Went to the diabetes group this afternoon. It was mostly retired/elderly T2s as you'd expect with it being held at 2:30 in the afternoon which more or less precluded younger working T1s. One other T1 who didn't say a lot, but was also a volunteer for DUK. It didn't seem to have any kind of formula, but people were encouraged to ask questions. The organiser told everyone about the DUK helpline, no mention of the forum, but I did pipe up and say how helpful/empathetic the forum is. A few of the attendees said they had no internet, but some people made a note of the forum and I recommended Low Carb Freshwell to a chap asking for recipes. Judging by the mass, rather rushed exodus I think some people were a bit bored.
As people left I asked the organiser what the red high heel shoe on the table of leaflets was all about. He said that he tells people "It's Jane's shoe, she didn't take care of her diabetes and had her leg amputated". I was utterly horrified. I said to him "surely to goodness what they need is to be told how to take care of themselves, not threatened". We disagreed on that one, so I said "we are edging dangerously close to one of my hobby horses, so it's best if I go now". I'm sure there was a fairly recent discussion on here about that very sort of threat? Sorry, hope I've not upset anyone, but in this day and age I do not think it's what's needed.
