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

dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from the start of another pleasant day here in the dark and dangerous north. SNP tossed a three sided coin into the air and it landed on the rim. Have to just wait and see on that one. Meanwhile the floor is now laid in my new art room and things are beginning to take shape. The other side of the dividing wall has now been sanded and painted and Mrs Miggins is drilling holes in walls ready for some shelving. Not a good night last night and teeny tiny tommy tramadol was consulted this morning. Art bit - a new start. Have the best day that you can. I must now make lofty.


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Enjoy that coffee, and enjoy some more sketching...
 
Krystyna23040 said:
Sadly I have also put my principles on hold with Amazon and continue to shop with them even though they dodge their UK taxes and don't treat their staff very well.
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When I was young and worked at transmitters I didn't watch ITV at home though some of the monitoring staff at the transmitter took the system off automatic and watched their favourite ITV programs, purely for comparison of quality purposes, I don't think!

Back at home with me on evening shift Marjorie and Helen switched over to ITV which I wanted to believe was not approved.

Some time later I found out they had been watching ITV all along.

Of course me watching our transmitter output led me to get info on developing faults, but one has to laugh at one being silly out of misplaced loyalty when younger.
Trouble is your family all remember it still?

Fancy missing on the buses just cos of your dad?

Derek
 
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Fbg 6.5

Nighttime wildlife camera...

Foxes - the night of the foxes

A new group of three foxes came into the garden. One of them a male kept jumping on the swing and stealing all my stray cats' biscuits. This new group of foxes stayed nearly all night. And the big one ate all the cat biscuits on the swing.

It did not please the cats...


Creative is #10 Lighthouse - The Lighthouse that lost the Sea

Time for a nap.

Cats fed.
Mr&Mrs Blackbird, Mr Robin, Mr Magpie. Mr&Mrs Heffalump (wood pigeons), have hoovered up the spilt cat biscuits in the night.

Day is dull.
Raining.
My head says no more thinking. Get that head under the blanket, and shut those eyes. Anything else will have to wait...
The living, spreadable black fur blanket is sprawled on me...

Have your best kind of day...
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

Nighttime wildlife camera...

Foxes - the night of the foxes

A new group of three foxes came into the garden. One of them a male kept jumping on the swing and stealing all my stray cats' biscuits. This new group of foxes stayed nearly all night. And the big one ate all the cat biscuits on the swing.

It did not please the cats...


Creative is #10 Lighthouse - The Lighthouse that lost the Sea

Time for a nap.

Cats fed.
Mr&Mrs Blackbird, Mr Robin, Mr Magpie. Mr&Mrs Heffalump (wood pigeons), have hoovered up the spilt cat biscuits in the night.

Day is dull.
Raining.
My head says no more thinking. Get that head under the blanket, and shut those eyes. Anything else will have to wait...
The living, spreadable black fur blanket is sprawled on me...

Have your best kind of day...
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Thank you for sharing the creative. I'm liking the title. Very cheeky bunch of Reynard's . No wolf but plenty of the attached characteristics.
 

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This won’t feature much in the debate about illegal migrants because it shows the need for basic humanity over populist dogma. Doesn’t fit “the narrative” desperately being peddled to save the seats of the unpolishable. The human cost of the law of unintended consequences if we are being very charitable. They are largely Moslem and Unkranians are Christian. Putin is a tyrannical bad guy who invades other countries with desirable assets. Obviously no similarity, no sir.
 

gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

Nighttime wildlife camera...

Foxes - the night of the foxes

A new group of three foxes came into the garden. One of them a male kept jumping on the swing and stealing all my stray cats' biscuits. This new group of foxes stayed nearly all night. And the big one ate all the cat biscuits on the swing.

It did not please the cats...


Creative is #10 Lighthouse - The Lighthouse that lost the Sea

Time for a nap.

Cats fed.
Mr&Mrs Blackbird, Mr Robin, Mr Magpie. Mr&Mrs Heffalump (wood pigeons), have hoovered up the spilt cat biscuits in the night.

Day is dull.
Raining.
My head says no more thinking. Get that head under the blanket, and shut those eyes. Anything else will have to wait...
The living, spreadable black fur blanket is sprawled on me...

Have your best kind of day...
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The Night of the Foxes sounds like the title of a horror movie @gennepher
 
We have just been looking at some rather scary Dashcam footage from MrK's journey to pick me up from Norwich last night.

A driver crossed double white lines to overtake a line of cars and a Tesco lorry and if Mr K hadn't done an emergency stop there would have been a head on collision.

The police have asked us to upload the footage to their website.
 
8.9 at 3.30 am. Still the same at 6.30. Dropped to 7.5 before breakfast. Took just 8 units of insulin before breakfast. Down in the 5's now. Checked the last few days on my Libre and BG has been within range, apart from the odd blip, for the last 3 months. Can't be bad.
lindisfel said:
When I was young and worked at transmitters I didn't watch ITV at home though some of the monitoring staff at the transmitter took the system off automatic and watched their favourite ITV programs, pure for comparison of quality purposes, I don't think!

