Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

rvp50mufc

Newbie
Messages
4
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
None
My name is Ruth. I'm not IT savvy enough to copy all the questions and answer them!
I have been on the edge of diabetes for a few yrs and fell off the cliff/was diagnosed T2 about a year ago.

My husband had diabetes and through bad management (his own & medics) developed major complications inc neuropahty,amputation of toes and other leg below knee, retinopathy , kidney problems etc etc. Went to meet his maker 6yrs ago.

You'd think I would have heeded the warnings, but ............. any way here I am having just found this forum.

I'm wanting to follow the Newcastle diet or similar but having trouble persuading the medics who put me straight on to metformin even though I was only just over the cut off point when first diagnosed. Also they are pushing me VERY hard to take statins, but I'm refusing. (Cholesterol 5.6 but bad ratio of "good/bad").

I'm a creative person, love painting, crafts, singing etc. None of which are particularly physical, so I'm trying to up my exercise.

I'm a Christian, ( faith filled NOT religeous) and I try to live my life according to God's rules for living.

I enjoy life as much as I can and want to do so as long as possible!
I'm simon hello everyone
 

Montana

Well-Known Member
Messages
1,890
Dislikes
Anyone moody negative or judgemental
Hi Ruth welcome to the forum and I hope you are getting some support in your community which will help you through it. Forum is also great for support but you also need to follow your own gut feelings and that of your diabetic team too. I am with you on Statins stance Mine is roughly same as yours but I have enough aches and pains from a back injury eighteen months ago so I have no intention of adding to it. Of course you must always make up your own mind as we on here can only offer our opinions of what has worked for us. So good luck on your journey and look forward to seeing you on the forum again soon:)

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onlinestevie

Member
Messages
6
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Dislikes
People that moan
- What is your name?
Steven
- How old are you?
42
- Are you male or female?
Male
- Which country are you from?
England
- Which city/area do you live in?
Kent
- Are you religious?
No
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Fun - honest - reliable
- Do you have any pets?
Son has hamster called Kevin
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Like watching F1
- Do you get angry easily?
No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
None of either (not a fan of pain)
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
The bluetones
Snow patrol
Puddle of muddy
Rudimental
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
rock
- What is your favourite flag?
st george
- Ever gone camping?
yes
- Ever been in love?
yes - still am
- Ever used fake tan?
no
- Which countries have you visited?
none
- Favourite city?
sheffield
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
top gear
walking dead
breaking bad
elementry
the wire
- List your five favourite films.
the italian job
lockstock
gravity
dispicable me
- Are you wealthy?
comfortable
- Do you work? If so, as what?
cnc operator
- What do you like most about yourself?
my personality
- What do you like least about yourself?
weight
 

Mairead1520

Newbie
Messages
1
Type of diabetes
Researcher
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?
My name is Mairead
- How old are you?
I'm 61
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
Scotland
- Which city/area do you live in?
Central belt
- Are you religious?
No
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Introvert, funny, loving
- Do you have any pets?
We are owned by a small tabby cat
- Microsoft or Apple?
Both
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
I like walking
- Do you get angry easily?
Not particularly unless my blood sugar is very low, then I growl.
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Pierced ears
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, early Led Zeppelin, Dixie Chicks, Ryan Cooder,
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Love music genre incidental
- What is your favourite flag?
The saltire
- Ever gone camping?
Yes but the memories aren't so bad now and the nightmares have receded.
- Ever been in love?
Yes
- Ever used fake tan?
Yes
- Which countries have you visited?
Most of Europe, Canada, lived in Kenya and also Uganda, visited Tanzania, Tunisia, Morocco
- Favourite city?
Can't decide between Glasgow and Paris
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
QI, David Attenborough (any) Bones, Grimm, mock the week
- List your five favourite films.
Moonstruck, practical magic, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Hobbit movies and all Harry Potters
- Are you wealthy?
No
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Clinical Psychologist
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Psychology, specialising in working with survivors of gender- based violence
- What do you like most about yourself?
that I do my best .
- What do you like least about yourself?
I don't take enough care of myself

