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#diabeteschat fosters connections among individuals affected by diabetes, providing a trustworthy platform for exchanging ideas and raising awareness. Our @diabetes_chat hosts weekly Twitter Spaces with open discussions, #thursdaythreads, fun facts, and guest speakers.

Our secure community brings together people with diabetes, caregivers, healthcare professionals, athletes, and advocates worldwide. With a reach of over 150,000 in under 18 months, it has set its foundations organically and strongly in the diabetes community.

Our mission is to connect, share experiences, support each other, transfer knowledge and promote diabetes awareness across all types.

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Come join our next community #DiabetesChat for our Open Forum Chat night - Hear from some of the #dedoc attendees in a ATTD review

πŸ—“οΈ Monday 25th March 
⏰ 8pm-10:30pm GMT
πŸ—£οΈ Topic Chat: 8:30pm
πŸ’¬πŸŽ™οΈ Open Forum Chat to follow
Come join our next community #DiabetesChat as we welcome Ginger Vieira as our guest speaker.

πŸ—“οΈ Monday 18th March
⏰ 8pm-10:30pm GMT
πŸ—£οΈ Guest speaker chat from 8:30pm
πŸ’¬πŸŽ™οΈ Open Forum Chat to follow
Tonight on #DiabetesChat our hosts Kes & Tony will be speaking to Ken and Helga. Both Ken and Helga live with Type 2 Diabetes. 

We will be talking about their diagnosis stories and learning about what is Type 2 Diabetes and their treatment pathways. We will also be talking abut some of the research coming out from ATTD2024, type 2 education, stigmas, wishes for the future for type 2 care and mental health and peer support. 

Ken Tait has been a type 2 diabetic since 1999. He is a qualified psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, executive coach and mentor. He specialises in emotional problems for people with long term conditions (LTC)
and their carers e.g. diabetes, cancer, who suffer from stress, anxiety, or depression. He also organises and runs a type 2 diabetic peer support group in Bromley, Kent. main area now is diabetes advocacy. Helping
people and companies understand what it is like to live with Diabetes. I help those with emotional problems and
give talks on emotional problems that people with diabetes endure. I am also passionate about ending the
stigma surrounding Diabetes especially those of us living with type 2.

Helga Nefdt is a diabetes advocate and wellbeing coach living in South Africa. She describes her β€œmost
 empowering day” as the one she disclosed her type 2 diabetes diagnosis to others, having hidden it for many years. Since then, she’s not only found her voice for advocacy, but a community of support too. Helga has a special interest in T2D patient integrated support and education.
Come join our next community #diabeteschat as we welcome Dr Tomas Griffin as our guest speaker.

πŸ—“οΈ Monday 4th March
⏰ 8pm-10:30pm GMT
πŸ—£οΈ Guest speaker chat from 8:30pm
πŸ’¬πŸŽ™οΈ Open Forum Chat to follow

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