I haven't stuck my head in here for a while as I've been away and my
diabetes has been pretty much under control but I have a story I know a few
of you (Beav, Ratty. Fester etc) may find interesting.

Helped out at a Scouts xmas carol service before xmas putting in the sound
system for them. Got chatting to an old family friend to find she has just
been diagnosed type 2 and was not having a good time. I was telling her
places to go to for information and I suggested this group. She had a look
of horror on her face and proceeded to reel off names of the "awful" people
she had encountered online that had traumatised her so much she wouldn't go
back. Some of the names were very familiar - Mack, Ted Rosenburg, Sleepyman
etc. I started laughing and she couldn't understand why but most of you
probably will get the source of my amusement.

Anyway, I told her to add a UK to the end of the group and try again. She's
been reading here (although not posting much) since then, I saw her today
and she did nothing but rave about the people on here and how much help
they've been. She's still having a bad time with her diabetes but she's a
lot more confident about the future now and knows she has an excellent
resource she can turn to when she needs it.

So anyway, thanks for that guys and showing the septics how a support group
should work.

I'll be popping my head in from time to time but for now I'm off to the
Caribbean for 3 months.

Cheers,

Phildo