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i went into hospital nearly in DKA with undiagnosed t1d on December 22nd, 2025. i’ve been treated since with “suspected t1d”
i went to an appt yesterday (January 2nd, 2026) where i got results for my antibody testing and got a confirmation/diagnosis of t1d.
which would you consider my
I’d consider Jan 2nd your diaversary, since to me, the diaversary is celebrating the day of diagnosis rather than the day I started seeking treatment for it. But the magical catch here is - it’s your diaversary! Who cares what your family thinks? End of the day, your diaversary, your decision. Celebrate it in the middle of June for all it matters
After 26 years, I don't recall the date. I just know it was September 1999....
The date you were diagnosed would be my thinking on it rather than the day of confirmation.
Five years from now, you'll remember "a few days before Christmas" and "2nd of January" (because it's a fairly memorable date just generally) if that. If you want to have a date, pick the one you'll remember.
I will be the voice that says neither. It's a day that is meaningless in the context of your life, holds no value and has changed little. That said, I am biased in the sense that I've been a diabetic for 30 years and hold zero value to the day I got the condition or got the official diagnosis. Compare to the events of my life it doesn't get into the top 1000 in terms of importance ranging from graduation to crap like losing your last baby tooth.
I don’t even know the date I got my diagnosis.
Same - a "diaversary" wasn't really a thing when I was diagnosed. I only know the month and year, it's not important...
Yeah, I’ve been a diabetic for 35 years now and I find the concept of dia-versaries kind of bizarre tbh.
Why would you want to celebrate the day you were diagnosed with a disease? I don’t see anyone celebrating MS-versaries or cancer-versaries. I don’t find anything about diabetes worthy of celebration, including my daily struggle with it and the fact I have survived it this long.
It’s an exhausting, frustrating, physically and emotionally taxing experience for me, and definitely not one I’d like to commemorate being diagnosed with in any way, shape or form.
For a lot of people, it’s a thing to make what might otherwise be a sad/bitter/solemn day, not that. I’ll take a bit of meaningless celebration over sitting around thinking about the fact that I’ll be diabetic forever any day. For others it’s a meaningful part of who they are, so they celebrate it. For others, a celebration of surviving and being proud of getting through a lot of difficult times… and then for some people it’s just the good old “it’s not what you do for diabetes but what diabetes can do for you” mindset. Either way, I can’t bash anyone for doing something that brings them a spark of joy 1 day of 365 that they’re living with a miserable illness, year after year after year.
My diaversary is on January 2nd and I put it in my calendar to be reminded of it. I think what you're describing is more of a mindset issue. Yes, diabetes sucks, it's tiring, it's frustrating. I'm also dealing with it really well and have found a better care team that is helping me get the tools I need to offload more of the stressors and focus on living my life where diabetes is able to take a backseat without sacrificing my quality of life.
The reminder is more about acknowledging that I'm here another year, kicking diabetes' ass, doing the best I can, and I'm thriving regardless of my diabetes. It's not a celebration of the diagnosis, it's a celebration of doing well and existing with this disease and not letting it get the better of me.
I'd go for diagnosis day, since I was sick for 3 or 4 months before I was diagnosed, therefore I was diabetic for 3 or 4 months before I was diagnosed but I celebrate the day I was diagnosed. Also the 2nd of January is a better day for having a celebration than right before Christmas, imo. But it's your diaversary, you get to choose.
Edit, I think the 2nd is diagnosis day, just in case that's not clear. The 22nd wasn't a complete diagnosis, therefore isn't diagnosis day, imo.
I’d do 12/22. It’s the day your life changed, the day your life was saved, the day you started using insulin. 1/2 is the day a specific unsurprising lab result came through