Denis has been living with type 1 diabetes for 40 years (1984). Retired since 2019, he is particularly interested and passionate about all measures / ideas / projects leading to a participative and dynamic integration of patients in research. Life with diabetes is often like walking a tightrope. We don’t want the disease to take over our lives and those around us, but we can’t forget that we’re always walking on a tightrope. How can we achieve this balance, in all aspects of our lives with diabetes? I see this initiative as an opportunity to share our respective experiences, including our successes and sometimes our failures, in order to become better tightrope walkers! Denis is a member of the steering committee and research team of the CommunauDT1 project.