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Tomato sauce

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Maca44

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Anyone tried the tomato sauce recipe here it's lush, made a double batch tonight.
 
Thanks, thought you meant on the forum, not the main DUK site. Cos the main DUK website, to me, isn't 'here' !
 
In one way, yes, @grovesy. Been a member of DUK for practically ever. However - 20 odd years ago it was not they who literally saved my sanity - but instead, the advice and friendship of people I found on an internet forum. I joined here first - but about the only T1 then on it was @ukjohn - so I had to look elsewhere. As (I hope!) you know very well I have absolutely nowt whatsoever against T2s or any other type of diabetes - but at that time, I couldn't even help myself.

Anyway - I found what I needed - and along the way met all sorts of interesting and helpful people, Alan Shanley, Blogwriter extraordinaire who I'd never have been able to meet in person at all had it not been the fact that he'd met @Pattidevans on a Newsgroup years previously (and in fact correctly re-diagnosed her as T1, whereas it took her constantly badgering the NHS for another EIGHT years to get the proper tests to clinically prove it) and she and her husband's globetrotting and Alan's ditto, this staying good real friends, then a fair bit later Mike @everydayupsanddowns.

Oh what a tangled web we weave indeed !
 
Yeah I thought that, was what I thought, @ukjohn has always been a bit skeptical about their increased presence. I have been here from early on.
 
grovesy said:
Yeah I thought that, was what I thought, @ukjohn has always been a bit skeptical about their increased presence. I have been here from early on.
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Has there been some issues between the types of diabetes in the past ?
 
No it just that there was not many Type 1 on the forum I think. Some have local groups are or were the same too form some reports.
 
Rrrr, yes I guess although we share the same name I can see many answers to a type 2 would not apply to type 1 and vise versa.

Both types have given me so much help being a newbie and I am very grateful.
 
Maca44 said:
Rrrr, yes I guess although we share the same name I can see many answers to a type 2 would not apply to type 1 and vise versa.

Both types have given me so much help being a newbie and I am very grateful.
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These are only 2 of different types of Diabetes, of which there are more .
 
grovesy said:
Yeah I thought that, was what I thought, @ukjohn has always been a bit skeptical about their increased presence. I have been here from early on.
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Wow..Just came across this post and discovered my name mentioned, surprising the conclusions people come to. I'm not sure why you think I am sceptical about an increase in type 1 members, as far as I'm concerned I do not class Diabetics by number, I believe we are all in the same boat with Diabetes whether it is one, two or any other number. I have made more type1 friends in this forum than I have type 2 .
 
ukjohn said:
Wow..Just came across this post and discovered my name mentioned, surprising the conclusions people come to. I'm not sure why you think I am sceptical about an increase in type 1 members, as far as I'm concerned I do not class Diabetics by number, I believe we are all in the same boat with Diabetes whether it is one, two or any other number. I have made more type1 friends in this forum than I have type 2 .
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I was not referring to Type 1, I was referring to Diabetes UK involvement in this forum, sorry if anyone misunderstood.
 
grovesy said:
I was not referring to Type 1, I was referring to Diabetes UK involvement in this forum, sorry if anyone misunderstood.
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Grovesy. I am sorry I did get the wrong end of the stick with your comment I apologies and I must agree with you about my feelings regards the sudden involvement and takeover by Diabetes UK, things have changed so much that's why I spend less time here now and also why many of the older members have left, To many chiefs and not enough indians.

John
 
ukjohn said:
Grovesy. I am sorry I did get the wrong end of the stick with your comment I apologies and I must agree with you about my feelings regards the sudden involvement and takeover by Diabetes UK, things have changed so much that's why I spend less time here now and also why many of the older members have left, To many chiefs and not enough indians.

John
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That is alright, I was certain you had voiced your reservations at the time, I am glad I was not having a senior moment. I have noticed more regulars have gone AWOL this year, I put some of it down to the times in which we find our selves in. Take care of yourself!
 
32 years ago, I was diagnosed as acute onset Type 1, following a virus a month before. (The role of the virus wasn't acknowledged at the time, but I was pretty sure that was what tipped me over the edge! Since then, more research has started to recognise that this is a recognised trigger ...) So, commenced life 'at the sharp end' :D. Some people were surprised that, because of my advanced age (35) I wasn't classed as T2 LOL. I doubt that my symptoms would have been that rapid - dramatic even. Since then, of course, there have been many other 'types' of diabetes classified, which I'm happy to classify in my mind as T1, T2, and T'in between' LOL. As long as all of these different outcomes of research will benefit sufferers in the longer term, the classification is of less importance than the knowledge that we are all in this together. If I can offer a helping hand to another player in the ongoing game of T'whatever' snakes and ladders, I'll reach out that hand. Hopefully, others can see when I'm waving and when I, in turn, am asking for help 🙂
 
@ukjohn - we all miss you, flower! - and DUK have always paid for this forum's internet bills from Day One, but just didn't have the necessary resources or personnel to be any more involved back then. Now they have and can - but I personally don't find it intrusive, frankly. The forum and DUK just move quicker with more modern times is all TBH; but still never excluding anyone unless they're trolls.
 
This forum has and continues to be so good for me. When I joined I had to quickly learn about courses, sensors, pumps and a whole new vocabulary. Hardest of all was to accept and take ownership of my diabetes. I had learnt so little in hospital other than how to inject and when. I’m always grateful to members who share their experiences, views, opinions and recipes. Now I must find the tomato sauce details!!
 
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