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

gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

From my trail camera in the night.
Cat, Midnight, is watching the foxes.
There are a lot of fox eyes in the bushes keeping an eye on that cat.
The first half of video is from one trail camera, the second half is from the the camera on the other end of the swing.


On another issue - food. Does anyone else have an issue with rapeseed oil? I had a list of foods and products which were safe to eat with my diabetes. But now, bit by bit over the past few months I started having a bad tummy reaction to some foods I was safe with before. This was getting worse. Then it got ridiculous. There have been notices outside some shops here,saying that certain products now have different oils than that stated on them, because of the shortage of sunflower oil. But the notice also said, not to worry because you wouldn't be allergic to them, and a few other things. You would be safe eating the products with the replacement oils.

A little lightbulb came on in my head. Is this what is making me ill?

Experimenting. Writing down what foods were making me ill. But I found one brand of food was fine, but not another brand. So, looking at ingredients list by now. And also by now, the manufacturers have updated their ingredients list. They now list rapeseed oil. That turned out to be the culprit for me. But it is now a lot of hard work reading the ingredients list (I have a magnifying glass with a light on it to help with this). Rapeseed oil is in pretty much a lot of foods now. Even prawns you can eat from the pack, the week before last I bought some from England and there was no rapeseed oil in, but on Saturday in Wales, I went to get some more from a different shop. They actually had rapeseed oil in them, so did the ready to eat mackerel. Some tins of fish I buy as a standby now have rapeseed oil added to the oil in the tin.
When I accidentally eat something, that I have checked the ingredients list, but missed the rapeseed oil ingredient (sometimes ingredients are in two sections), then I suddenly get tummy ache, and am running to the toilet agin. The foods I can buy for cupboard staples and standbys are very restricted now for my diabetes and blood sugars control.

Creative is the now finished painting from yesterday in Procreate.
I find it relaxing putting these leaves on with the Snowgum brushstroke.

Have a good day.

Time for a cuppa

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Most people think and say that rapeseed oil isn't an allergenic, and the same with avocado oil, both of which are appearing more and more in prepared foods. We have to be very careful of this because Neil reacts to both of them, and to sunflower and safflower although he is quite comfortable with olive oil. Just so that there are no mistakes made, I only keep olive oil and butter in the house. He can also take soya oil and, although it is difficult to find, he can get a margarine (soya spread) that he can eat but sourcing it is getting harder - most spreads contain other oils as well as the ones they are named for. The one that we could buy here, and which was perfect for him, stopped production because the sales were not sufficient to make it a viable product ("Pure" soya spread).

FBG today was 8.5. Currently 13.4.

Edit: just to mention - the coffee and fig cake looks pretty good - colour and texture. Will find out what it tastes like when my friend comes on Tuesday.
 
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gennepher said:
Rapeseed oil is in pretty much a lot of foods now. Even prawns you can eat from the pack, the week before last I bought some from England and there was no rapeseed oil in, but on Saturday in Wales, I went to get some more from a different shop. They actually had rapeseed oil in them
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It is good that you have found what is causing your tummy problems. Such a shame that so many foods have rapeseed oil in them. Really puzzled as to why they added rapeseed oil to prawns. I have one of those magnifying glasses with a light. It is brilliant but I often forget to take it with me to the supermarket.

Lovely artwork. I love the autumn colours of the leaves.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from another damp start here in the dark and dangerous north. Yesterday’s plans did not go as planned even with a jolly 5.4 on meter of lies and deceit. Anyhow we did get down the coast road a bit and ended up wandering around Whitby now that the goths have been put back in their boxes for another year. According to posters, the next bit thing is a Steam Punk event in the spring. Good grief, whatever happened to those old skills demonstration days like flencing a whale, rendering blubber and burning alum. It’s that Bram Stoker who messed it all up. GP appointment is still on the card for late morning so hope I can play at “hunt the ECG stickers”. Art bit - colour added. Have the best day that you can, if you can, a big bag full of time is still just a pipe dream. Koffy, oh yes, there it is.


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Stunning painting. Hope the GP visit goes well.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
It is good that you have found what is causing your tummy problems. Such a shame that so many foods have rapeseed oil in them. Really puzzled as to why they added rapeseed oil to prawns. I have one of those magnifying glasses with a light. It is brilliant but I often forget to take it with me to the supermarket.

Lovely artwork. I love the autumn colours of the leaves.
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Thanks very much @Krystyna23040

I keep that magnifying glass in my bag at all times, but it is heavy....
 
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and all who had a cheeky India takeaway last night. Naughty, but life is for living.

Blood sugars this morning were 5.9 considering what I ate last night a good result.

Processed fats. A real problem for me, but what works and what doesn't is still work in progress for me, throw into the mix my medication and we are back to that simultaneously equation with multiple unknowns.
Whoops pressed enter before I had finished, now I’ve forgotten what words of wit and wisdom I was going to write, must be an age thing.
Stay safe all
 
RFSMarch said:
You don’t get a Rozzington Bear in months and months and then two posts come at once.

Swipey will be ready pre-lunch
Rang the surgery for Knee X-ray and bloods results.
(Wrenched knee in golfing holiday on the first hole, on the first course. on the first day, in the first bunker!)

Bloods - a1c at 59 which is not as bad as I feared after weeks of living out of a travelling car and microwave meals for the work Poppty-Ping

Knees - only moderate arthritic change in the 9-10 years since I last had scans (where I could barely move) so instructions to return in 10 years or if pain management is no longer effective.

Slightly better morning than how it started!
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Really good news about the knee X-ray.
 
RFSMarch said:
Swipey going on later today.
Treadmill done. Had to deal with a chirping fire alarm late last night and did I have any 9V batteries? Did I heck as like.
Found lumpy milk in the fridge this morning so a quick trip in the driving rain and diverted traffic mayhem to get milk and batteries from Tesco Express (other over priced convenience stores are available) …
Then I just did a load of washing … and forgot to put soap powder and conditioner in. So having to do it again.
Really hope your Mondays are going better than mine.
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I have days like that @RFSMarch .
 
BrianDoc said:
5.7 earlier this morning, which after a week away during which I tested myself against various foods I generally haven’t eaten for 18 months or more is acceptable.

Ps Fish and chips, even removing the batter and giving half the chips to the dogs .... is the devils food !! Have a great week folks.
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How good are fish and chips!... But even years before i was pre, it took me a few days to get over fish and chips. Talking about the dogs, since i have become more stringent with my diet, i am watching theirs too, so 1 bit of cake each per week, but small pieces as opposed to a cake each every day. They are particularly keen on Fondant Fancies! Treats are now bits of cheese or salami.
 
alf_Josiah said:
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and all who had a cheeky India takeaway last night. Naughty, but life is for living.

Blood sugars this morning were 5.9 considering what I ate last night a good result.

Processed fats. A real problem for me, but what works and what doesn't is still work in progress for me, throw into the mix my medication and we are back to that simultaneously equation with multiple unknowns.
Whoops pressed enter before I had finished, now I’ve forgotten what words of wit and wisdom I was going to write, must be an age thing.
Stay safe all
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At least they are now known unknowns. It is the unknown unknowns that are the issue even for the ITKs. which a few of you must be statistically. If you know what I mean guv'nor.
 
ianpspurs said:
At least they are now known unknowns. It is the unknown unknowns that are the issue even for the ITKs. which a few of you must be statistically. If you know what I mean guv'nor.
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Ok, tla’s do my head in, as you well know, so what does ITKs mean, so I don’t know watt you mean gov’. Give me quantum sums any day over, spelling, grammer and the complexities of diabetes. :-)
 
Krystyna23040 said:
It is good that you have found what is causing your tummy problems. Such a shame that so many foods have rapeseed oil in them. Really puzzled as to why they added rapeseed oil to prawns. I have one of those magnifying glasses with a light. It is brilliant but I often forget to take it with me to the supermarket.

Lovely artwork. I love the autumn colours of the leaves.
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Annoying how small some of the print is ....agghh.

I usually just snap the info and magnify on my mobile...yes, I take my mobile everywhere...lol

A workable solution, maybe ?
 
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