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T1 10 Year Old - Others around Newbury?
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trophywench
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Hi RKA - I wasn't diagnosed till I was 22 and I had exactly the same trouble.
Why don't you start a group in Newbury yourself? Ring the local paper and see if they'll do an article and asking for other kids & parents to get in touch? - just a thought off the top of my head, but surely if you ring Diabetes UK they could give some advice on how to do this as most local groups are run under their aegis, although they aren't 'personally' involved and every one is run by volunteers.
Fred started the group in Kidderminster when his 7yo daughter was diagnosed cos there was nothing and it's still going 40+ years later and he's raised thousands and thousands of pounds for DUK research.
For all I know, the JDRF may also have groups locally but not being a child, I didn't even know they existed until in was in my 50s!
Why don't you start a group in Newbury yourself? Ring the local paper and see if they'll do an article and asking for other kids & parents to get in touch? - just a thought off the top of my head, but surely if you ring Diabetes UK they could give some advice on how to do this as most local groups are run under their aegis, although they aren't 'personally' involved and every one is run by volunteers.
Fred started the group in Kidderminster when his 7yo daughter was diagnosed cos there was nothing and it's still going 40+ years later and he's raised thousands and thousands of pounds for DUK research.
For all I know, the JDRF may also have groups locally but not being a child, I didn't even know they existed until in was in my 50s!
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