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

[Muddy Cyclist]

good evening all

4.6 yesterday and 4.7 today

BT were digging down the road yesterday, putting in a new fibre connection for someone I think. Accordingly our internet speed was mince yesterday and I couldn't get my posts to upload

Much snow today, the plough went down the main street at about 11.00 am but we've had about another 4 inches so far since then. Don't know how we'll go on tomorrow as we usually go out early to shop on Wednesday's.

Mr gee had to dig out round the house to get to the bird feeding area. Lots of hungry birds today He's put up a new pole to support peanut and fatty ball dispensers because the old one had rotted through at the bottom so we've done our best for the birds today

We had a small flock of what I think were fieldfares, there is a contoneaster bush up the garden which was covered in lovely red berries. There were about a dozen fieldfares eating from it for part of the afternoon, most of the berries are gone now but it was lovely to see so many feeding

@dani96xx - welcome

@gennepher - no one here is getting a second vaccine appt. everyone has been told they will be contacted again. I hope we can get out to the nearest town for mr gee's jab on Thursday the weather is supposed to improve by then
two fine paintings , the colour is really cheering on the first one and I like the starry bits in the background the second has lovely ethereal blossom on that rich blue background

@ianpspurs - enjoyed the video and the scenic tour

@SlimLizzy - glad he's feeling a bit better and I hope he continues to improve quickly

@dunelm - I'm sorry for your family's loss. Sending a hug and a prayer especially to Mrs. Miggins.
That's a beautiful and delicate painting you have produced

@Muddy Cyclist - Hope your arthritis settles down soon

Stunning sunrise painting, a beautiful sky and those trees are so well drawn
I like the clingfilmed start and look forward to the progression


art bits -
no 1 - last evening's bit - I was trying out a new paint I bought with the last batch, it is a gold metallic, bit of a novelty I suppose but I was interested to see how it would perform, metallics seem to be on the go at the moment It works quite well providing you do an underpainting though it's difficult to see the effect on the scan. done with a fine line pen and watercolour

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and no 2 - this evening's offering
trying out the warm blue again (at least something is warm )

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Thank you.

Love the G and again what can I say, another brilliant landscape in your wonderful style. That blue works well for these landscapes.

Hope Mr G can get to out for his jab on Thursday.

 

[jjraak]

Thank you.

Love the G and again what can I say, another brilliant landscape in your wonderful style. That blue works well for these landscapes.

Hope Mr G can get to out for his jab on Thursday.

I'd 2nd that ..nice G.

Good scenic pic
And best wishes for Mr G's trip.

 

[jjraak]

Late on parade

Survived the "trial by Pedals".

Trip out in Car went well,
Unsurprisingly the sparse use of ligaments tendons n muscles made for some very tired legs at the end

Right one particularly.

Never really considered the tension and stretching required to drive .. shan't be dismissing the ability so easily in future.

But all went well., No ' moments' and all home safe n sound.

A nice dinner rounded off quite a rewarding day for me,
Brownie points with Madame &
one more hurdle overcome on the way back to full independence & my old life before the fall.

Stay safe all.
See ya in a few hours.

 

[Krystyna23040]

I am now guessing they might be working from different lists from different sources. And I am now guessing that because mine was a very last minute one, that it might have been someone else's cancellation for the next day.

Someone has just this minute posted on the local neighbourhood website, that she declined the last minute appointment she was sent because it was inconvenient. (Maybe I was the one who got her appointment!). And when she telephoned for another appointment she was told she couldn't make one, but had to wait for another text. She is spitting feathers. All her replies are giving her short shrift for not turning up. No one has any sympathy for her. Oops.

I expect once most/all of the Covid jabs have been given, then there will be a central database for all this stuff. At the moment it is a bit of a mish-mash....

It is good that you got a 'last minute' appointment and very wise to have accepted it even though it was such short notice. It sounds like the lady who rejected her 'last minute ' appointment is really regretting it now.

Hopefully there will be a central database of vaccinations because I agree that it does seem as though it is a bit of a mish-mash.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone from a cold and frosty morning here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of spiced red pepper and tomato soup with chorizo came in at 5.

Thank you for all your messages of condolence which I have passed on to Mrs Miggins.

Art for today - a couple of crows. Hope everyone is as well as they can be. Early koffy time.

 

[gennepher]

good evening all

4.6 yesterday and 4.7 today

BT were digging down the road yesterday, putting in a new fibre connection for someone I think. Accordingly our internet speed was mince yesterday and I couldn't get my posts to upload

Much snow today, the plough went down the main street at about 11.00 am but we've had about another 4 inches so far since then. Don't know how we'll go on tomorrow as we usually go out early to shop on Wednesday's.

