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

PenguinMum said:
Poor little chap so many new experiences to get to grips with. My friends westie took against the ice cream van in the park, it might have been the music, but he stubbornly refused to walk past it. This has lasted all his life! We used to double back or carry him.
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Oh dear, the world can be a big and scary place for sure. I’ll be doing a lot of reading before next Wed to see how to tackle it. I really don’t want it to last a lifetime
 
DJC3 said:
Oh dear, the world can be a big and scary place for sure. I’ll be doing a lot of reading before next Wed to see how to tackle it. I really don’t want it to last a lifetime
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If you can sit with him, with your hands on his shoulders and stroke him so that he doesn’t jump about in terror, he will less frightened because you are there holding him - he’ll still be nervous but he trusts you now. You can just tell him he’s a good boy etc so your voice is also there between the crashing noise. When it’s gone, he’ll be relieved the big noise didn’t eat him, and that Mum was there to protect him. If you do it a few times he’ll learn that the noise isn’t going to hurt him at all. Then the next step, you could go outside and watch it!
 
Viv19 said:
If you can sit with him, with your hands on his shoulders and stroke him so that he doesn’t jump about in terror, he will less frightened because you are there holding him - he’ll still be nervous but he trusts you now. You can just tell him he’s a good boy etc so your voice is also there between the crashing noise. When it’s gone, he’ll be relieved the big noise didn’t eat him, and that Mum was there to protect him. If you do it a few times he’ll learn that the noise isn’t going to hurt him at all. Then the next step, you could go outside and watch it!
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Sage advice as always, thank you.
 
pavlosn said:
Went to my great uncle's memorial service yesterday afternoon.

The service was in our ancestral village of Kormakitis in the north west tip of our island. As new St George, the main church of the village is currently undergoing restoration, the service was held at old St George, a beautiful medieval chapel on the grounds of a small nunnery.

Unfortunately, there is no air conditioning in the chapel and even at 5pm the fans were not really up to the task of fighting the summer heat . The village is by the coast so it can be quite humid.

I was trying to tactfully wipe away the sweat from my brow with a small handkerchief, when I heard the priest include the following line in his sermon about St Peter and St Paul " now we suffer because of a little heat and complain about a little sweat but they knew that for their faith they had to pay in blood not just sweat".

I had not complained in the least, well not out loud, but still felt guilty and personally reprimanded

Yesterday was the feast of St Peter and St Paul by the way, my name day as Pavlos is the greek version of the name Paul. In Cyprus we celebrate namedays almost like birthdays.

After the service there was a small gathering of the congregation in the main village coffee shop. Supposedly this is to remember the deceased but in reality an opportunity to catch up with each other.

This was not the part I was looking forward to the most to be honest.

People in the village are shall we say not shy of asking about your business and my recent and obvious loss of weight was bound to draw attention.

There was a spread of food to go with the usual coffee but as it was all carbs on a plate, cakes and such I decided to go without.

Not a wise move.

"Why don't you have some food?"
"You should eat more, put some meat on your bones"

The worse came when this cousin, who i dont really get on with and who I suspect knew I had issues with my health anyway, came out with:

"You really must tell us the secret, how do you go about losing weight. Although if you dont mind me saying, you looked a bit better with a little more weight on you"

All this while he and his overweight wife were going through the mountains of food piled high on the plates in front of them.

Well I did mind him saying actually. I minded a lot.

I gave him my best smile and replied:

"No secret really, everyone knows how to lose weight, you just eat less"

I have been overweight myself most of my life and as you know my recent loss of weight has been a source of worry. So my reaction had nothing to do with him being overweight and everything to do with him putting me in a spot that I am convinced he knew would make me uncomfortable.

I leave you with some photos of the chapel. Some buildings are so much nicer than some people.View attachment 34002View attachment 34003View attachment 34004]View attachment 34006View attachment 34007
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beautiful
 
The Internet is back up so I can post --

6.4 this morning, 4 hours ago, after which I was out walking for 2 hours, picking up prescription statement printouts at 2 drugstores, getting copies made, all for an apartment I have no way to go visit. But I got food for tomorrow's non-picnic, which I plan to spend indoors in the AC watching the fireworks through my binoculars and on TV.

A friend of mine just got back from a 4,000-mile road trip. I used to love road trips but have never made one that long.

I don't know why I bother checking FBG every morning, it's always somewhere in the 6s with a rare 5 once in a blue moon.

I hope you're all doing well. :) ^. .^
 
Viv19 said:
If you can sit with him, with your hands on his shoulders and stroke him so that he doesn’t jump about in terror, he will less frightened because you are there holding him - he’ll still be nervous but he trusts you now. You can just tell him he’s a good boy etc so your voice is also there between the crashing noise. When it’s gone, he’ll be relieved the big noise didn’t eat him, and that Mum was there to protect him. If you do it a few times he’ll learn that the noise isn’t going to hurt him at all. Then the next step, you could go outside and watch it!
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I don't know, that hasn't worked for my cat and thunder in 14 years! ^. .^
 
This posting will contain words that will cause anguish to the sensetive of nature and also those who have no tolerance for the absurd, please , please read no further.

Late afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and those of a robust nature.

This morning's reading a very shy 6.8 which broke wind ( smelly ), stuck two fingers up at me and vanished, I swear my mates chaos and mayhem have been at my meter.
@DJC3 loved your warning only got as far as bin day in your post and read no further ( not quite true hehehe )
@ianpspurs nothing wrong with sport, since I gave up bear baiting, elephant wrestling, rugby, hang gliding, tug of war ( pubs and clubs league ) and jogging I have not been able to watch sport on the idiot box. Mrs J commandeers the remote control, then snarls and spits flames at me if I attempt to change the channel while wobbly Wimbledon is on.
Well folks I hope you have a pleasant evening and may the deity of your choice look down on you kindly ( other deities are available at all good places of worship ).
I hope to be back to normal morening posting tomorrow it just depends on time and reality if the pet lovers extremists hitmen don't cause a problem.
 
When you're testing your FBG ...

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@SaskiaKC lovethe pic but wonder what they are looking at! I love the sound of your Independence Day picnic. Hope you and the KC enjoy it. Your FBG is steady and 6s though I complain are OK. Good idea to be organised with the paperwork because the way life works if you get the green light then its action stations!
 
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