Re: Help – newly diagnosed type 1 Home › Forums › Living with type one › Help – newly diagnosed type 1 › Re: Help – newly diagnosed type 1 23 October, 2010 at 6:20 pm #11391 Annette AParticipant Hi @chrisd, welcome. Normality is a state of mind – as far as I’m concerned, being diabetic is normal (for me). So my life is normal for me, and so will yours be (normal for you), in the fullness of time.