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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 11h

💬 Remember: Diabetes **isn’t** “too much sugar.”

It’s the body’s struggle to use energy properly.

With the right care and support, people with diabetes can live long, full lives. 💙

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 11h

👉Too many ketones = a dangerous condition called DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis). It is life-threatening without treatment.

⚠️ Too many ketones = a dangerous condition called DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis). It can be life-threatening without treatment.

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 11h

3. When People can’t turn Glucose into Fuel:

👉Glucose builds up in the blood. Over time, this can harm your organs.
👉Your cells go hungry. They can’t get the fuel they need.
👉The body switches to “emergency mode”. It burns fat instead, which makes ketones.

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 11h

2. Where Does Glucose Come From?

Two main places:
👉 From food, such as carbohydrates, fruit, and some dairy, which is turned into glucose after you eat.
👉And from your liver, which stores glucose as glycogen and releases it when you need energy.

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 11h

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

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 2d

✨ 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

Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 17d

Abbott invited me to attend the 2025 European Diabetes Exchange forum and paid for my travel and meals, however, the opinions in this post are my own and were not influenced or reviewed by Abbott.

#IreDOC #HSE #cgms #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #DiabetesCommunity #dX2025London

Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 17d

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.

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 21d

✨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

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 23d

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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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · 25d

🎉 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

Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Oct 5

Last weekend, Thriveabetes brought together people with type 1 diabetes in Ennis for a Mini Thriveabetes event on Mind Matters.

Here are some highlights…

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Oct 5

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.

buff.ly/02ezyJf

Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Oct 3

🎉 #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

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Oct 1

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

Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Oct 1

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.

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Sep 26

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

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Sep 24

2/2 This session is for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed, burned out, or simply needed someone who truly understands what it’s like to live with diabetes.

🔗 Learn more & register at buff.ly/0PlsJun

#IREDOC #Type1Diabetes #DiabetesSupport #T1DCommunity #NIDOC #T1D #LADA #Diabetic

Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Sep 24

🎤 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

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Sep 22

What to expect:
🔹 Diabetes clinical psychologist keynote speaker, Dr Mark Davies
🔹 Type 1 diabetes panel discussion
🔹 And a diabetes technology exhibition

Sat, Sept 27, 2025
Ennis, Co. Clare
From: 10:30- 2

Book your place soon at:
buff.ly/USjt3Xp

Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Sep 22

Only a few more days left to register 😃
for the FREE Mini Thriveabetes: Mind Matters with Type 1 Diabetes

Go on! Join over 90 people who have already registered!!!

#Type1Diabetes #LADA #T2Insulin #T3c #Mody #t1d #IrishDiabetes #HSE #IreDOC #Diabetic #cgms #Lifewithdiabetes #InsulinDependent

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Thriveabetes @thriveabetes.bsky.social · Sep 22

✨Visit our Diabetes Exhibition @ Mini Thriveabetes: Mind Matters w/ Type 1 Diabetes ✨
📅 Sat, 27 Sept 2025
📍 Ennis, Clare
🕙 10:30–2

Meet our wonderful exhibition partners:
Abbott • Air Liquide • Dexcom • Glooko • Innovation Zed • MyLifeDiabetes (Ypsomed) • OxyGeneration

🔗 Tickets at buff.ly/0PlsJun

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Sep 8

Advice for parents, from parents, when a child heads off to college

‘Flying the nest is the natural next step ... we weren’t going to be all maudlin and upset around them’

www.irishtimes.com

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