Share and join the conversation

The Lowdown is all about bringing people together and sharing personal stories about your hypos. We want to create a community, so no one feels alone. 

We know hypos add up. So to raise awareness of how much they can interrupt daily life, we’ve made this the theme for this year’s The Lowdown.  

 From the number of hypos you have each week, to the time spent recovering from hypos and the cost of all those hypo treatments.  

 It all adds up.     

We’d love to hear your hypo stories. Share and comment on our social media pages. 

Your chance to win one of five $100 e-gift cards

Post or tweet your story about how hypos add up to your social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) using the hashtag #hyposaddup

Every post or tweet using #hyposaddup will go into the draw to win one of five $100 e-gift cards. Conditions apply.

Plus, if you post to Instagram and have your settings as ‘public’, we can share your story on this website.

What else can you do? 

Help spread the word about hypos with these resources. Download them, share them on social media and support The Lowdown 2022 #HyposAddUp! 

Share our social media resources 

Download an animation of your choice. Upload it to your social media, together with one of the suggested social media messages or one of your own messages (remember to tag #hyposaddup).  

Suggested social media message

Diabetes Australia’s new public awareness campaign The Lowdown 2022 #HyposAddUp is sharing stories from people with diabetes about their hypos and how they add up #type1diabetes #diabetes

Twitter – suggested tweet

A person with #type1diabetes averages 138 hypos per year. Learn more, have a conversation and share about The Lowdown 2022 #HyposAddUp @DiabetesAus www.thelowdown.org.au

Share our posts and tweets 

Visit our social media pages regularly during The Lowdown 2022 #HyposAddUp to see new content we’ve posted or tweeted about, and share it on your social media.