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MenopauseMithers @menopausemithers.bsky.social · 17h

A community for those with #diabetes who are experiencing #menopause because there is strength in community

Image previously shared by @myabetic on Instagram

An image of white black and brown hands with a teardrop of blood on the index finger

Yes, we do know the pointy finger isn’t the pricky finger but art surpasses those rules

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · 5d

MC's end of week: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

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@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
@thecourier.co.uk
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#worldmenopauseday

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · 1d

Our newest patron, Dame Kelly Holmes MBE has joined us in the "Support the Cause" campaign! Purchase your ribbon here: menopausecafe.org/shop With many thanks to @perthandkinross.bsky.social for their help in creating these videos.
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#worldmenopausemonth

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MenopauseMithers @menopausemithers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to the amazing global community of women with #diabetes who contributed to this video for #WorldMenopauseDay 💜
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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · 7d

We are in the news!

Menopause Cafe Holyrood.

@jennimintomsp.bsky.social
@monicalennon.bsky.social
@johnswinney.bsky.social
@thirdforcenews.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
@nacwgscot.bsky.social

nen.press/holyrood-sta...

Holyrood Staff Unite to Support Menopause Awareness

UK Parliaments Join Forces to Support Menopause Awareness Staff from three UK parliaments – Holyrood, Westminster, and the Senedd – are coming together during World Menopause Month in a…

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MenopauseMithers @menopausemithers.bsky.social · 12d

This is for anyone in the UK, aged 35-65 who has ever menstruated and experienced #perimenopause or #menopause, with or without #diabetes

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ulster/uls...

@blackmenopause.bsky.social @menopausecafe.bsky.social @menopausesociety.bsky.social @menopauseni.bsky.social

Ulster University researchers want to understand women's experience of menopause while also exploring the additional challenges for women with diabetes.
If you're a woman aged 35-65, live in the UK, and are going through or have completed menopause, please scan the QR code to a survey to help develop a better understanding of the experiences of women from every racial & cultural background, with and without diabetes
3 x £100 LoveShop vouchers will be given to randomly selected respondents who complete the online questionnaire and provide their contact details.
Dr Rachel Black r.black3@ulster.ac.uk

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · 12d

MC's end of the week. See more: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

@thirdforcenews.bsky.social
@menopausesociety.bsky.social
@intlmenosociety.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
@nhsenglandldn.bsky.social
@nacwgscot.bsky.social

#worldmenopausemonth

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · 15d

MC's at start of next week. Full details: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

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@menopausesociety.bsky.social
@intlmenosociety.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
@nacwgscot.bsky.social
@citizensadviceplym.bsky.social

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MenopauseMithers @menopausemithers.bsky.social · 15d

Lovely #perimenopause & #menopause people, we’ll share a link to Ulster University’s #diabetes & #menopause research project next week. You don’t have to have diabetes just perimenopause and/or menopause 💜@menopausesociety.bsky.social @menopausecafe.bsky.social @blackmenopause.bsky.social

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · 19d

MC's end of the week: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

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@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
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#worldmenopausemonth #menopause #perimenopause

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NI Diabetes Community @nidoc.bsky.social · 19d

Sharing this for anyone who might be interested in a #diabetes card game developed by Prof Kath Barnard-Kelly, a psychologist who specialises in diabetes support

www.diafight.com

DiaFight | Diabetes Games

DiaFight is the ultimate diabetes game series where diaheroes battle diamonsters in an epic diabetes-themed world.

www.diafight.com

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MenopauseMithers @menopausemithers.bsky.social · Sep 13

Reached that stage of life where you are busy with work and family and travel and updating training and realise that you’ve neglected your social media accounts…? Yep, so have we 🙈

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · Aug 15

MC's at the start of next week. Further info: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

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@intlmenosociety.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
@nhsenglandldn.bsky.social
@nacwgscot.bsky.social
@citizensadviceplym.bsky.social