Have fun!
 

madmummy1981

Newbie
Messages
1
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hello everyone,


- What is your name?
Marianne
- How old are you?
32
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
UK
- Which city/area do you live in?
Inverness
- Are you religious?
In my own way
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Kind, Considerate, Conscientious
- Do you have any pets?
2 yellow bellied turtles
- Microsoft or Apple?
50/50
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
I dont particularly
- Do you get angry easily?
Yes
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
No
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
The Three Tenors
Michael Ball
Within Temptation
Ludovico Einaudi
Mettalica
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Classical
- What is your favourite flag?
?!?
- Ever gone camping?
Loads when I was a kid
- Ever been in love?
Several times
- Ever used fake tan?
No I have no wish to look like a tangerine!
- Which countries have you visited?
France, Greece, Bulgaria
- Favourite city?
Dont know
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Big Bang Theory
Mrs Browns Boys
Thats it really
- List your five favourite films.
Love at first bite,
The Dark Crystal,
Labrynth,
The princess Bride
Memoirs of a geisha
- Are you wealthy?
Sadly not
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Telesales Marketer
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Music
- What do you like most about yourself?
My big heart
- What do you like least about yourself?
Everything else

Well there is a snap shot of me anyway, I hope you can all help me out some time as my diabetic team are USELESS!!!!!!!!!
 

petsnponies

Member
Messages
21
- What is your name? Zoe

- How old are you? 31

- Are you male or female? Female

- Which country are you from? England

- Which city/area do you live in? Cheshire

- Are you religious? Not at all

- Pick three words to describe your personality. Neurotic. Thoughtful. Kind

- Do you have any pets? A dog and 3 chickens

- Microsoft or Apple? Apple!

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? I used to have a horse, so horse riding. I like swimming. **** at everything else!

- Do you get angry easily? I do when my blood sugars high

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? None, not even ears pierced!

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.

Biffy Clyro
ACDC
Guns N Roses
Rage against the machine
Florence and the machine


- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Rock.

- What is your favourite flag? A Pirate flag!
....

- Ever gone camping? Nope!

- Ever been in love? Since I was 17 with my lovely husband

- Ever used fake tan? Yes but not anymore, I embrace my paleness!

- Which countries have you visited? Spain. Ireland. America. But not been abroad since I was 15, or even had a holiday in fact.

- Favourite city? Don't travel about much!

- List your five favourite TV programmes.

Hannibal
Breaking Bad
Gogglebox
Grand designs
Father Ted

List your five favourite films.

The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption
Disney's Aladdin
Snatch
Labyrinth

- Are you wealthy? Definitely not - but I do live in a big house

- Do you work? If so, as what? Me and my husband run a boarding kennels and doggie daycare together - or rather he does the work and I boss him about!

- List the subjects you study/have studied.

BSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare

- What do you like most about yourself? Hmmm that's a tough one with the mood Im in today

- What do you like least about yourself? My ability to become depressed
 

Jaylee

Oracle
Retired Moderator
Messages
18,213
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hello, here is my effort..

- Include a photo here if you wish to. Look left. i don't do photos, photos do me...

- What is your name? Jamie

- How old are you? 45

- Are you male or female? I've been mistaken for both.

- Which country are you from? UK

- Which city/area do you live in? West Country.

- Are you religious? Hell NO.

- Pick three words to describe your personality. Decide for yourself.

- Do you have any pets? I borrow a dog from time to time...

- Microsoft or Apple? Take your pick.i have both at my disposal here.

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? I'm not really into competitive sport. I was brought up round horses & consider myself an accomplished rider. Used to do Ballet in my youth..Nowadays, i'm in three bands so weights with the gear shifting & circuit training with performance covers that aspect!