Mr gee had to dig out round the house to get to the bird feeding area. Lots of hungry birds today He's put up a new pole to support peanut and fatty ball dispensers because the old one had rotted through at the bottom so we've done our best for the birds today

We had a small flock of what I think were fieldfares, there is a contoneaster bush up the garden which was covered in lovely red berries. There were about a dozen fieldfares eating from it for part of the afternoon, most of the berries are gone now but it was lovely to see so many feeding

@dani96xx - welcome

@gennepher - no one here is getting a second vaccine appt. everyone has been told they will be contacted again. I hope we can get out to the nearest town for mr gee's jab on Thursday the weather is supposed to improve by then
two fine paintings , the colour is really cheering on the first one and I like the starry bits in the background the second has lovely ethereal blossom on that rich blue background

@ianpspurs - enjoyed the video and the scenic tour

@SlimLizzy - glad he's feeling a bit better and I hope he continues to improve quickly

@dunelm - I'm sorry for your family's loss. Sending a hug and a prayer especially to Mrs. Miggins.
That's a beautiful and delicate painting you have produced

@Muddy Cyclist - Hope your arthritis settles down soon

Stunning sunrise painting, a beautiful sky and those trees are so well drawn
I like the clingfilmed start and look forward to the progression


art bits -
no 1 - last evening's bit - I was trying out a new paint I bought with the last batch, it is a gold metallic, bit of a novelty I suppose but I was interested to see how it would perform, metallics seem to be on the go at the moment It works quite well providing you do an underpainting though it's difficult to see the effect on the scan. done with a fine line pen and watercolour

View attachment 47366

and no 2 - this evening's offering
trying out the warm blue again (at least something is warm )

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Hope it is okay for you to get out and shop. We have snow too!

Thanks for the painting compliments @geefull

I love your gold letter!

And the warm blues of the wonderful landscape!

 

[alf_Josiah]

Sorry Ladies and Gentlemen no time this morening, places to do, people to go and things to see, or something like that.

A 5.6 this morning.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Good Morning and 5.9 for me today, the result of too many roast veg yesterday evening.

Cold and more snow here, I really do need to invest in a four wheel drive.

The tips of all the trees are kissed by the pink of a sunrise this morning, wonderful.

Keep safe and warm.

 

[gennepher]

It is good that you got a 'last minute' appointment and very wise to have accepted it even though it was such short notice. It sounds like the lady who rejected her 'last minute ' appointment is really regretting it now.

Hopefully there will be a central database of vaccinations because I agree that it does seem as though it is a bit of a mish-mash.

It does sound as though she was regretting it. Personally I think that lady was foolish. The comments online to her complaining post, that the time of her last minute jab appointment, was inconvenient to her so she didn’t go, were not in any way sympathetic to her at all. So now this ‘complaining’ lady has to wait for another text appointment. These are difficult times, because some people are going to be missed out if they are not on the system somewhere. I would have gone to the jab appointment first (even early if I had to), and then sorted out any problems about where I was also meant to be afterwards. You just show your jab appointment and apologise/whatever and I cannot see anyone judging you for that.

I did read some comments online that my local Rainbow Hospital would vaccinate you even if you didn’t have an appointment, and you fitted in the requirements/parameters of the group of people they were vaccinating at that particular point of time. For example someone said they had an uncle they cared for and he was in the older group they are doing at the moment and she was asked questions, and was told she could bring him in that day. So she went straight home and got her uncle. There were a few more stories like that. One lady had told them her spouse was in the car in the car park and he was similar ages to her etc and after questions she was told he could come in and get the vaccine, so she went out and got him. These people expressed their gratitude online.

It sounds pretty flexible at my Rainbow Hospital.

There were some people complaining online about the queues (and it was hard work for me in that queue and some people let me jump the queue a bit) and it was icy cold waiting outside, and some people complained about that, and complained about no chairs to wait on outside.

But they are vaccinating an extraordinary amount of people daily here. You cannot expect your normal expectations of facilities that you got pre covid times. The NHS staff looked tired even at 10:30 am in the morning, but they were all friendly, courteous, kind, took the time to explain and listen.

I can only have good words for the NHS staff and the enormous task of this job they are doing.

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone from a cold and frosty morning here in the dark and dangerous north
The wonder wheel of spiced red pepper and tomato soup with chorizo came in at 5.

Thank you for all your messages of condolence which I have passed on to Mrs Miggins.

Art for today - a couple of crows. Hope everyone is as well as they can be. Early koffy time.

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Beautiful crows @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

Late on parade

Survived the "trial by Pedals".

Trip out in Car went well,
Unsurprisingly the sparse use of ligaments tendons n muscles made for some very tired legs at the end

Right one particularly.

Never really considered the tension and stretching required to drive .. shan't be dismissing the ability so easily in future.

But all went well., No ' moments' and all home safe n sound.

A nice dinner rounded off quite a rewarding day for me,
Brownie points with Madame &
one more hurdle overcome on the way back to full independence & my old life before the fall.

Stay safe all.
See ya in a few hours.

Brilliant @jjraak
I am pleased

 

[Sugarlisa]

6.3

 

[ianpspurs]

Greetings from a chilly but clear and virtually snow free Breckland. West Suffolk, or our part at least, seems to have escaped the horrible conditions East Suffolk suffered. New Swipey activated - late for me - last night. As usual, readings all over the place early on but I'll go with the 4.9 average it insists on displaying. Great post on vaccination @gennepher; great art @geefull ,@Muddy Cyclist (and music) @dunelm. Good news on the driving @jjraak. I realised my lack of flexion in my ankles makes driving automatics the safest choice.

