1diabetes #lada #mody #insulin #cgm #speirgorm
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Time to reshare this video on breaking down the barriers that prevent people with diabetes from accessing the care they need.

Above the Stigma. It still gets me!
- Grainne, Thriveabetes.
The Emotional Toll of Diabetes
There are millions of people living with diabetes. But did you know that 40% of people with diabetes have skipped or missed a doctor's appointment due to shame or stigma?(1) Together, we can help…
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November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
1. What Is Diabetes?

It’s when your body can’t properly turn glucose (sugar) into the energy (fuel) your cells need to work.

#DiabetesIreland #WDD #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
#WorldDiabetesDay #LanguageMatters #T1D #T2D
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
1. What Is Diabetes?

It’s when your body can’t properly turn glucose (sugar) into the energy (fuel) your cells need to work.

#DiabetesIreland #WDD #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
#WorldDiabetesDay #LanguageMatters #T1D #T2D
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
1. What Is Diabetes?

It’s when your body can’t properly turn glucose (sugar) into the energy (fuel) your cells need to work.

#DiabetesIreland #WDD #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
#WorldDiabetesDay #LanguageMatters #T1D #T2D
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
✨ Thriveabetes is attending Diabetes Ireland’s “Living Life Well with Diabetes” event ✨

📍 Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
🗓️ Sunday, November 9th

Come by and say hello to the Thriveabetes team! We’d love to meet you! 💬🤝

#Thriveabetes #DiabetesIreland #DiabetesCommunity
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Happy Halloween everyone.

May your day be full of treats you can enjoy and a night filled with spooky fun!
Find using carb counting info for your Halloween Treats on @digibete

#HappyHalloween #oícheshamhna
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Did you remember? Clocks go back! ⏰ And to change the time on your insulin pumps and finger stick meter 🤓😬

My BG meter wasn't changed last year, so now I'm back on the right time 😁

- Grainne, Thriveabetes cofounder.
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Diabetes Exchange London

Thriveabetes cofounder, Grainne, with Jean The_Dia_Being_Mindset, Erin Dolan, Ken & Sarah not_a_typical_diabetic_
are attending Abbott’s annual #dxlondon2025.

So great to have such a large Irish contingent this year.
October 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
✨Wouldn’t it be incredible✨ if we saw a panel like this one, made up of ppl living with all types of diabetes, on @RTELateLateShow on World Diabetes Day? 💙

Imagine the conversations, awareness, and the impact that would have.

🤔 I wonder how we could make that happen?

📅 WDD is Fri, 14 Nov
October 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thriveabetes founder, Gráinne, spoke at the EASD conference in Vienna, which hosted over 14,000 participants.

Invited by #dedoc°, she emphasised the need for support from the healthcare and research communities for Thriveabetes.

Watch the full #dedoc° symposium at EASD 2025 here: buff.ly/GYRsiSb
#dedoc° Symposium at #EASD2025: "What We Wish You Knew - and Why"
#dedoc° symposia place people with diabetes at the centre of the conversation and allow them to present topics of high relevance to the diabetes community. Our #dedoc° symposium at EASD 2025 in…
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October 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🎉 Thriveabetes 2026 is OPEN for registration!
🗓️ Apr 18, Santry, Dublin

Connect, learn & explore the latest in #Type1Diabetes
🌟 Register at buff.ly/zQQU4u0

More info soon

#IREDOC #NIDOC #ireland #Thriveabetes #Type1Diabetes #T1D #LADA #MODY #DiabetesConference #DiabetesCommunity #DiabetesSupport
October 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Last weekend, Thriveabetes brought together people with type 1 diabetes in Ennis for a Mini Thriveabetes event on Mind Matters.

Here are some highlights…
October 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Diabetes in the Workplace Survey
World Diabetes Day 2025

How does managing diabetes at work affect your well-being?

Share your experience to raise awareness of the challenges and join our call for more workplace support for people living with diabetes and those at risk.

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October 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🎉 #ThriveabetesTurns10

In 2015, we launched Ireland’s 1st conference by people with diabetes, for people with diabetes. 💙

It was full of learning, laughter & peer support — and it changed everything.

Were you there? Share your memory!

#Thriveabetes2015 #PWD #DiabetesCommunity
October 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Diabetes in the Workplace Survey for World Diabetes Day 2025

How does managing diabetes at work affect your well-being?

Share your experience to raise awareness of the challenges and join our call for more workplace support for people living with diabetes and those at risk.

buff.ly/02ezyJf
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Abbott announces its first hybrid closed-loop system in Ireland for diabetes management.

Partnering with Ypsomed & CamDiab, the FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor is now compatible with the mylife YpsoPump. The sensor is available in Ireland from Oct 1st for those eligible.
October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What’s it really like to live w/ Type 1 Diabetes?

We’re bringing together 6 people living with T1D to share what they’ve learned, what they wish they’d known, and what keeps them going at Mini Thriveabetes:

Where: Ennis, Clare
When: Sat, Sep 27
FREE EVENT
🎟️ Register at buff.ly/USjt3Xp
September 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🎤 Our Mini Thriveabetes Keynote Speaker is Dr Mark Davies, Clinical Psychologist, Belfast City Hospital

Ennis, Clare
Sat, Sept 27

Dr Davies specialises in supporting ppl living w/ type 1 diabetes & has a deep insight into the emotional & psychological impact of managing a lifelong condition 1/2
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM