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

dogslife said:
Good morning all. No testing today. Yesterday I went for my HbA1c blood test at midday. Whilst out of the house we decided to do some local food shopping. Instead of waiting for my usual salad lunch at home we ate out and had a warm, crispy tuna melt baguette and black tea. Not sensible given my present high blood sugars I know but I really enjoyed it.:D I reckon I did well to resist the many tempting cakes on display! :angelic: Also bought my first stocking filler gift for next Christmas! Next task is to collate relevant information ready for my GP appointment next Thursday to discuss my test results and future actions. Best wishes to you for today and the week-end ahead. :)
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Good to see you here and I'm delighted you enjoyed the tuna melt. There's your rookie error . LC isn't meant to be enjoyed: if it ain't hurting it ain't working. Goes something like this - in pidgin coding. Start: repeat forever: if input not = "salmon salad" print "too high carb or nasty taste" else print "yeehaw" : Run:D Nested ifs are next week.
 
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gennepher said:
I agree with @Krystyna23040
You will always improve on where you are now.
And you have done amazingly @jjraak

And while not the same thing, it has taken me and my brain a long time to come to terms with my cochlear implant. Where I went from no hearing to being able to hear sound all the time.
You have seen my posts where I have grumbled and hated it.
Finally in the last few months, about 15 years after the op (they did say they hadn't done anyone profoundly deaf since birth, and I was 60 years old, so I was an experiment), I can now more fully understand what hearing means.
I think it has taken this long for my brain to make connections that you learn as a baby and child growing up, because my brain had no experience or background for this, to make any connections.

There's so many things I now understand what hearing and sounds can tell you.

Just one I will mention. Mr Insensitive, Christmas Lights neighbour, has a dog, which barked so much, it drove me insane. And Mr Insensitive is always shouting at the dog, and sometimes you can hear a squeal from the dog. But that dog is an information giver by her barks. She knows when delivery drivers are in the area, or even the postman, and she has a different kind of bark for each one. And now I have learnt to know when the postman is in the area, and if I am expecting a parcel, I am ready at the door, waiting for the postman who is surprised to see me waiting. And I also know when the Amazon delivery driver is in the area, so now I do not need to look at my mobile all day to see where my parcel is, that dog barks a particular kind of bark for the Amazon delivery driver, and I know the delivery driver is within 2 to 4 stops away from me. That is how precise the information that dog is giving out and I get up and I go to the door and the Amazon delivery driver is quite surprised to see me!

I know which of her barks are not relevant to me now. And instead of grumbling like heck when she barks, and getting worked up about it, I give a little thank you prayer for her being an information giver. Her barking doesn't annoy me now. I know she is doing her job.

It has taken my brain/neural pathways nearly 15 years to work this out. It probably had to learn other things in order to get to this point.

So, your body @jjraak will be constantly working out, unbeknownst to you, with new neural information giver pathways to restore your body to the best possible capabilities. And it will go on for ever doing this..
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Bravo for the turning around the cochlear implant from a NUISANCE to a source of life improving info gathering .

And maybe the dog was always a part of '*the' plan...(*whoever we think is in charge ). Mmhh

And thank you for illuminating what, when looked at with non jaundiced eyes, is the most likely path forward :)
 
dogslife said:
Good morning all. No testing today. Yesterday I went for my HbA1c blood test at midday. Whilst out of the house we decided to do some local food shopping. Instead of waiting for my usual salad lunch at home we ate out and had a warm, crispy tuna melt baguette and black tea. Not sensible given my present high blood sugars I know but I really enjoyed it.:D I reckon I did well to resist the many tempting cakes on display! :angelic: Also bought my first stocking filler gift for next Christmas! Next task is to collate relevant information ready for my GP appointment next Thursday to discuss my test results and future actions. Best wishes to you for today and the week-end ahead. :)
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And that IS the way to do it

An unwanted journey twisted & mixed with a little practical thinking, and a small dash of pleasure makes even the dull days worth living .

Nice to see you had a lovely day out .

And proof YOU are still in charge judging by that iron will not to run rampant with the cakes. Well done

Hope part two has the docs ready with answers to your precision honed questions.
 
JohnEGreen said:
Fbg was 7.5 not sure why as yesterday's carb total was under 50 grams but still give it time and hopefully will get it back down eventually not heard from DN yet.

Spent a bit of time perusing family tree on Ancestry dot com yesterday and with all the interest in animals on here something caught my eye.

It was this little rhyme "
the Catte, the Ratte and Lovell our dogge
rulyth all Englande under a hogge.

Penned by one Sir William Collingbourne an ancestor of mine in 1484 and pinned to the door of St. Pauls Cathedral.

Evidently Richard III (the Hogge) was not best pleased as poor old rebellious William ended up on Tower hill Hung Drawn and Quartered

It seems his last words uttered with his last breath were "Oh Lord Jesus, yet more trouble!"
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I chose to use Find My Past for family history work because I was a bit frustrated with Ancestry when I tried their free 14 day offer and backed out of it. Not too keen on FMP either, but I need one of them to go alongside the Family Search site. I am on the cheapest one because it's all I can afford just now and that is frustrating because all the really interesting stuff is on the more costly ones and most of the hints they offer are on those ones as well. They also managed to shut me out of one of my trees and lose a whole section of the other. The Mormon site is quite useful though.
 
Police worked quickly

I was eliminated from their enquiries as soon as I got there, due to lack of interest


Seems once they realised what a hard working grafter the MP was, it didn't make sense so many might hate him....so they gave up looking.

( Very much well practised it seems, after all the many many party gates, etc )

I mean, sure the charity got cash ..but I'm sure as eggs is eggs, it's on expenses somewhere as a 'neccessary' living cost (Amazon ? ..mmhh)

So everyone wins.

Long may he live.
(So he can forever be shunned )

www.bbc.co.uk

Matt Hancock paid £320K for I'm a Celebrity appearance

The former health secretary says he donated £10,000 of the fee to two charities.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
jjraak said:
Police worked quickly

I was eliminated from their enquiries as soon as I got there, due to lack of interest


Seems once they realised what a hard working grafter the MP was, it didn't make sense so many might hate him....so they gave up looking.

( Very much well practised it seems, after all the many many party gates, etc )

I mean, sure the charity got cash ..but I'm sure as eggs is eggs, it's on expenses somewhere as a 'neccessary' living cost (Amazon ? ..mmhh)

So everyone wins.

Long may he live.
(So he can forever be shunned )

www.bbc.co.uk

Matt Hancock paid £320K for I'm a Celebrity appearance

The former health secretary says he donated £10,000 of the fee to two charities.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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We the tax payer are also on the hook for £240k legal fees for Johnson to be mendacious about partygate. Hancock is like the unfortunate boy on the pushbike caught in a county lines operation by comparison.
 
ianpspurs said:
We the tax payer are also on the hook for £240k legal fees for Johnson to be mendacious about partygate. Hancock is like the unfortunate boy on the pushbike caught in a county lines operation by comparison.
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I like to think he's the accountant, thrown to wolves to delay the hunt.

That realises his predicament & squeals, bringing down our own Capone and all his merry henchmen .

And like rod Stewart, he changes his mind about ' *not wanting to talk about it ' real soon ... ;) :cool:

© @lindisfel industries
 
Quick point

Talking to trainer at review last night.

Mentioned my poor blood work i tracked back to 2010.

Wouldn't it make good sense to have a broad spectrum of blood done every decade or half decade ?

Be a definite indicator of rises & concerns , likely many years before they become apparent ..mmhh.

Yes, yes, cost etc

But how cost effective to tackle small fires that can be dampened, to rebuilding homes after they have been burnt to the ground.
 
jjraak said:
I like to think he's the accountant, thrown to wolves to delay the hunt.

That realises his predicament & squeals, bringing down our own Capone and all his merry henchmen .

And like rod Stewart, he changes his mind about ' *not wanting to talk about it ' real soon ... ;) :cool:

© @lindisfel industries
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I suspect Johnson is, like Trump, a very useful mouthpiece for people with real money, power and influence. Neither will ever be accepted into the circles that really matter because they can be so easily seen through - cheap and grasping. They have probably served their purpose but will be protected from the full force of the law. Them's my onions anyhow.
 
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And just for clarity in case anyone mistakes me for a Hancock apologist .... ;)

The capitan and owner of the liner, our very own HMS Brititanic.

Sent this dullard out on Jan 23rd 2020 in the HoC, to tell us

The weather men are wrong
Sonar is wrong.
Life boat count is wrong

Their is no cold water for hundreds of nautical miles

Reports of an iceberg are conspiracy theorist fabrications.

Not only is everything in hand and standing by ready for use*

(Aka his mates down the pub,
Once they set up companies , etc)

But he'd personally verified sufficient life boats for all.


Not only that, but he'd throw in some new deckchairs for the more elderly to sit in & enjoy the view of a lifetime.

What a time to have been alive.
Shame so many aren't, now.

Hard to find the video .mmhh.
Here's the speech.

Oops found this .(min 11:25 pertinent)

Parliamentlive.tv

House of Commons
parliamentlive.tv parliamentlive.tv

The speech


And not only had they made a film about it to prevent such disasters
(Poseidon I think it was called.
Sure Shelley winters channeled her inner Johnson..mmhh)

But it turns out everyone was SO busy dashing around trying to get as much loot as possible during the cabinets Klondike like Goldrush as possible
Not one of them bothered watching it..ever . :banghead: :banghead:
 
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Not only are they grabbing all the wealth they are ditching their share of the planet to up their gains.
That woman who views the world through a haze of smoke is happy to ditch the good regulations of the E.U. to give all the poison she can to farmers so they can poison the environment to give us more sugar and get rid of our insects.

Stop growing sugar beet and grow more meat!
 
lindisfel said:
Not only are they grabbing all the wealth they are ditching their share of the planet to up their gains.
That woman who views the world through a haze of smoke is happy to ditch the good regulations of the E.U. to give all the poison she can to farmers so they can poison the environment to give us more sugar and get rid of our insects.

