Sue Townsend

[graemer]

I have just read that Sue Townsend is in a wheelchair and is blind. What happened? (I'm in another country so we may not have had any reports)

[Jackanory]

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/interviews/story.jsp? story=569841

 

Click on this link &, hopefully, it will take you to an interview with Sue Townsend (dated 8th October 2004) which refers to her disabilities.

[graemer]

Thanks for that. How sad.

[Bangkok]

I am a diabetic.  It can cause blindness, kidney failure, liver failure, amputations, Heart problems etc etc.  It's the world's fourth or fifth biggest killer.  However, if you manage it well, the chances are you will live your three score and ten, although some diabetics try very hard to manage it, and cannot obtain a balance