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Taliesin

Usually quiet (unless I'm on a hobby horse rant) gay man with HIV-related diabetes 2, one of the longest term survivors in the UK. Been widowed twice, and have been in limbo since the last of my dogs died, a few years after my second husband. I went though the PIP charade this year and "won" at tribunal this summer, with a loss of only £100 per month from what I had on DLA, but with it noted that I shouldn't be bothered for re-assessment till 2026. I've just moved into town from the country side: I'm used to four buses a day, not four an hour! Worsening neuropathy made village life impossible with poor public transport and no car. I love the house, even if it is on two floors. A large living room with computers and bits mingling with my yarns and my Tarot decks. And a wonderful large dining table of a desk in the front window so I can watch the world when I look past the screen to relax my eyes.
Birthday
Jan 20, 1957 (Age: 68)
Location
Neath
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Medication
1000mg metformin 2x, 80mg gliclazide 1x
Exercise
I wish...
Likes
Computers, music from J S Bach to the Velvet Underground to Redshift, science fiction, fantasy, dogs, abstract art, Tarot, crochet, ginger Pepsi Max
Dislikes
injustice, intolerance, bad manners, things that offend my neuropathy, food, the few days before a hospital visit, being helpless, "does he take sugar", wilful ignorance
Occupation
former social worker (very former!)

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