Online health information is important.

When I was first diagnosed, the access to online information is limited. The internet was not what it is today. But there was some, some of that information existed, mainly from United States because internet really blossomed there first and I was lucky to have access to that and I have to say it would have been a very different experience for me had I not had that access. Obviously having access to medical professionals is great but also being able to hear maybe less medical, more of an experience from people. So a good example would be, for example, when I started injecting with pens, after a while you can start seeing that there is change to your skin on your tummy because you're constantly injecting, right? Yes, you can talk to your medical professional and just say, yeah, that's what happens. But I remember reading on, it was a mailing list in those days, somebody actually said, look, this is what's happening to me, I'm getting these lumps what's going on somebody said well yeah that's normal but make sure this and that and talk to your medical professional just seeing that you're not alone seeing that people have been through this even though everyone is different helps hugely and obviously it would be nice if we had a human group that can help but fortunately I guess for the society as a whole there aren't that many type 1 diabetics so it's very hard to find a group but now with online communities being able to access a group of people who have been through this or are going through this is great but like everything on the internet you need to weigh that and then combine it with the expert advice that you get from your health team.