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I was just questioning myself as to where the wonderful @azure had got to. She was a real treasure of reasonableness and good advice. Like @GrantGam I need to understand why this valuable person has been banned - explanation please.
 
Robkww said:
I was just questioning myself as to where the wonderful @azure had got to. She was a real treasure of reasonableness and good advice. Like @GrantGam I need to understand why this valuable person has been banned - explanation please.
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You'll find that my posts keep getting deleted. It may have something to do with the fact that @DCUKMod and @Administrator are unable to provide an answer that would make logical sense.

Glad to hear that you're in support of a forum member who has been unfairly victimised @Robkww:)
 
GrantGam said:
You'll find that my posts keep getting deleted. It may have something to do with the fact that @DCUKMod and @Administrator are unable to provide an answer that would make logical sense.

Glad to hear that you're in support of a forum member who has been unfairly victimised @Robkww:)
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GrantGam - As you have already acknowledged it is inappropriate to discuss other members or anything concerning them.
 
Hi @badcat . I'm so sorry that you're leaving but fully understand your reasons. You are fully justified in the way you feel.
Certain people see the forum as a platform from which they continually shout
" Look at me , I'm brilliant and if you don't do as I do you will fail "
I along with others will stay and do our upmost to give alternative, practical advice gained from real life experience to people who need it. Not recite x y or z from a recent study or report.
Concur with everyone else as to the whereabouts of the LEGEND that is azure.
This forum can I'll afford to lose such a member.
Good luck in the future and hopefully we will meet again elsewhere.
 
People post advice here based on their own personal experience. If you have a way to lower your blood glucose that differs from the standard LCHF advice, then you are free to share it with people asking for advice here. Personally, I have no problem seeing different approaches.
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Is there an option to block seeing what some people post?
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Yes. It makes for confusing threads sometimes, though.
 
It's sad that you feel the need to leave. I love to see different peoples ideas and methods of controlling their diabetes.
Please reconsider.
I've been out of the loop for a while and had no idea @azure had disappeared ?? What happened ?
 
badcat said:
I have taken the decision to close my account and have requested this via mods so will not be posting again.
Best wishes to all and good luck on your journies with diabetes, whichever path you choose.
Just remember that diabetes is a sneaky little ****** that ensures that 1) what works for you at this point in time may well not work so well in the future and 2) what works for one person's body will not necessarily work for any / everybody else, no matter how strong their belief
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I can understand that - I remember questioning the validity of HA1C and complications - also questioned the fact that a lot of variables aren't accounted for with many of those studies and gee did I ever upset a lot of people including one of the moderators accusing me of bad science - I didn't go back to the forums for a while because of it. I may have rattled some belief systems and it soon became obvious to me that living with Type 1 for 51 years means absolutely nothing - but that's the way it goes I guess - hope you come back at some point - All the best!!!
 
daisyduck said:
I've been out of the loop for a while and had no idea @azure had disappeared ?? What happened ?
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My posts keep getting deleted, but I can confirm that her account was banned and she is yet to have an explanation as to why.

@Administrator cannot provide an answer directly to @azure, nor any of the forum members who have repeatedly enquired about the subject. Our PM's get ignored and our public requests deleted. Rather underhand and suspicious IMHO.
 
Alexandra100 said:
I think Badcat is concerned about the harm that may be done to newcomers who are often already dealing with the violent shock and confusion of a new diagnosis. When a person goes in the blink of an eye from a world where food is a pleasure and comfort, to be indulged in freely, to one in which everything edible, particularly the nicer foods, carries a label, "Eat me at your peril, for I may maim or kill you", it is IMO not yet the moment to tell that person to cut his/her carbs to under 30 a day. S/he may well not even know what a carb is. Even wicked sects apply better psychology than this. Softly softly! Suggest home testing and let their meter show them the consequences of what they are eating and motivate them to eat fewer carbs, and then perhaps fewer still, until, who knows, they may end up as keto enthusiasts after all. I write from experience of my own recent trajectory, though I'm fairly far from keto as yet.
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I wish I could click AGREE a thousand times.

By the time someone (often me) gets around to reporting a post, and paging Daisy1, the newbies may well have fled. We seldom hear from them again.