- Do you get angry easily? Only with solution blockers.. There's quite often at least a compromise..!

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? I have a tattoo on my leg. Had a piercing years ago.

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.Pretty much anything from Rolling Stones to Jesus Jones.
I could rattle out a long list if you want???

- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Heavy Metal..

- What is your favourite flag? Flags define a collective fake identity...

- Ever gone camping? Yes

- Ever been in love? An emotional "honey trap" to fool into procreation.. Though i am fortunate to have found someone compatible to cohabit with...

- Ever used fake tan? No

- Which countries have you visited? France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Greece, Malta, India.

- Favourite city? Anywhere with a gig.

- List your five favourite TV programmes. I tend to gravitate towards satire comedies or black humour..

- List your five favourite films. Alien, Cabaret, Star wars, Society, Planet of the Apes. (1968 version.)

- Are you wealthy? In monetary terms. NO.

- Do you work? If so, as what? Currently. A secure document destruction company.

- List the subjects you study/have studied. I spent three years in a dance college in Surrey.. Studying "performing arts".

- What do you like most about yourself? My ability not to succumb to the possible "complications" caused by T1D. I still check out & feel great!

- What do you like least about yourself? After 37 years of Diabetes the thought that at some point it will catch up with me...
 

sarum2014

Newbie
Messages
4
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?
Howard
- How old are you?
59
- Are you male or female?
male
- Which country are you from?
England
- Which city/area do you live in?
Salisbury Wiltshire

- Are you religious?

- Pick three words to describe your personality.


- Do you have any pets?
A cat
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Football ,Rugby,Speedway
- Do you get angry easily?
no way
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
NO
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Black Sabbath....Yes....Queen.....Deep Purple
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?

- What is your favourite flag?
St George flag & Irish Flag
- Ever gone camping?


- Ever been in love?
yes, many times
- Ever used fake tan?
no
- Which countries have you visited?
Ireland Wales France Portugal Spain Greese Belgium
- Favourite city?
York England
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
- List your five favourite films.
- Are you wealthy?
that would be tellimg
- Do you work? If so, as what?
Yes,in the gas industry
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Too many to list....but one is NVQ,Gas Mechanical Engineering Level 3
- What do you like most about yourself?
- What do you like least about yourself?

Have fun!
Diagnosed April 2008, with T2 on insulin & tablets
Hello everyone
 

JacHibbert

Member
Messages
23
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name? Jacqueline but everybody calls me Jac
- How old are you? 45
- Are you male or female?Female
- Which country are you from? England with Irish and Scottish grandparents
- Which city/area do you live in? Egremont - a small town on the West Coast of Cumbria just outside the Lake District
- Are you religious? Yes but not openly
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Determined, challenging, funny
- Do you have any pets? No
- Microsoft or Apple? Apple love my iPad
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Skiing, mountain biking, road biking, fell walking
- Do you get angry easily? Yes, but not for long
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? No tattoos, piercings just ears
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.David Bowie (especially 1970's), Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses, Beatles and Duran Duran
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?Rock
- What is your favourite flag? Union Jack
- Ever gone camping? Yes, never again
- Ever been in love? Yes, still am
- Ever used fake tan? I'm from the North why would I?
- Which countries have you visited?USA, France, Austria, Andorra, Monacco, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Eire, Spain
- Favourite city? London - lived there for 18 years
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Criminal Minds, Silk, Sherlock, NCIS, Black List
- List your five favourite films. Dirty Dancing, Matrix, Star Trek (not William Shatner ones), all the old Sherlock Holmes films staring Basil Rathbone, Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart
- Are you wealthy? No, but not poor either
- Do you work? If so, as what? Yes in finance
- List the subjects you study/have studied.Chartered Banker from my time in the City
- What do you like most about yourself? I can laugh at myself
- What do you like least about yourself? Control freak

Have fun!
 
