{"id":7360,"date":"2020-04-13T05:38:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T04:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmt1d.com\/?p=7360"},"modified":"2023-07-08T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T14:23:02","slug":"jaba-hits-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/?p=7360","title":{"rendered":"JABA HITS THE PRESS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A man with type 1 diabetes has launched a social media network aimed at people with the condition.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Reed, from Portsmouth, launched JABA<\/a> early this year and said since then word has spread quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 32-year-old said: \u201cThe network is still small but we are receiving  five new sign-ups every hour. Since launching we now have members in the US, Canada and Australia, Spain and Croatia, as well as the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Severe hypo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe site is designed to bring everything and everyone who has diabetes together into one place.  Including their support network, family, friends and healthcare workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the site, a user can create a profile, add events, photos and videos etc.  They can also start discussions, create groups and add any diabetes products they may currently be using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher was diagnosed in 1995, but it was only until last year when he received an insulin pump from the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same day he suffered a severe hypo just before driving and he was found by a neighbour three hours later unconscious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After several days in hospital he eventually regained consciousness but his memory had been affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cIt was clear I didn\u2019t recognise my own family or have any memory for the past 30 years of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the next few days my memory would slowly return to me in dribs and drabs but unfortunately my long-term memory was in pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLuckily had a amazing support network around me and my wife sat by my side every day for which I am forever grateful. My memory still to this day isn\u2019t what it was, but every day a little bit returns to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was clear to me in the events that happened that when you suffer from a condition such as diabetes, you do not suffer alone. It not only affects the person who has it but it affects everyone around you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A man with type 1 diabetes has launched a social media network aimed at people with the condition. Christopher Reed, from Portsmouth, launched JABA early this year and said since then word has spread quickly. The 32-year-old said: \u201cThe network is still small but we are receiving  five new sign-ups every hour. Since launching we now have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7360"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7464,"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions\/7464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmt1d.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}