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hankjam said:
5.2, seems to be my favourite number in the morning and that's okay. Steak, salad and red wine, one glass, 5.0 before and 5.4 afterwards.

I have split open my middle finger just next to the corner of the nail and it is taking an age to heal.... months. I burnt myself baking a while back and again it too for ever to heal up.... just wondering. I have a couple of worts on fingers, one the size of a small pea and it's been there couple years now and shows no sign of fading... they do say DBs should not be aggressive against them.... sometimes wonder.

Really not nice out this morning. Son getting picked up in village, rather than hare off to Cupar, his group are having a day in Dundee, which is fine.
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Ouch to the split finger. My Dad used to wet a match and rubbed the resulting pink paste into any warts. Don't remember having many but it worked...Just the normal pink ones tho
 
Sable_Jan said:
I'd love to have seen the foxes. I know there are some around out back but have yet to see one. Mayb as I'm usually walking a dog might be the reason. Have in the past had to wash Fox pooh off dogs neck when I've not been fast enough to stop them rolling in it. The stickiest, stinkiest stuff I've EVER come across....
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I know exactly what you mean!! We have a black lab who considers it doggy Chanel and we have to watch her like a hawk around the garden. But I have become quite expert at recognising the beginning of the "shoulder drop" and bellowing "OYYYYY!!!!!", which usually stops her in her tracks with a guilty expression. :joyful:
 
eldergarth said:
morning all looking like had a another hypo in my sleep again last night woke feeling clammy and fbg was 4.0 rechecked half hr later and got 4.6 so either managed to stop the liver dumb this morning or hypo'd in my sleep.
sending you lots of hugs and love @13lizanne and I hope you have a wonderful time on your hols
well done @ickihun on your great levels this morning great to see you getting back in control
have a good day all time I signed of and get ready for my hospital visit today and hopefully get some answers to my problems with my legs
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Morning Ron. Hope they get to the bottom of your leg problem...@Cumberland had a terrible time with his a few months ago. Hot, sore, swollen, painful. Something itis....cellulitis? Not sure... Needed antibiotics too....
 
johnnybaker45 said:
Good Morning, my friends, on this pleasant April morning in the year 2016,

I've had a good morning and took my medication, metformin, and other medications for my Adult ADHD and Asperger Syndrome and high blood pressure and urinary retention. I also had a few cups of coffee but with 0 calorie silver spoon artificial sweetener tablets. I also had two slices of Kingsmill white bread with a generous layer of Marmite spread on them. And my friend Matthew brought over some sandwiches that the church had donated to his wife, a rotund, diabetic west indian lady with a heart of gold and a tremendous aptitude for loving other people, and she told Matthew to bring them over for me. I had a small, but tasty and moderately filling felafel wrap which had shredded red cabbage and cucumber in it. I took my blood sugar at quarter past nine and it was 12.4, very high considering I took my metformin. I am doing appalling at managing my diabetes, and don't think I have much control over what I eat and have very little dietary knowledge. People with Adult ADHD struggle with this and my Asperger Syndrome symptoms make it very difficult for me to consume fruit and veg because the taste makes me feel very nauseous and I don't like the texture of them. That contravenes the way I was brought up because my mum and dad used to put veggies and stuff through a liquidiser and pour the contents in a baby bottle before I was on solids. I'm doing appalling I really am. But it's so cool to have you guys for support and emotional encouragement and for that I am so grateful and thankful.
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Maybe if you get a good blender you could do that now? Without the bottle of course. Make some vegetable soups .. I like soups with feta or blue cheese melted in them..but plenty of soup an no (or very little) bread.
You need to avoid carbohydrates in food where you can; these are found in sugar itself, all breads, pastry, cakes, pasta, potatoes and rice. If you can't easily cut these out then brown rice, wholeweat pasta, wholemeal and seeded breads are a better alternative. Cheeses, eggs, meats are better for making sandwiches than marmite as you have a bulkier, protein rich filling so you won't eat as much bread. Maybe a slice of toast piled with scrambled eggs mayb?
Hope this is of help. It's hard enough to change your eating style when you can eat other foods but if you are restricted by other issues it must be doubly hard.
Wish you well with the task in hand
 
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debrasue said:
I know exactly what you mean!! We have a black lab who considers it doggy Chanel and we have to watch her like a hawk around the garden. But I have become quite expert at recognising the beginning of the "shoulder drop" and bellowing "OYYYYY!!!!!", which usually stops her in her tracks with a guilty expression. :joyful:
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I know that "shoulder drop" soooooo well and strangely enough "Oy" is exactly what I use too
 