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JacHibbert

Member
Messages
23
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
- What is your name? Jacqueline but everybody calls me Jac
- How old are you? 45
- Are you male or female?Female
- Which country are you from? England with Irish and Scottish grandparents
- Which city/area do you live in? Egremont - a small town on the West Coast of Cumbria just outside the Lake District
- Are you religious? Yes but not openly
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Determined, challenging, funny
- Do you have any pets? No
- Microsoft or Apple? Apple love my iPad
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Skiing, mountain biking, road biking, fell walking
- Do you get angry easily? Yes, but not for long
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? No tattoos, piercings just ears
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.David Bowie (especially 1970's), Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses, Beatles and Duran Duran
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?Rock
- What is your favourite flag? Union Jack
- Ever gone camping? Yes, never again
- Ever been in love? Yes, still am
- Ever used fake tan? I'm from the North why would I?
- Which countries have you visited?USA, France, Austria, Andorra, Monacco, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Eire, Spain
- Favourite city? London - lived there for 18 years
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Criminal Minds, Silk, Sherlock, NCIS, Black List
- List your five favourite films. Dirty Dancing, Matrix, Star Trek (not William Shatner ones), all the old Sherlock Holmes films staring Basil Rathbone, Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart
- Are you wealthy? No, but not poor either
- Do you work? If so, as what? Yes in finance
- List the subjects you study/have studied.Chartered Banker from my time in the City
- What do you like most about yourself? I can laugh at myself
- What do you like least about yourself? Control freak

Have fun![/quote]
 

BunnyBabe

Member
Messages
16
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
Prejudice, Twilight and no snacks :(
What is your name?
Alaina
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
England
- Which city/area do you live in?
Near Wolverhampton
- Are you religious?
Christian
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Bubbly, Caring and Annoying
- Do you have any pets?
A tortoiseshell cat called Queenie
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Badminton
- Do you get angry easily?
Not really
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Just ears
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars, Bastille, John Newman and Aiden Grimshaw
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Rock
- What is your favourite flag?
Union Jack
- Ever gone camping?
Yes, love it
- Ever been in love?
With fictional characters ;)
- Ever used fake tan?
No
- Which countries have you visited?
Spain, Ibiza, Scotland and Wales
- Favourite city?
London's pretty cool
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Sherlock, Corrie and Robin Hood
- List your five favourite films.
Harry Potter, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Cats and Despicable Me
- Are you wealthy?
Not really
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
English, Maths, ICT, Science, Latin, Russian, History and Music
- What do you like most about yourself?
My Optimism
- What do you like least about yourself?
Procrastination
 

KevFitz

Newbie
Messages
4
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
Crowds, IT (technology in general)
I'll get the ball rolling on this one:

- Include a photo here if you wish to.

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(I'm in the middle!)

- What is your name? - Kev or Fitz - KevFitz

- How old are you? - 46

- Are you male or female - Male

- Which country are you from? - England (strong Irish origin)

- Which city/area do you live in - London to the core

- Are you religious? - Agnostic with a touch of open mindedness!

- Pick three words to describe your personality. - Witty,

- Do you have any pets? - Not now but have had cats called Tiddles, Guinness and McGinty

- Microsoft or Apple? - Microsoft

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? - Athletics, boxing, snooker and one or two others

- Do you get angry easily? - Depends on how big the other guy is........ Or woman come to that!

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? - No but was a bit warped in my early years so have marks and scars all doing their own thing!

- List your five favourite musicians/bands. - Queen, Billy Idol, Bob Marley, Alison Moyet (bet you can't guess what decade I relate to!) and the last one's a secret!

- What is your favourite flag? - Irish - Green for peace - White for the magic and Gold for all lifes riches!

- Ever gone camping? - Once.......... Terrible experience

- Ever been in love? - I don't think so!

- Ever used fake tan? - Not in a million years

- Which countries have you visited? - USA, Ireland, Cyprus, Israel France (school trip) Spain.. Not many really

- Favourite city - Nice is fabulous!

