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

jjraak said:
How marvellous to share such moments with the grandchildren.

I remember such moments with our Steph, the rapture like excitement interacting with animals at our our local city farms & park zoos.....love it.

The delightful of gleeful noises, then the silence when they depart, ...i get that.

Hopefully they'll be back soon enough to re-create their own little chittery chattery whirlwind of joyous noise once again.
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Daughter rang this morning to say how much they enjoyed the visit and that we must book.another date in the diary for them to come up to us so that we don't leave it so long. I think that another trip to the farm is on the cards.
 
jjraak said:
Evening.

All good in da hood here.

Fbg earlier a satisfying 5.8.

Ebike back in use

New chain fitted & a little tinkering and clean while it was off road means it feels faster & more responsive.

Didn't have bike computer on Ebike yesterday on way into work
So was rather amused one of those sad face/happy face speed signs clocked me at 28 mph
(Electric cuts out at 15mph ) & I didn't feel I was pedalling anywhere near that fast . :hilarious:


Had cycling app turned on, on the mobile tho'


Checked that later in day & it recorded max speed as 25mph...so maybe speed thingy wasn't that far off ...mmhh.

Anyway, it was an enjoyable 5 miles in, ( more speedy so as not to be late) then on way home a more relaxing meander in the evening sunshine.

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You would have to be pretty fit to cycle at 28 mph!!!!
It looks, and as far as I remember that riverbank is a pretty flat route.
I know it is silly, but I love those sad/happy face signs, and them giving me a happy face and that I am just under the speed limit, unless someone is overtaking me...
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all on a wet start to take the bunting down day here - ours went down yesterday. Four year old granddaughter took the flag for her Coronation memory box. Sorry if I overshared yesterday - a unique set of circumstances this year and I've been given a mind to reflect on things (boys does it do that) - but thanks for the kind comments. Today a new Swipey will arrive (why 2 sms voice messages?) - so a few trials of recipes from a new book can begin. JKP likes Moussaka so that is one for sure (9 gms carb per portion). After the reflections of yesterday we have our youngest grandchild twice this week, today and Thursday. Two school collections for his two cousins today and tomorrow. Nice counterpoint. If the weather is as wet as promised this may well be no mow May by default. @gennepher I hope the normal normal returns. @Annb hug for the hypo but I hope your brother made it and you had a wonderful catchup.
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Good morning @ianpspurs
I am still in the 7's thank you...
Enjoy your day.
 
Annb said:
Brother and SIL got here around 11.30 so we had 31/2 hours together. It was wonderful to see them. Brother is not as steady on his feet as he would have had me believe on the phone, but he's still looking pretty good considering. He really could have done with a walking stick, but the crew on tghe ship weren't allowing anyone with any walking problems, get onto the tender (too choppy and unsteady) so he left his stick behind and managed without.

After a prolonged hypo in the afternoon, my BG eventually came up to 7.1 when I went to bed. 8.9 at 4.30 this morning when I got up and 11.4 now. House is ready for my cleaner to come and do the floors so I have time for some breakfast (low carb) and to do the dishes from yesterday, which I had just left where they were.

SIL told me that they were waiting at the appointed meeting place in Stornoway and a very tall youngish man appeared from nowhere and stood by them. She felt he was a bit close and, it made her uncomfortable so she said to him "We're just waiting for someone." With a sweet smile, the young man said, "I think you'll find that is me." Typical Neil. Nobody ever hears him approach - he just seems to materialise. And he doesn't speak first. Seems to think that thoughts are enough but most people are not telepathic. He does tend to disturb people once they do see him.
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Your brother should have had a folding stick that fits into his wife's handbag/holdall and then he could have used it out of sight of the ship. Some fold up quite small. I have one in my Walker when I am using that. Maybe suggest it to him for a different occasion @Annb

Glad you had a great time.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 7,8

Still in the 7's!

Wildlife nighttime cameras
Cat Merlin's night...
Merlin is not fazed by being within a metre of the fox on the ground...Merlin just sits there...and lets the fox know who is boss...
Even Midnight does not go on the ground to challenge the fox, he launches an attack from above...


Creative is a something in my garden. I have no idea what it is or where it came from. I keep trying to dig it up and get rid of it, but it refuses to leave me. But the other day a friend tells me it is

"Tellima grandiflora​

fringe cups"​

A shade loving plant that costs about £6 for a tiny little plantlet.
Really....

Have your best day.
Cuppa needed...

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Lovely fringe cups - you could pot it up and corner the market with it.
 
Good morning everyone from a lovely quiet start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. Stab of jollity came in at 5.2 this am. VE Day came and went yesterday. Mrs Miggins is already up and out - several important messages to contend with. I shall walk into town to catch a train later and meet up with her for lunch. First though, flags down and away. We seem to have lost one to The Queen Of The World when her parents picked her up on Sunday. Art bit, getting there. Hope your day is kind to you. I need a later than usual koffy before I do anything else.


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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone from a lovely quiet start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. Stab of jollity came in at 5.2 this am. VE Day came and went yesterday. Mrs Miggins is already up and out - several important messages to contend with. I shall walk into town to catch a train later and meet up with her for lunch. First though, flags down and away. We seem to have lost one to The Queen Of The World when her parents picked her up on Sunday. Art bit, getting there. Hope your day is kind to you. I need a later than usual koffy before I do anything else.


