People with Type 1 diabetes can have unique love lives.
Blood sugar management provides an early opportunity to test how supportive potential partners can be. And if a relationship survives that stress test, it’s up to the person with diabetes and his/her partner to learn how to communicate through all the daily highs and lows.
For everyone affected by Type 1 diabetes who has a romantic streak, we’ve assembled our favorite stories on love, sex, dating, and blood sugar management:
A man describes the difficulties of communicating with his love during highs and lows.
Ideas for how to keep your blood sugar numbers level when horizontal.
We’ve braved these sites so you don’t necessarily have to.
Sexual dysfunction from diabetes often can be reversed if caught in time.
A diabetes psychologist shares his secrets.
Weighing the pros and cons of having a partner who also lacks a working pancreas.
When the first bloom of love and the first bloom of diabetes coincide.
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