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Forum 5th birthday, London Forum Meet - 9th November 2013

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Here are some pictures from the Meet:

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(L-R) Rossi Mac, Aoife, LeeLee, Runner

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(R-L) gail1, Steff, MarkT's son, MarkT

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Mossey

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Barb + Hubby and son
 
Mark T said:
Yes, very nice to meet everyone 🙂 especially those I've not met before

And thanks to everyone for putting up with a very cheeky little boy :D.
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He's a lovely little lad Mark.
 
Northerner said:
Lovely to meet you runner, glad you made it home safely, and thank you so much for my brilliant kindle cosy! I love the little tail at the back 🙂

Great to meet everyone today, thank you all for coming! 🙂

Finally got home, 5 hours after leaving the pub - rubbish journey home, train delayed then I went to catch a bus out of Southampton, waited 50 minutes (bus didn't turn up), then when one did it was packed full and I almost didn't get on. Apparently there'd been a snarl up because of the football. Driver wasn't charging anyone, so I suppose that's something!
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Oh no, you must have been shattered! My train from Norwich to Acle, (where I was getting a lift from to avoid the football crowds) had a planned delay to accommodate the football fans, which worked great for me - gave me time to catch it straight away.
 
Hi Steff. Realised on the way home, none of us took a pic with you in it Alan!
 
First time since diagnosis that I have been in a pub and just ordered soft drinks, and what happens? Yup, they served me up a full-sugar Pepsi instead of the diet one I had ordered :( Typical! 😡 Thanks to LeeLee for her tip about wetting my finger in the stuff - if it turns sticky as it dries then it has sugar in it - also tested with my meter and it came up as 2.4 mmol/l. Got it replaced and the new stuff came up as 1.1 mmol/l. My levels were very good all day, but would have been a much different story if I'd drunk a whole pint of the bad stuff unwittingly!

Thanks to LeeLee also for her crustless quiches - absolutely delicious and I am going to get myself some baking thingies so I can make some myself!
 
smashing day great to see you all hope everyone had a safe journey home
 
Northerner said:
Great to see you again gail, I hope you had a good journey home 🙂
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Ditto - you were sensible Gail and got back before the football crowds!
 
Reply glad I made it on Saturday but really should have been playing nursemaid to my son. He'd been on antibiotics all week getting weaker and weaker with what he felt was glandular fever. So I said goodbye on Saturday and headed south to meet you all. When I got home he was much worse so took him to MK hospital where he was rushed to Northampton to see specialist, put on intravenous drip, steroids, oxygen, heart monitor, the works. 2 days previously his Dr had prescribed junior Calprofen and codeine !! (He's 22). Oh dear. We think we have trouble sometimes with our diabetic specialists. He's still in hospital until his breathing improves and he can swallow. Bad mother ! 😱 had good time In London though. 🙄
 
Goodness Mossey! 😱 I hope that he is fully recovered very soon! Let us know how things go for him - is it glandular fever then?
 
Oh no Mossey. Hope he's OK. It was nice to meet you!
 
So sorry to hear about your son and hope he is much better soon. Nice to meet you again on Sat.
 
Thank you He's just got home. Glandular fever complicated with a bacterial infection and his tonsils ruptured. Hopefully he recovers quickly though people seem to think he will be weak for a good while. 🙄
 
Mossey said:
Thank you He's just got home. Glandular fever complicated with a bacterial infection and his tonsils ruptured. Hopefully he recovers quickly though people seem to think he will be weak for a good while. 🙄
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I hope he feels much better soon!

But yes, glandular fever can take it out of you for some time - even years. The older you are when you get it, the worse it can be. Even after you have gotten over it the virus never really actually leaves your body.

We are fairly sure (but not 100%) that our little boy had glandular fever a month or so back, but at his age they shake it off fairly quickly.
 
Glad he's home. sounds painful, poor lad! Hope he gets better soon.
 
He's certainly sounding much better and feeling better too. Thank you
 
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