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · Sep 12

MC's start of the week. See www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen... for more info.
@menopausesociety.bsky.social
@intlmenosociety.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
@nhsenglandldn.bsky.social
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@citizensadviceplym.bsky.social

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · Jul 6

Menopause Cafes at the start of the week. For full details, how to book and future dates: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

@menopausesociety.bsky.social
@intlmenosociety.bsky.social
@emas-online.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · Jun 9

Menopause Cafes this weekend. For full details, how to book and future dates see:
www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

@menopausesociety.bsky.social
@intlmenosociety.bsky.social
@emas-online.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
@nhsenglandldn.bsky.social

#menopause #perimenopause

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · Jun 6

Menopause Cafes at the start of next week. Full details, how to book, future dates see: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

@menopausesociety.bsky.social
@intlmenosociety.bsky.social
@emas-online.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
@nhsenglandldn.bsky.social
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blackwomeninmenopause @blackmenopause.bsky.social · May 31

Menstruation to #perimenopause #menopause: a natural progression. Plant seeds of awareness now, so strong foundations are laid for the future.

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Pancreas 404 @1derfultype.bsky.social · Apr 5

Last #congresSFD symposium on #diabetes & gender. A pity many endos had left as women living with #diabetes can prove this, thanks to #CGM:

✅ #Estradiol ⬆️ insulin sensitivity
✅ #Testosterone (gel for 🚹 used in 🚺) + estradiol : bone benefits during #menopause

#dedoc° @menopausemithers.bsky.social

Pancreas 404 @1derfultype.bsky.social · Apr 5

🧵 #Diabète et dimorphisme sexuel

✅ Importance de moderniser concepts de l’hormonothérapie et sa protection métabolique
✅ Role du genre : modificateur génétique de la santé
-F Mauvais-Jarvis

#congresSFD #SFD2025 #dedoc°@dedocORG #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · May 23

Menopause Cafes at the start of next week. For full details, how to book and future dates see: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

@menopausesociety.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social
@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
@helensburghadv.bsky.social

#menopause #perimenopause

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Menopause Cafe charity @menopausecafe.bsky.social · May 30

Menopause Cafes at the start of next week. For full details, how to book and future dates see: www.menopausecafe.net/events-calen...

@menopausesociety.bsky.social
@letstalkmenopause.bsky.social
@menopausemithers.bsky.social

#menopause #perimenopause #menopausesupport

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🇮🇪🇵🇸ShivGaffney @shivgaffney.bsky.social · Mar 15

May be of interest @menopausemithers.bsky.social 🤔

Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · Mar 8

It's #IWD25, and we're highlighting some of the excellent researchers awarded funding under the Research Ireland Pathway Programme. @oonaghgiggins.bsky.social at DkIT aims to design, develop, and evaluate a digital health tool for menopausal women at risk of coronary heart disease. #Menopause #CHD

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Pancreas 404 @1derfultype.bsky.social · Mar 10

We did a thing! Honoured to be a co-author of a poster alongside @moodwife.bsky.social @dia-bete-noire.bsky.social
Ana Alvarez Pagola @carogoloop.bsky.social

@menopausemithers.bsky.social community 🙏

Huge shoutout to Dawn who led this work w/expertise & dedication 👑

#WomensHealth #dedoc 3/

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MenopauseMithers @menopausemithers.bsky.social · Mar 8

100% this
Cheers to the days still to come ☕️🫖

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MenopauseMithers @menopausemithers.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thanks to all our lovely new followers and welcome to our chaos 🫂 we’ve been a bit quiet lately because we’ve been busy putting a poster together for #ATTD2025! (and we keep forgetting we have a wee house over here 🤪)

Abstract Number: 1002
Abstract Title: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIABETES TECHNOLOGIES DURING
PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSE IN WOMEN
WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES
Thank you for submitting an abstract to the 18th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD
2025) taking place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 19-22 March 2025.
On behalf of the Scientific Program Committee, we are pleased to inform you that your abstract has been accepted for E-POSTER VIEWING at the Conference.

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