Sex and t1 diabetes

Hi all,

I'm 32/f and I've just started dating a 27/m with type 1. This is the first time I've ever knowingly met someone with type 1 and I've tried to learn a bit about it so I know what to expect.

When we first got together (around 2 months ago) he told me that he had type 1, and that it affected his sex drive. He told me that he has a low sex drive and that he sometimes struggles to get it up.

Since we started sleeping together I've found that he doesn't have a low sex drive at all (yay!) and it seems fairly normal for a guy in his twenties who just met someone. I haven't noticed that he struggles to get it up. What I HAVE noticed is that once it is up, he needs to do something with it ie have sex with me. If he doesn't, it disappears and doesn't come back again.

This can be a bit frustrating for me as I take a little while longer to warm up, when he waits for me and works on me, then tries to have sex with me, he's usually calmed down by then and the moment has gone.

I just wondered if a) this was something that type 1s and their partners dealt with often and b) what they do about it?

Thanks :)