Thanks to dLife, a whole page of insightful advice is available to help decrypt the otherwise ambiguous code of making it work when it comes to diabetes and relationships.
Combining diabetes with a romantic partnership can be a delicate balance. Living with it is one thing, but what about if you are the partner of a person with diabetes? It seems to take superhuman strength to survive the disease alone. Thanks to the good folks at dLife-- you can read more about diabetes and making it a healthy part of your relationship.
Questions that plague couples faced with diabetes are intuitively answered by relationship experts. For example:
How can a couple overcome the communication quagmire when one of you has it and both of you live with it?
A priceless perspective is offered by Amy Tenderich (a type 1 diabetic journalist) as she ponders what life may be like for our partners and loved ones.
Or learn about the secrets of living and loving with diabetes.
Last but not least, read an excerpt from the dLife bookshelf about diabetes and intimacy.
With so much to offer, and so much to give - hopefully you will gain something from dLife on Diabetes and Relationships. In turn, perhaps you will have more to share with your loved ones to mitigate the affects diabetes imposes on loved ones.
1. Relationships are difficult within themselves and adding a "stress factor" such as T1DM can make it even more so.
Having all the advice and suggestions that you have kindly provided as links, does not help resolve anything. In the "real world", the two people are still interacting with each other and their relationship is directly or subtly being influenced by the factor of Diabetes.
As such, their relationship will draw them closer together or farther apart.
Posted at 10:57AM on Mar 19th 2007 by BetterCell