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Doing it for DWED!

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Just made a donation Alan - Good luck and a very worthy cause... and on my birthday as well...🙂
 
Donated, good luck Alan 🙂.
 
shiv said:
Just donated. Will see what transport is like from London to Bath - if I can make it on the day I will, but no promises as yet! 🙂
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Thank you Shiv! It would be fantastic if you can make it!
 
?19 return, 1 hour 40 each way - just need to get the nod from the boyf and I'll be there! 🙂 (as long as you can make it to Portsmouth Half on Feb 12th!! 🙂 )
 
shiv said:
?19 return, 1 hour 40 each way - just need to get the nod from the boyf and I'll be there! 🙂 (as long as you can make it to Portsmouth Half on Feb 12th!! 🙂 )
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Wow, fantastic! I will definitely be there in Portsmouth shiv! How's your training going? There's only a month to go! 😱 🙂
 
I get paid on 28th so will add my dosh then. I truly believe in the charity also and only wish I had known about it/it was set up during the 7years I struggled with insulin omission.

It is nice to know that there is somewhere people can go nowadays. It is however, truly shocking that despite the rising numbers in such cases that there is no official name or service provided by NHS...

(Alan, can you PM me to remind me to donate if I have forgotten and not actioned by 3rd Feb!!!)
 
Northerner said:
Wow, fantastic! I will definitely be there in Portsmouth shiv! How's your training going? There's only a month to go! 😱 🙂
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I know :( not very well to be honest, had a rough couple of months with what I suspect is mild depression, so really struggling with the training. But determined to do it, so writing the past week off and starting again this week - I'll probably end up walking half of it...but at least I'll do it!
 
shiv said:
I know :( not very well to be honest, had a rough couple of months with what I suspect is mild depression, so really struggling with the training. But determined to do it, so writing the past week off and starting again this week - I'll probably end up walking half of it...but at least I'll do it!
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I've had similar ups and downs Shiv - the best thing to do is to just intend to really enjoy it and don't worry about it. My most difficult half was in The Hague three months before I was diagnosed and I shudder to think what my levels were like at that time. I finished it though, and it was still a fantastic feeling. The trick I've found if you feel you've undertrained is not to set off too fast, try to keep going as long as you can without stopping, then just jog/walk and sprint past the comedy ducks in the last 100 metres! 😉
 
hyper-Suze said:
I get paid on 28th so will add my dosh then. I truly believe in the charity also and only wish I had known about it/it was set up during the 7years I struggled with insulin omission.

It is nice to know that there is somewhere people can go nowadays. It is however, truly shocking that despite the rising numbers in such cases that there is no official name or service provided by NHS...

(Alan, can you PM me to remind me to donate if I have forgotten and not actioned by 3rd Feb!!!)
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Thank you Suze 🙂 I was really shocked when Jacq told me about it and the work the charity do to help people find the right care in a system that (very surprisingly, or maybe not) doesn't have the right sort of linked-up care that is needed.

Don't worry - I won't let you forget! 🙂
 
Just wanted to say you're an inspiration Alan 🙂 xx
 
Northerner said:
I'll try to remember that when I'm pounding the cold streets of Bath whilst you're in a nice warm restaurant enjoying birthday treats! 😉 :D
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I'll know how that feels when I do my Fun Run in August - need all the help I can get....🙂 plus I'll be thinking of you when I'm sitting in a warm restaurant having birthday cake.... 🙂 x
 
Newtothis said:
I'll know how that feels when I do my Fun Run in August - need all the help I can get....🙂 plus I'll be thinking of you when I'm sitting in a warm restaurant having birthday cake.... 🙂 x
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Remind me when your run is in August? Is it close to your diagnosis day? What a day that will be to celebrate! 🙂
 
Come on guys, lets try and hit his target before the end of this month. Its for a good cause, and a great man. I'll make an offer, if you all hit that target by the end of January, I will add another ?10.

John.
 
I'll add a contribution to this worthy cause next week if that's ok Northerner.
 
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