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Wednesday 20th February, 7:30pm - Support Group Meeting at The Diabetes Centre, Orpington Hospital. Guest Speaker Dr. Abbi Lulsegged, Consultant Physician, Endocrinology & Diabetes. Presentation on Heart Disease & Diabetes. All Welcome
Tuesday 18th March, 7:30pm - Support Group Meeting at Community House, Bromley. Guest Speaker Dr. Khalida Ismail, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at Kings College Hospital. All Welcome
Breaking News!
The new Mayor of Bromley, is Cllr
Pauline Tunnicliffe, from Orpington. In her recent acceptance
speech she stated that she is proud and delighted at being
chosen to represent Bromley as it’s Mayor. She is looking
forward to meeting as many people across the borough as possible
during her year in office, highlighting all the wonderful work
that goes on locally and celebrating our achievements. The
Mayor has chosen our group, The Bromley Diabetes Support Group
as her charity for the year. We feel very privileged and
look forward to working with her over the coming year in giving
a high profile to the plight of diabetes in the borough.
Diabetes UK Children’s Holidays
What money cant buy
Received from a parent "I just wanted to thank the
group again for the donation of £100 towards Fiona's diabetes UK
holiday. She has just returned from the Frontier Centre at
Irthlingborough. She had a brilliant time benefiting from making very
good new friends who understand diabetes - thank you
A Diabetes UK holiday is packed with
fun activities and adventure. It also offers a unique opportunity to
be among people who understand. For many, it is the first step to
managing their own diabetes.
Developing a positive attitude and establishing
self-confidence in the management of diabetes is a key objective of the
holidays.
We have raised a certain amount of funds
specifically to subsidise these holidays for diabetic children in the
borough. If any of our members are aware of parents of diabetic
children who would benefit from the above then please contact us.
The holidays are in July and August so bookings
must be made as a matter of urgency to be able to take advantage of this
offer
More details can be found on
www.diabetes.org.uk on the support events page.
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What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is reaching epidemic
proportions. Worldwide, the number of cases is expected to double to 300
million in less than 25 years. Today, over 5 million people worldwide
live with Type 1 diabetes (the more severe form of the disease), of
which almost 395,000 are children. If left untreated, long-term
complications of the disease can lead to heart failure, blindness,
impotence, kidney failure, amputation, and in many cases death.
Over 1.4 million adults
are diagnosed with diabetes in the UK, and between 138,000 and 345,000
adults have Type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes prevents the body from properly
using energy from food. The condition occurs when the pancreas produces
little or no insulin, a hormone required to sustain life, or when the
pancreas makes insulin, but the body resists it.
Would You Like More Information About Our Group?
If you would like to receive more information about our Support Group and
receive regular email updates, please send a blank email to
diabetesbromley@googlemail.com
Once we have received you email we will add you to our email list, to
keep you informed about the group and our events.
History In The Making
Thank You - Richard Lane
In February Richard Lane came one year on to update
us on his progress to date since his transplant operations. he also gave
us an insight to the 'Kings Cell Therapy Unit' research project which is
soon to be underway. A concert was held in Dulwich College to help raise
funds.
Richard Lane, aged 61 previously
had problems controlling his type 1 diabetes. However, through
Kings College Hospital, he became the first person in the UK to
successfully receive an islet cell transplantation
Thank You - Rolf Smith
In March we held our AGM, our speaker was Rolf
Smith until recently a Dietician in the Community Diabetes Team. He
challenged the members to take ownership of their own management of
their dietary needs - very thought provoking!
A Pioneer in our midst
We were lucky to get Tim Savage come to talk to us
at our AGM in 2006. He is an insulin Dependent Diabetic who was a
Metropolitan Police Officer
Where the money you help us raise goes
Each year the Group donates a sum of money to
Diabetes UK Research specifically the 2006 donation was £2,300.
From 2000 to 2006 our donations have totalled a huge £14,731 - thank you for
your support
£7,000 was raised for the Continuous Blood Glucose
Monitors - we are now waiting for a decision from the hospital when to
purchase these machines - Thank You (June 2006)
£4,000 was raised for a machine for diabetic children based
at Princess Royal University Hospital. (Nov 2003)
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