Have not been around much recently so just trying to catch up with all this!! Read about the first 8 pages but no time at the moment to read everything.
I now feel comfortable with my diagnosis but that is only because of everything I learned from fellow contributors to this forum. I immediately took to the "no questions is too stupid" offer and nobody has ever made me feel stupid for asking questions. I take part in many forums - they are all different. However, it seems on every forum every now and then there is a discussion about cliques. I can't always follow discussions because, just like this thread, I can't read back on every post or related thread. The ones I really stay away from are those that turn nasty and they are always sorted out on here.
I love the way we are not separated into T1 and T2 - to me that would equal real diabetics and the T2s. I know some T1s and I have learnt so much about their condition from here. I don't always understand terms but that is life.
As to meets being an excuse to drink, well at the last one I drank cups of tea most of the time and thoroughly enjoyed them too. Seems we go to a Waterstones pub which serves food all day and there is plenty of tea, coffee, boozy drinks. Now they are all smoke free - why not? I have met some lovely people and really enjoyed meeting them again for my 2nd forum meet. Rarely use PM but have used it to give my address and/or telephone number which I would not have given on an open topic.
I loved the WLG when it started, felt a big part of it and find the total loss thread fascinating - well done to us!!
There is not much I would like to change. See some people want a chat room but I cannot keep up, they do my head in. So, I would not go in and chat.
Shall stop waffling but I appreciate this forum and am grateful for all the help and support I have had from so many people on here.