Stop growing sugar beet and grow more meat!
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Not a Coffey fan then? Johnson and Truss' deals already hurt the East Anglian beet barons They're also ditching spud growing as unprofitable. Very few areas can grow salad like these guys and they may decant to Spain. Look at the drop down language options to see their workforce. Best wishes with stopping the tide Suella. Not sure about the meat rearing option for the environment Derek. Room for honest debate there imho what with emissions and feedstuff production.. To be grass fed in UK law only needs 51% and that's now before TC has been, shall we say, destructively creative.
 
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Annb said:
I chose to use Find My Past for family history work because I was a bit frustrated with Ancestry when I tried their free 14 day offer and backed out of it. Not too keen on FMP either, but I need one of them to go alongside the Family Search site. I am on the cheapest one because it's all I can afford just now and that is frustrating because all the really interesting stuff is on the more costly ones and most of the hints they offer are on those ones as well. They also managed to shut me out of one of my trees and lose a whole section of the other. The Mormon site is quite useful though.
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The reason I started the family tree was to find out about my fathers family who I new virtually nothing about and had not ever had any contact with and Ancestry was the first site I came upon and have just stuck with them since I have used FMP in the past Ancestry has over time expanded there data bases and search facilities.

I recently did the Ancestry DNA test and now am slogging through the 15000 or so DNA hits I got from it.

Oh should say my fbg was 7.1 this morning.
 
ianpspurs said:
Not a Coffey fan then? Johnson and Truss' deals already hurt the East Anglian beet barons They're also ditching spud growing as unprofitable. Very few areas can grow salad like these guys and they may decant to Spain. Look at the drop down language options to see their workforce. Best wishes with stopping the tide Suella. Not sure about the meat rearing option for the environment Derek. Room for honest debate there imho. To be grass fed in UK law only needs 51% and that's now, before TC has been creative.
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I just hope politicians will not keep overriding consensus science and heed the warning signs of terrible climate change and exploitation of soils.

Regenerative agriculture works. East Anglian and Lincolnshire soils will not last forever.
D.


A few years ago next door gave us lettuce out of their garden. Looking closely it was covered in bits of blue slug pellets.

Needless to say we threw it away, it was not fit to put on a compost heap.
One slug pellet puts an Olympic sized swimming pool out of pollution limits.
 
gennepher said:
I agree with @Krystyna23040
You will always improve on where you are now.
And you have done amazingly @jjraak

And while not the same thing, it has taken me and my brain a long time to come to terms with my cochlear implant. Where I went from no hearing to being able to hear sound all the time.
You have seen my posts where I have grumbled and hated it.
Finally in the last few months, about 15 years after the op (they did say they hadn't done anyone profoundly deaf since birth, and I was 60 years old, so I was an experiment), I can now more fully understand what hearing means.
I think it has taken this long for my brain to make connections that you learn as a baby and child growing up, because my brain had no experience or background for this, to make any connections.

There's so many things I now understand what hearing and sounds can tell you.

Just one I will mention. Mr Insensitive, Christmas Lights neighbour, has a dog, which barked so much, it drove me insane. And Mr Insensitive is always shouting at the dog, and sometimes you can hear a squeal from the dog. But that dog is an information giver by her barks. She knows when delivery drivers are in the area, or even the postman, and she has a different kind of bark for each one. And now I have learnt to know when the postman is in the area, and if I am expecting a parcel, I am ready at the door, waiting for the postman who is surprised to see me waiting. And I also know when the Amazon delivery driver is in the area, so now I do not need to look at my mobile all day to see where my parcel is, that dog barks a particular kind of bark for the Amazon delivery driver, and I know the delivery driver is within 2 to 4 stops away from me. That is how precise the information that dog is giving out and I get up and I go to the door and the Amazon delivery driver is quite surprised to see me!

I know which of her barks are not relevant to me now. And instead of grumbling like heck when she barks, and getting worked up about it, I give a little thank you prayer for her being an information giver. Her barking doesn't annoy me now. I know she is doing her job.

It has taken my brain/neural pathways nearly 15 years to work this out. It probably had to learn other things in order to get to this point.

So, your body @jjraak will be constantly working out, unbeknownst to you, with new neural information giver pathways to restore your body to the best possible capabilities. And it will go on for ever doing this..
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Yes, @gennepher it is so brilliant how the body goes on forever working to restore itself.
 
DIL is prescribed 30:500 Co-codamol and has almost run out but the pharmacy here wasn't able to source further stocks and a telephone call around showed that none of the pharmacies on the Island can get hold of them. Apparently they have been told that the manufacturer is unable to get hold of the "raw" materials to make them. That sounds very odd to me. Other manufacturers can get them, eg Solpadeine, paracetamol, codeine etc. Alistair has been trying to persuade the GP to change her prescription to paracetamol and codeine, as separate tablets (which is what I have on prescription) but has been phoning frequently throughout the day to try to get them to agree. I think he may have succeeded thinking about the time he came to collect Em (he couldn't come in - he had a car full of grandchildren) but he didn't wait around to ask for some of my supply to tide her over.

Maybe something about the price that the generic supplier has to pay for materials - who knows? Wonder if this is just on the Island or is more widespread. Again, who knows?
 
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