Those with insulin dependant diabetes on the other hand because they produce little or no insulin will not survive unless they are treated with insulin.

However not all those that take insulin are necessarily dependant on it, some may also take tablets, but without it perfect control of their diabetes is not possible.

In the insulin dependant diabetic there is a complete or near complete absence of insulin due to the destruction of the insulin producing cells of the pancreas.

There are some tendencies for insulin dependant diabetes to run in families but the condition is far from being entirely inherited.

The exact cause of the damage to the insulin producing cells is not known for certain, so we will deal with the factors that may be involved in our next issue.

This is John Collins saying please look after yourselves and keep all your appointments at the Manx Diabetes Centre.

See you in the next issue, T.T.F.N.

Next AGM

The 2 nd AGM of the Friends of the Manx Diabetes Centre will take place at Keyll Daree on Thursday 5 th May next at 7.30 in the evening.

Keyll Daree
Noble's Hospital

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All information will be sent to our members nearer the date, and we look forward to welcoming you all there

If any of you have no transport, please let us know and we shall endeavour to arrange some for you.

Membership

If you want to join our Group please use the form at the back of this newsletter or please ring Jan on telephone 613702 or give the form or Jan's number to a friend and she will send you or your friend a membership form.

You can also e-mail Jan at e-mail secretary@diabetes.org.im

The Friends of the Manx Diabetes Centre not only have the best and most informative newsletter on the Island, but we are the ones that look after the interests of all diabetics on the Isle of Man

Join the Friends of the Manx Diabetes Centre, NOW.

The Half dozen McNuggets.

A friend of mine took the kids to a McDonalds across, and he saw on the menu that he could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. So he asked for half a dozen nuggets.

“We don't have half a dozen nuggets” said the teenager at the counter. “You don't” he inquired. “No, we only have six, nine or twelve”, was the reply, “So I can't order a half dozen nuggets then, but I can order six?” “That's right” she said.

So he shook his head and ordered six McNuggets