During the course of the year two of our committee meetings have been attended by representatives of the DHSS that wanted the committee's opinion on matters concerning the well being of the Manx people.

We are very happy to entertain these kind of contacts and encounters with Groups and people that, like us, have the well being of the Manx patients and their carers at heart.

Our committee is always open to any Group who may want to come, talk and enlist our help so that we can act together.

Please get in touch with our Secretary Mrs Jan Ramagge on (01624) 613702 or e-mail her at secretary@diabetes.org.im

On the 10 th November I was asked to give an hour long address at Keyll Darree at Nobles to the current clinical leaders at Noble's Hospital, which proved most successful, and I would take this opportunity to thank them for their kind invitation.

The Diabetic, the leading diabetic newsletter on the Island continues to grow and be very well received in our community. It's circulation is now well over 200 printed every quarter and extra printings have to be done over the next three months to keep up with requests for extra copies.

The Diabetic can now be found at waiting rooms at the hospital and all surgeries on the Isle of Man , not to mention in the waiting rooms of some of our leading business companies.

Of course you can also get it on our world wide website, being read as far away as New Zealand .

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The Friends of the Manx Diabetes Centre look forward with confidence to the coming year, and wish you all health and happiness during Christmas,

and may the New Year fulfil all your desires and bring you prosperity.

Enjoy the festivities and may you live long and prosper.

May your God be with you always, and even thou you may from time to time forget him, pray, so that he never forgets you.

Chairman

Friends of the Manx Diabetes Centre.

.Your thought and resolution for the New Year.

“ If you want long life, or to live forever, never take a day off, make sure you live consecutive days”.