- List your five favourite TV programmes. - I'll watch any rubbish really as I don't take much in anyway

- List your five favourite films - All good Horror films

- Are you wealthy? - That made me laugh!

- Do you work? If so, as what? - Made redundant last year, speciality is Outreach Work for Mental Health and Learning Difficulties

- What do you like most about yourself? - My approachability, though it's normally from people with sticks and blunt objects!

- What do you like least about yourself? - My impatience and sloth (there are lots more to but I just can't be bothered to list them and don't have the time!)
 
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KevFitz

Newbie
Messages
4
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
Crowds, IT (technology in general)
- What is your name? - Kev or Fitz - KevFitz

- How old are you? - 46

- Are you male or female - Male

- Which country are you from? - England (strong Irish origin)

- Which city/area do you live in - London to the core

- Are you religious? - Agnostic with a touch of open mindedness

- Do you have any pets? - Not now but have had cats called Tiddles, Guinness and McGinty

- Microsoft or Apple? - Microsoft

- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? - Athletics, boxing, snooker and one or two others

- Do you get angry easily? - Depends on how big the other guy is........ Or woman come to that!

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? - No but was a bit warped in my early years so have marks and scars all doing their own thing!

- List your five favourite musicians/bands. - Queen, Billy Idol, Bob Marley, Alison Moyet (bet you can't guess what decade I relate to!) and the last one's a secret!

- What is your favourite flag? - Irish - Green for peace - White for the magic and Gold for all lifes riches

- Ever gone camping? - Once.......... Terrible experience

- Ever been in love? - I don't think so!

- Ever used fake tan? - Not in a million years

- Which countries have you visited? - USA, Ireland, Cyprus, Israel France (school trip) Spain.. Not many really

- Favourite city - Nice is fabulous!

- List your five favourite TV programmes. - I'll watch any rubbish really as I don't take much in anyway

- List your five favourite films - All good Horror films

- Are you wealthy? - That made me laugh!

- Do you work? If so, as what? - Made redundant last year, speciality is Outreach Work for Mental Health and Learning Difficulties

- What do you like most about yourself? - My approachability, though it's normally from people with sticks and blunt objects!

- What do you like least about yourself? - My impatience and sloth (there are lots more to but I just can't be bothered to list them and don't have the time!)
 

@Giverny

Newbie
Messages
4
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
I waken up every day with a headache,I'm on insulin for 3 months for type 2 + finding it very difficult to lose weight I'm eating healthily please advise.
 

Jessicasugar24

Well-Known Member
Messages
50
Dislikes
Needles!
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?
Jessica Slade
- How old are you?
18
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
England
- Which city/area do you live in?
Suffolk
- Are you religious?
No
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Bubbly, social & caring
- Do you have any pets?
3 cats
- Microsoft or Apple?
Apple 100%
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Did do trampolining a while ago, enjoy cycling.
- Do you get angry easily?
Not anymore.
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Piercings: belly bar, ears x2
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Don't have favourites, I like everything, just not a fan of classical and hardcore rock.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
R&b
- What is your favourite flag?
England
- Ever gone camping?
Yes
- Ever been in love?
Yes, I am.
- Ever used fake tan?
Yes, what a mistake!
- Which countries have you visited?
America, NY city, France, Holland, Spain.
- Favourite city?
New York.
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Criminal minds
Er
Towie
Homeland
24
- List your five favourite films.
Posideon
Mission impossible
Saw films
Fast & furious
The impossible
- Are you wealthy?
No, but can manage my money.
- Do you work? If so, as what?
I'm a hairdresser/barber
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Ladies & gents NVQ level 2
- What do you like most about yourself?
I'm an easy going person who doesn't like to complain, there is always someone worse of.
- What do you like least about yourself?
I get attached to things to quickly. Including my clothes, bags, jewellery, ect. Lol
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Have fun!



