The Power of Health Communities

Healthshared community has an important role to play both in terms of essentially almost a crossover between managing things yourself and managing things with healthcare professionals because as I mentioned in the previous question, understanding that there are going to be periods of the year where there are more challenges to your health care than others has a physical and mental aspect and I think a community of people who understand that and they're going through that with you can help alleviate certainly some of the mental stress that comes with it. There is obviously also the benefit of having people who have a condition and their practical tips as to how they deal with certain things and what they've tried and seen through their health professionals or other people they know and seeing how you could incorporate that or test that in your own, you know, your own management because ultimately with a condition like diabetes it's a marathon not a sprint and there's time to try and find what works best for you and ultimately without ideas from others to help you it's difficult to see ways forward sometimes so I think the health care community can be really valuable there.