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Farewell from Fergus C.....

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I'm very saddened to hear this Janice. Sincere condolences to you and your family. Thankyou for letting us know.
 
So sorry for your loss, Janice. Fergus was a highly valued member of this forum.
 
I'm at a loss of what to say. I had the pleasure of meeting Fergus in Chester only last month. His sense of humour was very dry, and he never failed to make us all laugh on here!

I'm very sorry for your loss. He will certainly be missed here.
 
So sorry for your loss. Sending your family love and prayers at this difficult time.
He was a very funny man, and I speak for us all when I say he will be missed.
Take care! Xx
 
I'm so sorry to hear of Fergus's passing Janice, please accept my condolences as well. Fergus will be sorely missed by one and all.
 
I'm very sorry for your loss, Janice. Fergus will be missed on here, especially for his witty posts. Thinking of you and your family xxx
 
I am very sorry to hear this news. You & your family are in my thoughts during this very difficult time
 
Fergus will be greatly missed but will remain with us in spirit. Truly sorry for your loss.
 
Janice - I'm so sorry to hear this. Fergus and I 'found' the internet Diabetes world together almost - originally both on another forum - so I think I always regarded him as an old pal I'd always known, who could usually be relied on to give an encouraging, sensible word and often - a guffaw - never a PITA here with his own problems. And we all loved the dogs, if we say we are missing him they certainly must do more.

Needless to say - my thoughts naturally go out mainly to yourself and Caitlin - since you will miss him most of all.

Sleep well Fergus.
 
I am so very sorry to hear your news Janice. Deepest sympathies for your loss and much love to you at this difficult time. Fergus was a real character and always raised a smile. He will be missed very much, even by people who did not ever meet him face to face.

Sincere condolences to you, the family and his beloved dogs.
 
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I wondered why people were breaking out the blue candles again. :( RIP Fergus, you will be missed.
 
Bless you Janice - it must have been so hard posting this.
Deepest sympath to you, Caitlin and all your family.
 
Thanks so much for taking the time to post and let us know. As everyone says, Fergus will be really missed on here. Take good care of yourselves.
 
Oh Janice, I am so very sorry for your loss. Fergus was a long standing and well respected member of not only this forum but others. I have valued his input for many years in diabetes-support.org,uk and have loved his tales of the dogs and the van he converted. No words can convey how terrible his loss to his family is, I would just like to give you a little comfort by telling you of the respect he commanded.
 
Janice, I'm just so shocked and saddened to read of Fergus passing.

Fergus had certainly been posting on fora since well before I had my diagnosis, and I first encountered him on another diabetes forum. I always greatly admired how he had dealt with his metaphoric hand of duff cards; being able to come off insulin, then his other meds. I often cited him to new T2 people who asked "is it possible to come off insulin" as someone who had done just that, and true to his nature, he would usually pop onto that thread with conformation and encouragement for the new person who would often be at least concerned, and most often very fearful.

His will be missed.

I hope you, Caitlin and the others who loved him can find a place to remember Fergus in happy times.
 
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I'm so sorry Janice. He was a truly lovely man and it was a pleasure to meet him last month.
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Were you at the Chester event? Caitlin & I dropped him off and went walking the dogs for the day. It seemed to really fire him up and he really enjoyed the day, even booked me in to take him to the next one...
 
Pattidevans said:
Oh Janice, I am so very sorry for your loss. Fergus was a long standing and well respected member of not only this forum but others. I have valued his input for many years in diabetes-support.org,uk and have loved his tales of the dogs and the van he converted. No words can convey how terrible his loss to his family is, I would just like to give you a little comfort by telling you of the respect he commanded.
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Thank you Pattie, if Fergus was a presence on any other forums, then I don't know about them, I only knew about this and the motorhome forum because he hed left them open on the computer on Tuesday morning. I'm a forum novice, so if you could pass along the message form me to any other forum sites I would be grateful.
Thanks again, Janice
 
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Janice - I'm so sorry to hear this. Fergus and I 'found' the internet Diabetes world together almost - originally both on another forum - so I think I always regarded him as an old pal I'd always known, who could usually be relied on to give an encouraging, sensible word and often - a guffaw - never a PITA here with his own problems. And we all loved the dogs, if we say we are missing him they certainly must do more.

Needless to say - my thoughts naturally go out mainly to yourself and Caitlin - since you will miss him most of all.

Sleep well Fergus.
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Thank you very much, I'm really touched by all the nice things that people are posting here, and on the motorhome site that he had left open on Tuesday morning. He was the sort of character that you didn't forget. And I'll miss telling me off for not watching my own diabetes properly. In a few weeks I may even come back to these forums and take up his place.
Janice
 
AndBreathe said:
Janice, I'm just so shocked and saddened to read of Fergus passing.

Fergus had certainly been posting on fora since well before I had my diagnosis, and I first encountered him on another diabetes forum. I always greatly admired how he had dealt with his metaphoric hand of duff cards; being able to come off insulin, then his other meds. I often cited him to new T2 people who asked "is it possible to come off insulin" as someone who had done just that, and true to his nature, he would usually pop onto that thread with conformation and encouragement for the new person who would often be at least concerned, and most often very fearful.

His will be missed.

I hope you, Caitlin and the others who loved him can find a place to remember Fergus in happy times.
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Strangely enough, it looks like he was on this forum on Tuesday morning, probably while he was making himself a brew. I'll miss him most because he won't be there to keep telling me to take my diabetes meds. It's nice to know that he had forum friends with whom to pass the hours he was at home (between walking the dogs). Thanks a lot, Janice
 
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