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Oh drat - just goes to show that we really do not need to live in interesting times - wonderful and very interesting kaleidoscope.
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Thank you @gennepher - it does take some time but that’s OK
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Good morning everyone from a distinctly damp start here in the dark and dangerous north. It’s not like Scottish damp mind as our bins will still be collected today (just a prediction at present). Some dodgy cabinet making going on down south. Health Secretary - such an example to us all. Exciting times yesterday when the peloton of The Tour of Britain passes the end of the street. We all collected, we all waved and they all passed and moved on. The exciting bit was the number of Police motorcyclists having a jolly good time. Art bit - a bit of definition - well, for some of it. More tomorrow, my hands are a bit wobbly. Have a wonderful day if you can. Best go and make some koffy.
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5.1 this morning. Really busy week am so tired. Mr K took dogs out this morning so I can relax for a bit longer. I hope to catch up on the posts before I start the admin.
Aw, that sucks @mojo37 .
Hope it settles asap.
Sorry the walkings curtailed.
Always a good idea for us type 2's
But many can't do such thing, for many reasons , so ANY exercise is useful.
Anything we do, that gets the muscles calling out for "more ENERGY
"...helps in depleting the sugars we recently ate.When I travelled, I knew I couldn't always take a long walk after a meal, so I took one of Laurens resistance bands ..and simply used on balcony, while we had, one last drink, while chewing the fat over how the day went, while I almost absently minded, stretched the band between my forearm, pulling it up, with it wrapped under my shoes, etc.
I felt better, didn't grow muscles like Arnie, sadly..(though probably did tone up
)..and I felt it helped my BG, despite a much looser regime, (I was on holiday 
)Cheap as chips, ( I bought as a gift as she was just getting into yoga) from the Middle of LIDL.
Many available on Amazon, etc.
Might be worth a look.?
Even just lifting a tin of beans repeatedly for a while, will have some effect, until you are quite literally ' Back on your feet.
'and at no extra cost, too , which is always a welcome bonus...
Get better, soon.
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gennepher
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A brilliant idea. I have one of those in green fluorescent...decorating the bookshelf...I could use it when I am on the swing with Midnight..Aw, that sucks @mojo37 .
Hope it settles asap.
Sorry the walkings curtailed.
Always a good idea for us type 2's
But many can't do such thing, for many reasons , so ANY exercise is useful.
Anything we do, that gets the muscles calling out for "more ENERGY
When I travelled, I knew I couldn't always take a long walk after a meal, so I took one of Laurens resistance bands ..and simply used on balcony, while we had, one last drink, while chewing the fat over how the day went, while I almost absently minded, stretched the band between my forearm, pulling it up, with it wrapped under my shoes, etc.
I felt better, didn't grow muscles like Arnie, sadly..(though probably did tone up
Cheap as chips, ( I bought as a gift as she was just getting into yoga) from the Middle of LIDL.
Many available on Amazon, etc.
Might be worth a look.?
Even just lifting a tin of beans repeatedly for a while, will have some effect, until you are quite literally ' Back on your feet.
and at no extra cost, too , which is always a welcome bonus...
Get better, soon.
Mine came from Lidl too, along while ago....
Good to hear alls going well
I remember you had a nasty fall recently ?
Hope that's healed nicely
As for keeping us warm, I don't usually repeat tittle tattle, but I did hear from a bloke down the pub, whose mates wife's cousin, saw a post her mate had sent her, that the wicked witch had been asked to step down to work on some secret research group.
She wasn't sure, but mentioned something about spontaneous combustion being part of the answer...?
Should give us all a nice warm glow when they throw that 'Ring' around all the care homes & vulnerable .
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Can't hurt, is my thinking .
And IF you do get all arnie'd up, think how terrified AH neighbour will be..
Visions of flat bed lorrys driving around with the machines on back, cyclists pedalling like crazy, but going nowhere, as their screens scream "Go PELETON Team"...
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Fbg 6.7
A bit of a disaster at tea time. I had decided to have a little something to eat. Unusual for me at tea time. Food was cooking. I had made my cuppa tea. It just needed a couple more minutes. I had some new fatballs for the birds, so went to put them in the feeders. But, disaster as I reached to put them in one feeder. My crutch slipped. I went flying onto and into the fuchsia bush, which totally disintegrated. Not very strong wood. But crutch was out of reach, fuschia bush crumpled even more as I tried to use it to pull myself up.
Midnight was watching me and doing his slow friendly blink...not much use to me. I am snagged on the fuschia bush and I cannot move. All I needed was a strong stick. I am mindful my tea may be a tad overcooked by now. No way am I yelling for help...
So, trying a different strategy to get up. That failed. Had a rest. Midnight is still doing the slow blink at me. I am now waiting for my bungalow to burn down in front of my eyes. Then an almighty crash of thunder. Don't you dare rain on me. It didn't. Okay, do that sharp outward breath again, but a different strategy needed. Several manoeuvres, and I am standing again.
My cup of tea is stone cold. Midnight declined my offer of my burnt fish. And I went through two bottles of witch hazel on the places that hurt. Fortunately I stocked up on witch hazel when the lockdowns began...
Painkillers today.
I need a garden strategy. I knew there was a reason I was growing some of my bamboo very tall and thick and big. There is enough to cut down into a lot of lengths, and have them all round the garden within reach. But that is tomorrow's task. Rest today, no jobs or tasks...
Never a day without some drama here.
I wasn't going to admit to this fall.
And the offending bird feeder has now been put in a much lower position, so no reaching...
Creative is Foxy and a few still shots from the video I put on YouTube last night. You don't have to look at it. That's okay.
The Fox
Creative is a few screenshots from the same video. I need to reposition it so I can get Midnight in the picture as well. You can just see his bottom half.
I have lost my confidence a wee little bit. So a good talking to myself today.
The fridge is full, some nice food in there.
Enjoy your day.
Take extra special care!!!
A cuppa now...
A bit of a disaster at tea time. I had decided to have a little something to eat. Unusual for me at tea time. Food was cooking. I had made my cuppa tea. It just needed a couple more minutes. I had some new fatballs for the birds, so went to put them in the feeders. But, disaster as I reached to put them in one feeder. My crutch slipped. I went flying onto and into the fuchsia bush, which totally disintegrated. Not very strong wood. But crutch was out of reach, fuschia bush crumpled even more as I tried to use it to pull myself up.
Midnight was watching me and doing his slow friendly blink...not much use to me. I am snagged on the fuschia bush and I cannot move. All I needed was a strong stick. I am mindful my tea may be a tad overcooked by now. No way am I yelling for help...
So, trying a different strategy to get up. That failed. Had a rest. Midnight is still doing the slow blink at me. I am now waiting for my bungalow to burn down in front of my eyes. Then an almighty crash of thunder. Don't you dare rain on me. It didn't. Okay, do that sharp outward breath again, but a different strategy needed. Several manoeuvres, and I am standing again.
My cup of tea is stone cold. Midnight declined my offer of my burnt fish. And I went through two bottles of witch hazel on the places that hurt. Fortunately I stocked up on witch hazel when the lockdowns began...
Painkillers today.
I need a garden strategy. I knew there was a reason I was growing some of my bamboo very tall and thick and big. There is enough to cut down into a lot of lengths, and have them all round the garden within reach. But that is tomorrow's task. Rest today, no jobs or tasks...
Never a day without some drama here.
I wasn't going to admit to this fall.
And the offending bird feeder has now been put in a much lower position, so no reaching...
Creative is Foxy and a few still shots from the video I put on YouTube last night. You don't have to look at it. That's okay.
The Fox
Creative is a few screenshots from the same video. I need to reposition it so I can get Midnight in the picture as well. You can just see his bottom half.
I have lost my confidence a wee little bit. So a good talking to myself today.
The fridge is full, some nice food in there.
Enjoy your day.
Take extra special care!!!
A cuppa now...
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A middling day here weather wise.
Rains expected off & on.
Caring for furry nephew today, so be trying to slip him out for an e-scoot, walk & wee in-between showers.
No BG today.
Knee playing up yesterday (and day before )...over medicated at moment, so seems pointless.
A little over sharing maybe, no hugs required, just touched by the power of a memory I never knew I had.
PTSD therapy yesterday.
Doing updating ...
Basically reliving & reliving a moment and each time reflecting and updating that memory.
As an example, I go back to time on ground..look back at my leg, and experience everything again.
Then open my eyes, look at leg now.
Therapist asks me what I was thinking THAT day..(omg barely covers it )
And what would I tell myself, knowing what I know now..?
'Chill, it's going to be all right"
..Basically ...and it was-ish.
It sounds wimpy, but it's quite upsetting ...in the moment memories just bubble up from seemingly nowhere, and run at you with intensity & pace, like a small army of emotions, it's rather overwhelming .