Back at home with me on evening shift Marjorie and Helen switched over to ITV which I wanted to believe was not approved.

Some time later I found out they had been watching ITV all along.

Of course me watching our transmitter output led me to get info on developing faults, but one has to laugh at one being silly out of misplaced loyalty when younger.
Trouble is your family all remember it still?

Fancy missing on the buses just cos of your dad?

Derek
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Not much of a miss.
 
ianpspurs said:
Thanks for the art but hug for needing Tramadol. Hopefully it will work and today will be at least comfortable. Take care. I assume Pastafarians eschew thoughts and prayers. So just leave them on the side of life's plate with an elegant, I'd really rather you didn't.
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Thank you @ianpspurs - a drizzly walk into town went OK but it was the bus on the way back. Thoughts and prayers are always a pleasure to receive and work in both directions. According to the Pastafarian calendar it is meatball appreciation week.
 
lindisfel said:
When I was young and worked at transmitters I didn't watch ITV at home though some of the monitoring staff at the transmitter took the system off automatic and watched their favourite ITV programs, pure for comparison of quality purposes, I don't think!

Back at home with me on evening shift Marjorie and Helen switched over to ITV which I wanted to believe was not approved.

Some time later I found out they had been watching ITV all along.

Of course me watching our transmitter output led me to get info on developing faults, but one has to laugh at one being silly out of misplaced loyalty when younger.
Trouble is your family all remember it still?

Fancy missing on the buses just cos of your dad?

Derek
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Our youngest son had a school friend whose parents were vegetarians and also did not have a TV. He use to come over to our house to watch TV and gobble down bacon butties and the odd burger.
 
dunelm said:
Thank you @ianpspurs - a drizzly walk into town went OK but it was the bus on the way back. Thoughts and prayers are always a pleasure to receive and work in both directions. According to the Pastafarian calendar it is meatball appreciation week.
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I think you'll find that is for Swedish Pastafarians only - obviously self-assembly.
 
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.5

Nighttime wildlife camera...

Foxes - the night of the foxes

A new group of three foxes came into the garden. One of them a male kept jumping on the swing and stealing all my stray cats' biscuits. This new group of foxes stayed nearly all night. And the big one ate all the cat biscuits on the swing.

It did not please the cats...


Creative is #10 Lighthouse - The Lighthouse that lost the Sea

Time for a nap.

Cats fed.
Mr&Mrs Blackbird, Mr Robin, Mr Magpie. Mr&Mrs Heffalump (wood pigeons), have hoovered up the spilt cat biscuits in the night.

Day is dull.
Raining.
My head says no more thinking. Get that head under the blanket, and shut those eyes. Anything else will have to wait...
The living, spreadable black fur blanket is sprawled on me...

Have your best kind of day...
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An absolutely splendid piece of artwork.
 
Just had a phone call from the diabetes nurse at the hospital. Same old, same old... Being 77, I am too old to be having BG in the 5's and 6's. It should be in the 7's, 8's and 9's! Low carb isn't what I need for the sake of my liver - low fat is what I need. More carb in the form of wholemeal bread needs to go back into my diet. Bacon has too much salt in it and will harm my kidneys. Don't worry about the bolus doses, make reductions to the basal dose. Low BGs (5 and below) will harm my heart.

I might listen to the bit about reducing the basal dose.
 
ianpspurs said:
@jjraak (and anyone else who sees the humour) since so many ex-Chelsea mangers are involved thought you might see the humour. Nailed Redknapp and AVB
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:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:

AVB & his journey is so AVB..

And you're absolutely right with Harry..was he arrested so he could take part, I wonder ..mmh

And pleat...:hilarious:
 
Any advice. ?

I know it's "time"

But is there anything else people can suggest to improve my stamina ?
I am cycling, some walking & gym twice a week.

Work one day on, one day off at moment .

Due to staffing I have been asked to work twice one day after the other...(no blame I did agree to save upsetting rota)

But if I do all the above in one day, I'm fine the next.

However 2 workdays back to back, and the next day I can barely move from the bed ?

Not really a drama queen, and I get "it was a big deal" as family keep reminding me...but it's starting to bug me.

First world problem...but
Basically I'm looking for any short cuts back to better levels of stamina .

Cheers, my homies .
 
Annb said:
Just had a phone call from the diabetes nurse at the hospital. Same old, same old... Being 77, I am too old to be having BG in the 5's and 6's. It should be in the 7's, 8's and 9's! Low carb isn't what I need for the sake of my liver - low fat is what I need. More carb in the form of wholemeal bread needs to go back into my diet. Bacon has too much salt in it and will harm my kidneys. Don't worry about the bolus doses, make reductions to the basal dose. Low BGs (5 and below) will harm my heart.

I might listen to the bit about reducing the basal dose.
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Ah, your diabetes nurse still has the original handbook from the early 20th C
 
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