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"T2 Patient Conference" in November

jay hay-char

jay hay-char

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Type of diabetes
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Just had an invite to this, which is being hosted by the West Hampshire Community Diabetes Service. Does anybody have experience of similar gatherings? I'd be interested in going if it's genuinely a conference - i.e. an exchange of ideas and developments in T2 management - but not if it's just going to be a series of lectures about obeying NHS diktat and eating carbs with every meal.

The highlight of the event appears to be a "Hypo Simulator" which will "allow family and friends to experience what it's like to have a hypo" :eek: I was also amused to see that you automatically get entered into a prize draw if you attend, for which the prize is..... Ta-Dah! a hamper! I wonder what it will contain? They're usually full of carby snacks, jam and bottles of sweet sherry, in my experience.

If anybody else here has been invited, maybe we could go along mob-handed and, ahem, influence the course of discussions? Just a thought..... ;)
 
Would love to hear what they have to say but no invite, if I did have an invite I would have to take my husband as he stops me asking questions that they can't answer. Please take plenty of notes and report back, we would all like to hear what they say.
 
On reflection, this should probably be on the Type 2 Forum. @Administrator: would you or one of your colleagues very kindly move the thread? Many thanks.
 
HI,

I was told about this coming up when I did my 2 day diabetes course a few moths back and am looking forward to meeting other people and seeing what help guides there are out there...

As for the hamper... I'd be really happy if it had a meter and a years worth of test strips.... an ask too much?
 
wookie101 said:
HI,

I was told about this coming up when I did my 2 day diabetes course a few moths back and am looking forward to meeting other people and seeing what help guides there are out there...

As for the hamper... I'd be really happy if it had a meter and a years worth of test strips.... an ask too much?
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I suspect the meter and strips request would be regarded as subversive, flying in the face of advice to T2s that there is no need to test, and all that :)

I've decided that I'm going to go, if only to network with others. I'll feed back in due course.
 
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