If only I could spend a pleasant evening chatting with some other pancreatically challenged types… well now you can. If this is your dream (and why wouldn’t it be) come along to the latest Shoot Up meet up in sunny Liverpool.
We’ll be in the hugely glamorous (well, it does reasonable beer and is near Queens Square bus station and Lime Street train station, what more do you want?) Doctor Duncan’s pub, St John’s Lane, Liverpool on Saturday 14 April from 7.30pm. Tim and his better half Katie have agreed to leave the confines of Scotland and travel down to sunny Liverpool for the weekend, so they’ll be there along with me and my long suffering husband Geoff.
If you’re dubious about meeting some weird folks off the interweb all alone (which is perfectly understandable), fear not, all are welcome – the pancreatically challenged, long/short suffering partners, friends, family, random people you meet on your way.
You’ll be able to spot us by the fruit pastilles on the table, the slight smell of insulin and the loud sobbing as we collectively bemoan our broken pancreases. Or we might just do what we’ve done on previous nights out and have a jolly chat, in which case we’ll be the happy ones talking over a beer, but the fruit pastilles will be there in any case.
It’s nice to have a rough idea of numbers, so do leave us a comment here if you’re thinking of coming, or you can email alison@shootuporputup.
Hurrah! Shoot Up’s first ever meet up south of the border! Looking forward to meeting up with everyone who’s never made it to Edinburgh before!
Would love to have come to meet you but will have to wait until you go much further down the country to say Oxford? One day maybe.
Brill, I’m just across the water on the Wirral n gonna do my best to meet you guys n talk bout shooting up!
Excellent news, looking forward to meeting you.
aargh! You finally have a meet I could theoretically make it too, and its on a day when I’m booked to go to a 40th birthday party! How could you!
aargh! Sorry @annette that’s such a shame. You don’t know how long it’s taken @Tim and I to find a date we can both do. It would have been lovely to see you there though.
Hello,
I’v just joined and very interested in attending the liverpool meet as it’s only a bus ride for me. It would be nice to meet other diabetics as I don’t know any even tho i’v had condition 39 years was and still am the only diabetic in family
Welcome Julie, it’ll be great to see you there
Hi Julie and welcome to Shoot Up! That would be great if you could make it – there’s nothing like some great diabetic chat*
* we do talk about other things too thankfully.
Could we do a skype/facetime meet at the same time? (I don’t really have a big nose and mouth as avatar suggests) Its my son’s birthday on the 15th so could be tricky coming along.
I’m not sure how the technology would work, but if there’s appetite for a twitter / facetime / skype meet up at another time then we could organise that.
Me and Laura are a tentative yes – subject to me getting a grandparental nod to offload a couple of kids. Will probably just drive back afterwards but we’re looking forward to it.
Can you not just leave the kids locked in the kitchen with a bowl of water and a few toys? That seems to work for our dog…
Tried that once but social services took a dim view of it. Don’t know why though. We’ve got a mouse at the moment that could keep them company.
Damn those meddling social workers!
More about that on the night 😉
Child abuse aside, it’ll be good to see you and Laura there – Geoff and Katie always appreciate another pancreatically priviledged type to swell the ranks.
Thanks Alison. It’s always good to attach accents and life to avatars and internet signatures. Looking forward to meeting you all.
Oh dear, don’t look forward to it too much, I worry that the real life versions of our internet personalities may be a crushing disappointment for you.
Don’t worry I always think the same. Sometimes I’m wrong though 😉
Speak for yourself – I’m *even* *more* wonderful (and modest) in real life!
Although I’ve only been to Liverpool once in adult life and after finally looking at the map I actually know where it is! Last year we stayed in Liverpool and ate at Tavern Co which is round the back of the pub. Saying that, we’ll probably still get lost!
You’ll find us by sniffing the air and following the scent of fresh insulin
Oooooh… and oooh again – I would so like to come to this. But my book is being published very near that date – I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it. I WANT to make it. It is a tad far from sunny Bristol though. Hmmmm.
Oh do come. And you must bring Lola! Should love all the hypo signs flying around 🙂
There’s a question I’ve often thought but never asked.
Would Lola (or other hypo dogs) react to other peoples hypos as well as their owners’ ?
I’d be slightly more worried at Lola reacting to my high blood sugar after a few my drinks & phoning my doctor to tell her!
Alas @lizz us yokelly Sou’West types will have to have our own [Unofficial][Unaffiliated] Brizzle meet where we can discuss the conundrum/relative merits of cider as a hypo cure/cause 🙂
Yokely? I’ll have you know I am far too posh to pass as a yokel. I do drink cider, but only if it’s organic and accompanied by expensive snacks like truffles and French cheese. Otherwise I make do with champagne.
Lola was sitting next to a diabetic a little while ago and I could feel her trying to get to him to alert. I suspect his blood sugar was high as he seemed perfectly compos Mentis, But it is certainly a risk with so many of us in attendance. It might upset her settings to have so many weird blood sugars in the same vicinity!
On the other hand, she might be perfectly happy to ignore you all!
If we can get there of course. Otherwise I might just have to meet up with Mike. anyone got any warnings for me about that?
If you wanted to organise a Bristol meet up, I’m more than happy to advertise it on the blog.
@Lizz – I’ve never met @Mike in person but he *seems* pretty safe 🙂
On the internet no-one knows your a [psychopathic axe-wielding] dog.