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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

6.6 and very high for me. Expected though as treated to dinner out by hubby after a very busy bank holiday. Had an amazing 3 course meal. Enjoyed every mouthful but didn't even start eating until 8.30! Most delicious rump steak I've ever had (maybe it was because I was so hungry!!!). And there was prosecco (I could go lower carb and have spirits but never been keen). Had an extremely productive bank holiday and even managed to help daughter dismatle old fitted wardrobes and take to tip. It didn't come without a battle. They have been there a long time and felt quite settled. They weren't going without a fight. But me and hubby went prepared for battle. We weren't prepared to take prisoners. In for the kill!!! Nice cup of tea after. Job done :-)

Happy Tuesday although it feels like a Monday!!!
 
Not fbg but a little upbeat compared to some of my posts. This year's eye screening results came back as normal again whereas 3 yrs ago there had been some background retinopathy starting to show. Just A1c that doesn't put enough clear water between me and diabetic level for my comfort and power unit not always pleasing me.
 
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HarrisonK said:
6.00 this damp morning.

I have to travel into B'ham central, something I haven't done since my teens. One of the major problems with my Aspergers is I can't handle crowds, and at my age having a meltdown is not a good look. I did ask if I could do it by video call but they're the govt and, as such, don't care. So now I have my noise-cancelling headphones, hoodie, and shades. I look like a geriatric gangsta ;)
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I hope your trip is going well/went well. I can identify to some extent. I have panic disorder brought on by MVP syndrome dysautonomia and can't handle travel to unfamiliar places.
 
SaskiaKC said:
I hope your trip is going well/went well. I can identify to some extent. I have panic disorder brought on by MVP syndrome dysautonomia and can't handle travel to unfamiliar places.
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I just got back, can't say I want to repeat that journey. People are so loud and impolite, I couldn't face public transport coming back so got a taxi. I was supposed to have a private room for the interview but didn't get one, and then they told me that Wednesday was 'autism awareness day' for two hours. I did point out that they should be aware every day 24/7 unless they wanted to see me running havoc in their building. Anyway, it's over now and whisky is called for :)
 
HarrisonK said:
I just got back, can't say I want to repeat that journey. People are so loud and impolite, I couldn't face public transport coming back so got a taxi. I was supposed to have a private room for the interview but didn't get one, and then they told me that Wednesday was 'autism awareness day' for two hours. I did point out that they should be aware every day 24/7 unless they wanted to see me running havoc in their building. Anyway, it's over now and whisky is called for :)
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I feel for you @HarrisonK but obviously I can never understand what that ordeal is like. Enjoy the whisky and congratulate yourself on having emerged maybe bruised but with your dignity in tact. Move on triumphant you are a good man.
 
ianpspurs said:
Is that asking too much?
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Its not asking too much as long as you dont expect the perfect answer I suppose. I am as perplexed as anyone and dont know where this is going. For me if it wasnt for the comradarie of everyone here I know it would be an awful lot worse. For your book many posts above have you given up on the Swoon Sisters?
 
HarrisonK said:
I just got back, can't say I want to repeat that journey. People are so loud and impolite, I couldn't face public transport coming back so got a taxi. I was supposed to have a private room for the interview but didn't get one, and then they told me that Wednesday was 'autism awareness day' for two hours. I did point out that they should be aware every day 24/7 unless they wanted to see me running havoc in their building. Anyway, it's over now and whisky is called for :)
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Well done HarisonK. I think you did really well facing what for you was a very difficult situation. I totally agree with you about awareness. I spent much of my time raising awareness of the Autistic Spectrum in schools during the latter years of my career and have a family member with Aspergers. Hope you can relax now you are home and feel proud of yourself!:)
 