Hi all Rons had an x ray on his pelvis today wont get the results for two weeks . I've now got him home till Wednesday . Hopefully no more problems over the weekend. At the moment he's asleep on the sofa think the co codamol must make him sleepy ,I know that's what it did to me. Hate seeing him like this but now I've given up work I can devote all my time to him . Love to you all .xxx
 
We have a lovely weekend coming up... It's my grandson's 3rd birthday so he and his mum & dad are coming from Nottingham to visit. My daughter and her husband will be over too, with the two Tiny Terrorists, so it promises to be a fun weekend. I bought a Thomas the Tank Engine birthday cake for the kids and have adapted Ewelina's chocolate mousse cake recipe to make a flour-&-sugar-free Black Forest Gateau for the grownups (cream to be added tomorrow). It looks pretty good, even if I say so myself - can't wait to try it!
I think I have the food sorted, too - bacon & eggs for Sun & Mon breakfast, roast pork for Sunday's dinner, and a takeaway curry for Saturday evening, which I know will be fine as I tested it last weekend (chicken korma with mashed cauliflower & celeriac instead of rice). I wonder if I should try a poppadom.......?
 

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Evening, unwinding after a hard day at work. Sunny spells but cold. Having a light dinner as pre-dinner BM was 8.1 mmol/l. Injected my tea time insulin at 6 pm but they haven't went down. :)
 
debrasue said:
Love it! Feel free to engage at any time - I love good banter. :)
Sorry not to have replied last night - I got side-tracked watching the foxes playing outside and I don't know where the time went.
Two degrees???! :eek: I'd need half a dozen 30 tog duvets, Ovaltine therapy and a couple of those foil blankets!!!
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The better the comeback the better the banter lol. :D
 
BMs now at 15 mmol/l after looking at debrasue's picture of that Black Forest Gateaux lol :eek::D
 
eddie1968 said:
BMs now at 15 mmol/l after looking at debrasue's picture of that Black Forest Gateaux lol :eek::D
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Well, if you ate the whole **** thing, it would serve you right!!!!! (129.5g of carbs) LOL :joyful:
Alternatively, if you just had a fat slice (1/8th of a cake) it would be 16.2g of carbs and 547 cals, or a thin slice (1/16th of a cake) would be 8g of carbs and 274 cals.
I know, I know - nobody likes a smart-****. I just can't help it. ;)
 
debrasue said:
Well, if you ate the whole **** thing, it would serve you right!!!!! (129.5g of carbs) LOL :joyful:
Alternatively, if you just had a fat slice (1/8th of a cake) it would be 16.2g of carbs and 547 cals, or a thin slice (1/16th of a cake) would be 8g of carbs and 274 cals.
I know, I know - nobody likes a smart-****. I just can't help it. ;)
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I'm just smart lol :p
 
Sunset here is 2054 so a fair bit of daylight left. I could do a barbecue if it was warmer lol. :)
 
debrasue said:
We have a lovely weekend coming up... It's my grandson's 3rd birthday so he and his mum & dad are coming from Nottingham to visit. My daughter and her husband will be over too, with the two Tiny Terrorists, so it promises to be a fun weekend. I bought a Thomas the Tank Engine birthday cake for the kids and have adapted Ewelina's chocolate mousse cake recipe to make a flour-&-sugar-free Black Forest Gateau for the grownups (cream to be added tomorrow). It looks pretty good, even if I say so myself - can't wait to try it!
I think I have the food sorted, too - bacon & eggs for Sun & Mon breakfast, roast pork for Sunday's dinner, and a takeaway curry for Saturday evening, which I know will be fine as I tested it last weekend (chicken korma with mashed cauliflower & celeriac instead of rice). I wonder if I should try a poppadom.......?
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Go for it you only live once
 
debrasue said:
Well, if you ate the whole **** thing, it would serve you right!!!!! (129.5g of carbs) LOL :joyful:
Alternatively, if you just had a fat slice (1/8th of a cake) it would be 16.2g of carbs and 547 cals, or a thin slice (1/16th of a cake) would be 8g of carbs and 274 cals.
I know, I know - nobody likes a smart-****. I just can't help it. ;)
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Thin slice please. Might be able to handle the liver dump tomorrow morning lol. ;)
 
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