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DiaBethic95

Well-Known Member
Messages
67
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
- What is your name? Beth
- How old are you? 19
- Are you male or female? Female
- Which country are you from? England
- Which city/area do you live in? Plymouth
- Are you religious? No
- Do you have any pets? Yes. A Cockapoo puppy called Theo
- Microsoft or Apple? Apple
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Football and surfing
- Do you get angry easily? No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? No
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Frank Turner, Paolo Nutini, The Melodic, Phatt Bollard, Matthew And The Atlas.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Folk
- Ever been in love? No.
- Ever used fake tan? No.
- Which countries have you visited? America and France
- List your five favourite films. Any Musicals!!!
- Are you wealthy? No.
- How many languages do you speak? Just English
 
P

paramedic

Guest
My name is Mark
I am 47
I am Male
I am from Ireland
I live in Ireland, the UK and various places in the Spanish speaking world
Personality?; introspective, prone to sadness, believer in doing "the right thing"
Pets - I love horses and llamas
Microsoft. I cant afford Apple, but I like my iphone
I dont like sports, although I do play Polo and enjoy rock climbing
I only get angry with myself. I was never angry until I got T1D
No tattoos or piercings
Music; Stranglers, Joy Division & The The
Genre; Indie, goth
Favourite flag? Ireland, of course!
Camping - Yes
Been in Love - Yes. It feels like a long time ago.
Fake tan - No, but i'm Irish and pale, so it might be a good idea
Countries - worked in 84, lived in 6. Chile and Norway I liked the most.
spent last year in Senegal working in the Jungle
Favourite City - Buenos Aires
TV - breaking bad, The Prisoner, Seinfeld
Films - The 3rd Man, Wings of Desire, Blade Runner
Wealthy. No. But I have everything I need, so maybe I am?

Work - Paramedic (I used to be an Economist - I quit stock markets to go into medicine)
PHTLS (pre hospital trauma life support)
ALS (advanced life support)
ECP (Emergency Care Practitioner)
Offshore Medic (Merchant Navy) - Notts City Hosp Post Grad Centre
Paramedic flight crew
Lifeboat crew/medic
UK International Emergency Trauma Register
Drug Related Death (Coroner's) Group Paramedic representative
Remote area specialist (Africa, Latin America & Offshore shipping)
NHS Bank Staff
USA & UK registered Paramedic
Paramedic for MEDICAL RESCUE UK & Europe

Studied ; Economics to post grad level
Paramedic degrees from USA (Iowa) & UK (BCU)

Languages : Irish (gaelic), Spanish, English (also Portuguese and Catalan)

Like most about myself? My own company
Like least about myself? being T1 Diabetic

Favourite books; Frankenstein (mary shelley), Hocus Pocus (kurt vonnegut)

Favourite quote; "for the sympathy of one, I would forgive all"
 
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JCordier

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
My name is Joey
I am 54
I am Female
I am from South Africa
I live in Carletonville, South Africa
Personality? - Loving, caring person with great sense of humour
Pets - I have a parrot - love animals
I have a LG laptop
I like watching rugby, cricket and wrestling
I do not like being angry. Always try to find something positive to say
No tattoos or piercings
Music: I do not like Jazz
Camping - Would love to go camping
I'm a widow.
Countries: Live in South Africa, but would love to visit, Montana USA, Alaska, Siberia, Israel, Japan, etc.
Love spending time in the Western Cape of South Africa and National Parks.
TV - NCIS Los Angeles, X Factor, Criminal Minds, The Voice, Rookie Blue, documentaries, etc.
Films - Braveheart, Lords of the Rings, Westerns, etc.
Not wealthy.
Work - Aministrative Assistant
Member of Country Quilters Guild
Finished Grade 12 at school.
Languages : English, Afrikaans
Like most about myself? My own company
Like least about myself? being T2 Diabetic

Favourite authors: Dean Koontz, Kathy Reichs, James Patterson, Ken Follett, etc.
Favourite quote; "Perfect is boring!"