 

[karen8967]

5.6 for me

 

[gennepher]

Greetings from a chilly but clear and virtually snow free Breckland. West Suffolk, or our part at least, seems to have escaped the horrible conditions East Suffolk suffered. New Swipey activated - late for me - last night. As usual readings all over the place early on but I'll go with the 4.9 average it insists on displaying. A period of known unknowns, clear as mud for me. Data not what I have come to expect in a few cases but I don't have the knowledge to know when the bladder cancer started to develop and influence things or when the management, if it is indeed managed, kicked in. In many respects the data looks like 2016-17 - 2-3 years before the problem became apparent. The key now is not to over steer and to maybe find some benchmarks from the present to regularly test carefully. Judged by feelings this is about as unpleasant as I have found LC over nearly 7 years. Great post on vaccination @gennepher; great art @geeful, @Muddy Cyclist (and music) @dunelm. Good news on the driving @jjraak. I realised my lack of flexion in my ankles makes driving automatics the only really safe choice. @Muddy Cyclist after one journey from Southampton to Fenland in our 4x4 we vowed to stick with them. Both our cars are 4x4 and I am comforted that Julie will take the new one to Southampton.

Thanks @ianpspurs

 

[Krystyna23040]

It does sound as though she was regretting it. Personally I think that lady was foolish. The comments online to her complaining post, that the time of her last minute jab appointment, was inconvenient to her so she didn’t go, were not in any way sympathetic to her at all. So now this ‘complaining’ lady has to wait for another text appointment. These are difficult times, because some people are going to be missed out if they are not on the system somewhere. I would have gone to the jab appointment first (even early if I had to), and then sorted out any problems about where I was also meant to be afterwards. You just show your jab appointment and apologise/whatever and I cannot see anyone judging you for that.

I did read some comments online that my local Rainbow Hospital would vaccinate you even if you didn’t have an appointment, and you fitted in the requirements/parameters of the group of people they were vaccinating at that particular point of time. For example someone said they had an uncle they cared for and he was in the older group they are doing at the moment and she was asked questions, and was told she could bring him in that day. So she went straight home and got her uncle. There were a few more stories like that. One lady had told them her spouse was in the car in the car park and he was similar ages to her etc and after questions she was told he could come in and get the vaccine, so she went out and got him. These people expressed their gratitude online.

It sounds pretty flexible at my Rainbow Hospital.

There were some people complaining online about the queues (and it was hard work for me in that queue and some people let me jump the queue a bit) and it was icy cold waiting outside, and some people complained about that, and complained about no chairs to wait on outside.

But they are vaccinating an extraordinary amount of people daily here. You cannot expect your normal expectations of facilities that you got pre covid times. The NHS staff looked tired even at 10:30 am in the morning, but they were all friendly, courteous, kind, took the time to explain and listen.

I can only have good words for the NHS staff and the enormous task of this job they are doing.

I agree that the NHS staff are doing a brilliant job. Your Rainbow Hospital sounds especially good.

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 7.1

Wow!!!
My lady blackbird who has been sitting all alone on the tree branch the last few weeks, every day, waiting for her soul mate to return, (no other male blackbird has approached her these last few weeks), so I am assuming her calling must have been specific to a particular blackbird, has just this moment been rewarded. The male blackbird she appeared to have been waiting for has just arrived. The pair of them are dancing among the tree branches. I had been feeling so sad for her, now the pair of them look so joyful!

My Procreate digital painting for today

 

[Krystyna23040]

5.5 this morning.
I decided dog walking would be dangerous as the snow melted yesterday then froze and is covered with a thick layer of snow again. Wouldn't be a pleasant walk in sub zero temperatures.

Will take the dogs out in the afternoon when it has melted a bit. They are happy playing in the garden in the snow at the moment.

 

[ianpspurs]

I broke my first post up. A period of known unknowns, clear as mud for me. Data not what I have come to expect but I don't know when the bladder cancer started to influence things or when its management impacted. The data looks most like 2016-17 - 2-3 years before the problem became apparent. The key now seems to be find some current benchmarks to regularly check. Swipey seems happy enough but I have the lowest positive sentiment towards LC in 6 years. I'm sticking with it for now out of habit not trust. @Muddy Cyclist after one journey in blizzards from Southampton to Fenland in our 4x4 we vowed to stick with them. Both our cars are 4x4 and I am comforted that Julie will take the new one to Southampton.

 

[lindisfel]

No snow here to speak of in current cold spell. Just a light covering on the garden.

Weather mainly sunny and clear, these dry days.
Had to take a parcel for Amazon into local small town yesterday.
I got Marjorie a tablet for her birthday for zoom tai chi and it was rubbish, I need to get another when they reimburse.

Thirty miles away the other side of Penrith I could see deep snow on the Pennines up to the Cumberland gap and particularly Cross Fell, Little and Great Dun Fells stood out as the three high ghostly white bumps on the sky line in the East.

What a postage stamp sized country we live in when sea birds coming into the Solway can see the North Sea when migrating across land in Spring.

D.