Thanks for the suggestions Guys …I really do appreciate them and also they may be of use to others 
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Good aim.
I am past that stage a long time ago, on max Metformin + Sitagliptine + Gliclozide + injecting insulin these days
oh my goodness !!! thats some regime kevin !! not seen many on all that
That’s not good ! But I hope you have it all under control
Yes, a lot of testing and sore fingers!
Under a specialist diabetes team with regular appointments.
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This refugee project runs down here in Hastings. My youngest daughter is heavily involved and speaks in this video.
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Lovely project.
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I’m feeling a lot better today after the virus or whatever it was crippled me after Keggie…on a positive note I’m down to 3 pound under 15 stone …I see the Diabetic nurse on Thursday ,she will be pleased as she wanted me on Metform and Statins ,so far I have resisted…as well as jabs for flu,shingles and pneumonia ,resisted them as well for the umpteenth time…Joys of getting old (body only) I guess
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Why? Are you an anti-vaxer?
I contracted chicken pox for the first time a couple of years ago. It was phenomenally painful. I was in Thailand on business at the time so it was awful. I was stuck in bed on strong painkillers for five days.
I had the pneumonia jab last year and have flu jab each year in September. As my immune system is suppressed by my chemotherapy, this seems like a sensible precaution. I would council anybody with health concerns to rule out the possibility of contracting shingles, chicken pox, pneumonia and/or flu.
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Shingles is shit and hangs on for ever. My Dad is still suffering from it 10 years after contracting it.
Get the jab.
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absolutely , its pain from shingles infection continues for years , if there is a jab grab it
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Fucking hell, your wife actually bought that story?
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I agree about jabs in general. But we’ve had the debate before about pneumonia. That’s a ‘for life’ one. If you think that you might one day want pneumonia to take you fairly quickly, as it did my stepdad and Mrs VB’s mum, both of whom had advanced dementia, then having the jab might eliminate that option. In my stepdad’s case the doctors had pulled him back from pneumonia before with antibiotics. When they asked my mum whether she wanted them to do it again she said no, she felt his time had come.
VB
I fully agree. But I’m 51 and have young kids so the jab was obligatory. If I get to be old enough to get full blown dementia it’ll be a medical miracle. 
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Didn’t know that, very good point. I’ll remember that for sure.
Oh, I dunno, I think you’ve committed enough sins to make it to your dotage.
It’s very much the right choice for some people (maybe most people even ?). But unlike the large majority of jabs I feel it may not be best for absolutely everyone. To be fair I haven’t looked into the epidemic side of it either. That’s a very big factor in the case of highly infectious diseases.
VB
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Turns out stupidity is not a survival trait. Lol.
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