And the memory...?
All I see are feet, lots of feet.
I'm face down on ground immobilised by injuries, and as it's a bike accident, no one moves me.
But one paramedic, does his work, out of sight behind me, sorting my leg & cutting off the clothing....
But each time he does something, he leans down by my face to tell me what's he's doing & I'm going to be ok.
Such a simple thing, such a warm thoughfull gesture I hadn't appreciated properly on the day.
So grateful on the day, that so many professionals did their job so well ....but that one gesture that kept me in his thoughts as a person as well as a patient.
Very touched by his humanity ...xx
Stay safe AND dry , if ya can.
Enjoy the day.
Rains expected off & on.
Caring for furry nephew today, so be trying to slip him out for an e-scoot, walk & wee in-between showers.
No BG today.
Knee playing up yesterday (and day before )...over medicated at moment, so seems pointless.
A little over sharing maybe, no hugs required, just touched by the power of a memory I never knew I had.
PTSD therapy yesterday.
Doing updating ...
Basically reliving & reliving a moment and each time reflecting and updating that memory.
As an example, I go back to time on ground..look back at my leg, and experience everything again.
Then open my eyes, look at leg now.
Therapist asks me what I was thinking THAT day..(omg barely covers it )
And what would I tell myself, knowing what I know now..?
'Chill, it's going to be all right"
..Basically ...and it was-ish.
It sounds wimpy, but it's quite upsetting ...in the moment memories just bubble up from seemingly nowhere, and run at you with intensity & pace, like a small army of emotions, it's rather overwhelming .
And the memory...?
All I see are feet, lots of feet.
I'm face down on ground immobilised by injuries, and as it's a bike accident, no one moves me.
But one paramedic, does his work, out of sight behind me, sorting my leg & cutting off the clothing....
But each time he does something, he leans down by my face to tell me what's he's doing & I'm going to be ok.
Such a simple thing, such a warm thoughfull gesture I hadn't appreciated properly on the day.
So grateful on the day, that so many professionals did their job so well ....but that one gesture that kept me in his thoughts as a person as well as a patient.
Very touched by his humanity ...xx
Stay safe AND dry , if ya can.
Enjoy the day.
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My arms could do with strengthening....Can't hurt, is my thinking .
And IF you do get all arnie'd up, think how terrified AH neighbour will be..
Would be easy enough to pick it off the bookshelf on the way out to the swing....
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That is so beautiful, his words to you, telling you are going to be okay. It is bring tears to my eyes and down my cheeks.
It is not over sharing, it is just beautiful to read this.
That is my reaction anyhow.
I'll give you the heart button.
Oh, @gennepher . What a nightmare situation.
And the pan cooking away too.. While your trapped..OMG.
So Glad ’WonderGenn’ appeared. Just in time to save the day, if not the fish.
Wonderful how unfazed the fox is in video, just a courtesy nod, to the off screen midnight, then back to foraging... Glorious stuff..
Good idea on moving that fatball.
Sure your confidence will come back, no doubt of that, with your indomitable nature.
But for now rest. and enjoy some of that delicious food you mentioned.
Tomorrow's just another day.
Sounds like an excellent plan..
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Thanks @jjraak for your kind words
I have several micro sd cards, of several days videoing.
So that is my gentle task for today!
And some nice food....which doesn't have to be cooked!
Thanks very much.
You have your best day.
Enjoy your e-scoot with furry nephew.
dunelm
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Oh drat, and burned fish into the bargain. Well I hope that nothing more serious than the need for witch hazel. A neigbour of ours has an old school chair (metal frame, wooden seat) that he places next to his car when he is tinkering so that he can get back up. Placing some stout canes around the garden is a good idea. My sister carries a phone in a carrier round her neck with a panic number in it after her last episode which resulted in six weeks of hospitalisation. In the UK you can text 999 instead of phoning but you have to register first by texting “register” to 999 - you may already know about it: https://www.emergencysms.net/index.php
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It’s an important stage that you are in - re-living and then working through to now - re-programming your thoughts so that you know that the physical part of you is healing (slowly, but that’s what happens as we get older). Thank you for sharing. A brave thing to do but a great part of your healing process. Take care.
dunelm
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Sorry to hear this. Very unpleasant. If it helps, just sitting on a dining chair and then repeated standing and sitting may help with the exercising - can you see a foot specialist?
