Living with Diabetes – A talk by Dr Ramanathan, Parkfield’s Diabetes Lead

A very full church reflected the interest that many of us have in the subject of Diabetes and certainly it was a “tour de force”,  a carefully crafted journey through the subject, starting with the types of diabetes, how the body reacts (what’s going on), measures to reduce severity (or if pre-diabetic, to avoid the step into type 2 diabetes). Then information on medication (benefits and risks of particular treatments), on testing and monitoring the wider range of health issues associate with diabetes – and of course the risks/complications that can follow if appropriate measures are not followed.

For diabetics (and pre-diabetics), he told us that it is a lifetime journey requiring a willing and committed partnership between the patient and those providing their treatment. Dr Ramanathan is Parkfield’s Diabetes Lead, and his presentation, sober but so clear and informative (he answered a range of question from the audience during the session) is well worth a second hearing – or if you were not able to be there to invest an hour to watch the video recording of the talk (below).

As a church, we were very pleased to be able to provide the space for the talk and include the evening in our 90^th Anniversary Week of  events. I think everybody present would want to express to Dr Ramanathan their appreciation for the time and the care he  has taken in bringing this topic to life for us all.