I have lost count of the times I have protested to the Mods about newbies being told to cut out all carbs, and/or get under 30g of carbs after their first post. Before self testing and tagging Daisy1 has even happened. Such a sad situation.
 
NoCrbs4Me said:
People post advice here based on their own personal experience. If you have a way to lower your blood glucose that differs from the standard LCHF advice, then you are free to share it with people asking for advice here. Personally, I have no problem seeing different approaches.


Yes. It makes for confusing threads sometimes, though.
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I have no problem with people posting about their personal experience.

I have a problem with people posting ultra low carb advice in answer to someone who is here for the first time or first week or so, before they have found their feet and taken on board the excellent advice from Daisy and about self testing. There is one poster (I am sorry, I cant remember their name) who also has an excellent response about meters, codes for testing strips and the like. This info should be given time to sink in before anything else, in my view.

edited to add; I remembered the posters name, the one who gives excellent advice about self testing and buying cheaper test strips - @AM1874 (sorry i forgot your name initially.)
 
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badcat said:
I have taken the decision to close my account and have requested this via mods so will not be posting again.
Best wishes to all and good luck on your journies with diabetes, whichever path you choose.
Just remember that diabetes is a sneaky little ****** that ensures that 1) what works for you at this point in time may well not work so well in the future and 2) what works for one person's body will not necessarily work for any / everybody else, no matter how strong their belief
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I hope you change your mind. I have valued your posts.

Moderator radio edit.
 
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serenity648 said:
I have no problem with people posting about their personal experience.

I have a problem with people posting ultra low carb advice in answer to someone who is here for the first time or fist week or so, before they have found their feet and taken on board the excellent advice from Daisy and about self testing. There is one poster (I am sorry, I cant remember their name) who also has an excellent response about meters, codes for testing strips and the like. This info should be given time to sink in before anything else, in my view.
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Yes, I do try to avoid recommending my zero carb diet, unless someone says they can't tolerate vegetables.
 
GrantGam said:
My posts keep getting deleted, but I can confirm that her account was banned and she is yet to have an explanation as to why.

@Administrator cannot provide an answer directly to @azure, nor any of the forum members who have repeatedly enquired about the subject. Our PM's get ignored and our public requests deleted. Rather underhand and suspicious IMHO.
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I think it is unacceptable that the lady @azure who has been such a terrific contributor has not had an answer as to why she is in her current position.
 
I don't think anyone wants to be part of an echo chamber. We need detractors from all sides as well as proponents.
 
GrantGam said:
Kudos to you for speaking your mind, it's a sad, sad time for the forum just now as everyone lives in fear of those whom mock and belittle those who don't eat the same way as they do.
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I try not to post here any more, but this topic strikes a chord with me. When I first joined in 2014 and was looking for breakfast ideas, I was regularly advised to have a fry up. Those same posters are now admitting that they no longer have breakfast at all, but advocate fasting until lunchtime! Some of the members who advised me in the early days and who delighted in saying they take no meds for their condition now admit to taking supplements for neuropathy! Go figure.
But the really wise and helpful ones who genuinely care about individual members and who will go to great lengths to stay in touch off-forum, have either left altogether, or like me, rarely post at all.
This forum is not the place it used to be. Forums should be a place where information is freely shared, where there should be a wealth of information for those seeking solutions with wide-ranging questions to wide-ranging conditions. They should also be all embracing and respectful of everyone's different circumstances, different stages and different reasons for wanting knowledge.

If its true that Azure has been banned, I can only conclude that lunatics are now running the asylum!
 
Well, I'm a newbie, I pop on and off occasionally, but haven't bothered posting to be honest, (well, one post when I joined, but even that put me off more) because I've seen all the answers already given to newbies, and to be honest, this post does strike a cord, either it is a very targeted LCHF niche site that the management are aiming for, or mismanaged and a few swamp every forum with the 'low carb' way, followed with a series of mutual likes, so not really a lot of information to be found on this site for most either way.
 
Well, I think this is a wonderful forum. It has taught me more about physiology than I have ever learned before and in such a pleasant atmosphere of mutual support and education. From the simplest question of where to buy test strips to the more complex questions on the latest research it is all here for those who wish to spend time reading to expand their knowledge of Diabetes and its associated risks and impacts.
 
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