ianpspurs said:
Busy, busy hence the hug. Church = good; partay squared = good; gig squared = y'all must be talented, in demand and ya enjoy using your gift (my only gift is not having a gift); @zauberflote = one spiffing lady. UK hol is for Mayday - pesky reds under the bed did it your honour,:)
Edit: Are you now, or have you ever been a ....... ?
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Thanks for hug! Note on correct usage of "y'all" one person is "you", more than one is "y'all", and a pile of persons can be "all y'all" which has been legitimately proposed as a correct translation for New Testament Greek "you" plural! As has simply "y'all". So glad they didn't choose Philadelphia's "youse guys"....
Er....sorry born with 4 cylinders and need 6 to understand your final question... I know I should know it but it's not turning up in data banks. Corrupted no doubt...
FBG 6.2 or 6.3, depending on decimals.
 
zauberflote said:
Thanks for hug! Note on correct usage of "y'all" one person is "you", more than one is "y'all", and a pile of persons can be "all y'all" which has been legitimately proposed as a correct translation for New Testament Greek "you" plural! As has simply "y'all". So glad they didn't choose Philadelphia's "youse guys"....
Er....sorry born with 4 cylinders and need 6 to understand your final question... I know I should know it but it's not turning up in data banks. Corrupted no doubt...
FBG 6.2 or 6.3, depending on decimals.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism and thanks for correction
 
I have had a really bad day.

I was meditating on my bed when suddenly the bed started shaking and the cat leapt up.

It didn’t make sense.

So went outside. My newly laid drains which had been completed last week on Tuesday were being dug up again. They were smashed.

I told the workmen to stop and asked what was happening. I am shaking. The workmen said they were repairing the blocked drains. I explained it had been completed last Tuesday. And why did they not ring the bell or something. Because you wouldn’t hear they said. The bell had been with me in the same room as me meditating so I knew the blue light hadn’t flashed.

I had spent all week cleaning up, replacing plants pots, planting new plants and making that area look good again. I began crying. It was all a mess again.

Workmen tell me to go in and make a cuppa and sit down. And he is trying to usher me in the house telling me to calm down with a cuppa.

I turned round and asked to see their worksheets.

He had to get them. It said customer rang and complained that the drains were still blocked after the work last Tuesday.

So I asked him what customer? He said you. So I said as I am profoundly deaf I cannot hear on the telephone, so it was not possible for me to have rung and made that complaint. I am still crying.

So it’s my neighbour next door, I say, and I start saying a lot more...

I also ask why I was not informed about this., and more. And how can they enter my property without my say so...

But he is ushering me in saying I have nothing to worry about, I won’t have anything to pay and they will clear up when they have repaired the drains.

I pour a small sherry. I am shaking and crying. And I cannot calm down. I don’t understand because this was all done and dusted and completed last Tuesday. And a bunch of strangers descend on my property this morning unexpectedly and start drilling through the concrete...

They haven’t finished, they are coming back tomorrow, specialist parts need to be ordered.

I cannot face it. This is the last straw with everything that has happened recently.

My bg readings are 15.9 now 7pm. I have not been in double figures like that for a very very long time. I have been in the 7’s in the day recently. I am very upset. Was it the two small sherries I had that did that?

I was going to have a relaxing day today in the potting shed, but I had to sit by the window today because of the workmen. So that raised my stress levels.

I sent a text to the number I had, but I got no reply.

I am going out first thing tomorrow and not coming back until the end of the day.

I have had too much stress recently here. I need to put physical distance between me and this place.

>^..^<
 
HarrisonK said:
I just got back, can't say I want to repeat that journey. People are so loud and impolite, I couldn't face public transport coming back so got a taxi. I was supposed to have a private room for the interview but didn't get one, and then they told me that Wednesday was 'autism awareness day' for two hours. I did point out that they should be aware every day 24/7 unless they wanted to see me running havoc in their building. Anyway, it's over now and whisky is called for :)
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This is rediculous. I think the so called autism awareness day is on Wednesday morning for exactly 2 hours. It is a notice up in my bank.

I feel for you. They don’t make any concessions for people.

I hope the whisky helps.

Tomorrow is another day.

>^..^<
 
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