There are a couple new and very helpful resources available for people who are looking for online support to help them with their diabetes.

Here are a few you might want to check out.

Tu Diabetes

Tu Diabetes Calling itself "MySpace on Insulin" this new community is turning into a friendly, helpful place for people with diabetes to find friendship and support with other people who face the same daily issues as they do.

There are a lot of young Type 1s posting, possibly due to the MySpace style format which is more familiar to younger people, but there are also quite a few older people and people with Type 2.

The visually rich format which gives people faces seems to avoid some of the nastier flaming and personal attacks that occur in some text-only diabetes groups.

Tu Diabetes lets you create a blog of your own which is automatically picked up by Diabetes Daily (described below) too.

Diabetes Daily

Diabetes Daily has a wonderful headline service that keeps up with a lot of diabetes bloggers and news sites. Definitely worth subscribing. There is also a discussion board.

diabetesforums.com

diabetesforums.com is a moderated bulletin board that appears to have a steady stream of visitors. It has been recommended by some people I respect. I don't participate personally, though, as my time is limited, so you'll have to check it out for yourself.

Diabetes Support UK

Diabetes Support UK is a new site with a discussion forum tailored to the unique needs of the UK diabetes community. Though the site is very new, its founders are known to me from their participation in other online discussion groups and I hope to see it grow.