Peer Support for People with Diabetes

Joined in on the hangout and the twitter feed (signed up again especially in fact).
Was nice to be able to hear other diabetics. A very rare occurrence for me.
I am seriously considering volunteering after the chat... so glad it doesn't matter that I'm a full-time worker!

JayBee, that's really great news! What's your twitter name? I was hosting last night's Twitter chat.

I really love the fact that I can volunteer, even though I work full time, too.

I'm @T1Buta . You came up during the G+ hangout saying you were involved with the twitter chat this evening so I'm already following you.

I look forward to helping out again (just advocating on your own isn't the same - I hope this'll be a more balanced and enjoyable experience from what I've done before)!

I'm getting a lot of support from the guys at Diabetes UK, so I don't feel like I'm doing this on my own, think I'd have a mental breakdown if I was!

Looks like I won't be on twitter much. My account has been suspended twice today on spam grounds for having discussions with the D-community and friends. Feel really unwelcome now. Never had anything like this for my old ex-account and the DAFNEOnline ex-account. Very disappointed. Twitter has changed.

That's rubbish We'll just have to bring the online community over to here (only if they've done DAFNE of course )

I'll still keep an eye out for the G+ hangouts and get my volunteering form sent off in the meantime. I really don't get what I've done wrong on Twitter, but I will think about what I will now do with the account later today. My hubby wants me to not close it because the interactions have been a good thing for me to do but I do feel torn since I'm not sure what their beef is really.

Edit: http://blog.justunfollow.com/the-rundown-on-why-twitter-accounts-are-suspended/

Appears there is no rhyme or reason to what they consider bad behaviour. This isn't a convincing case for me to bother keeping the account.

Can someone please tell me what a 'hangout' is?

Heya Alan.

A "hangout" is the term used by the Google Plus network for video calls. They also have text chat with the hangout so a microphone isn't necessarily a requirement but it can make it a lot easier to join in the discussion. Having a camera installed isn't required, it'll just show your profile avatar instead.

Diabetes UK's next one is 5th November if I remember correctly. I forget the topic... sorry. (Looked it up; How do you feel about needles and injections is the topic!)

Edit: here's Google's intro page about them: http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Update:

Wow, I've been unsuspended. :/ I was expecting it to take 2 weeks!
Sent my volunteering form!