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Have a great day out @dunelm
Nice perspective in the Art bit...
 
@Annb lovely story about the meet and greet for your brother and SIL. Glad they made it and you had a good time. @gennepher thanks for the creative, good news on the fbg gradually returning to normal. I believe the modern idiom is side hustle. @dunelm thanks for sharing the art. @Krystyna23040 I'm glad the weekend went so well and you simply must post a photo of that tat.
 
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gennepher said:
You would have to be pretty fit to cycle at 28 mph!!!!
It looks, and as far as I remember that riverbank is a pretty flat route.
I know it is silly, but I love those sad/happy face signs, and them giving me a happy face and that I am just under the speed limit, unless someone is overtaking me...
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Indeed

Not sure when you last visited.
Once upon a time you could only walk bits, now it's pretty cool,
It's open for miles on the north side
Richmond/Barnes/Putney/Wandsworth/Battersea & beyond.

Tho sadly I did read there's plans afoot to ban bicycles from the Riverside walk between Putney & Battersea...so enjoying it while I still can.

When I was captured by camera it was on the flat on Wandsworth bridge road, so unlikely I was hitting 28 mph... :wideyed:

The 25 on my app is most probably when I was crossing Wandsworth bridge itself and rolling down the other side

I suspect it's the smaller profile of a bicycle, the smiley cam is just not geared for...but I doubt a scooter is really much bigger ..mmmhh.

and yeah, they make me think & smile when I get the smiley face, tattoo...;)
 
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jjraak said:
Indeed

Not sure when you last visited.
Once upon a time you could only walk bits, now it's pretty cool,
It's open for miles on the north side
Richmond/Barnes/Putney/Wandsworth/Battersea & beyond.

Tho sadly I did read there's plans afoot to ban bicycles from the Riverside walk between Putney & Battersea...so enjoying it while I still can.

When I was captured by camera it was on the flat on Wandsworth bridge road, so unlikely I was hitting 28 mph... :wideyed:

The 25 on my app is most probably when I was crossing Wandsworth bridge itself and rolling down the other side

I suspect it's the smaller profile of a bicycle, the smiley can is just not geared for...but I doubt a scooter is really much bigger ..mmmhh.

and yeah, they make think & smile when I get the smiley face, tattoo...;)
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2008 I last visited....

I will probably be most unlikely to be able to travel that far again.
 
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen and all those who had a busy Morening .

Blood sugars were 4.6 this morning, calculations made, ignored and redone factoring in the gravitational pull of Pluto. Insulin dose finally derived. This diabetes malarkey is interesting if you like pulling your hair out.

Well fellow posters what a weekend that was. Good or bad, interesting or not it’s your call, then their was that music festival on the Sunday with all those drones, no not the commentary, the light show the drones provided, but perhaps the most impressive thing was the engineering of Katy Perry bodice, how her anatomy stayed confined was a marvel.
Ian Hislop summed the whole weekend up with todays headline in Private Eye “”Man wearing hat, sits on chair “”
 
Sat outside this pm, a glorious day.
Put the house phone extension in my overshirt unfortunately when I came in it dropped out my overshirt and was sent plop into the toilet.
I pulled it out like greased lightning and dried it off with kitchen roll, took batteries out dried them off and dried the compartment off ok. Seems to be charging ok now....we will see.
 
Dietician appointment went better than I expected. She seems to have learned a bit about diabetes since I last saw her and was keen to tell me all the stuff I already knew. But she was obviously so pleased with herself that I just let her rattle on. She also recommended the Diabetes UK website. One good thing that came out of it was that she is arranging for my HBa1c to be checked - which the diabetes clinic hasn't done and should have. Another thing was I did learn something. That is that the 2 litres of fluids I have been forcing myself to have for years now isn't enough for somebody my weight. It should be more than 3 litres. Not sure how I'll manage that. In fact, nobody has ever told me how much I should be drinking; I just saw a notice on the back of the toilet door when I was in hospital due to dehydration. It said that the average person should be drinking 2 litres a day to protect their kidneys. So that's what I did. Pity nobody thought it worth mentioning, especially since I was having issues with my kidneys at the time. However, better late than never. I've been told now.

BG had started dropping from the 7's to the 5's by the time I got home and was 5.2 half an hour ago when I decided to have my 2nd meal (cauliflower cheese and roasted cherry tomatoes). We'll see what happens now, but I'll be keeping my eye on it, just in case it decides to drop again.
 
Annb said:
Dietician appointment went better than I expected. She seems to have learned a bit about diabetes since I last saw her and was keen to tell me all the stuff I already knew. But she was obviously so pleased with herself that I just let her rattle on. She also recommended the Diabetes UK website. One good thing that came out of it was that she is arranging for my HBa1c to be checked - which the diabetes clinic hasn't done and should have. Another thing was I did learn something. That is that the 2 litres of fluids I have been forcing myself to have for years now isn't enough for somebody my weight. It should be more than 3 litres. Not sure how I'll manage that. In fact, nobody has ever told me how much I should be drinking; I just saw a notice on the back of the toilet door when I was in hospital due to dehydration. It said that the average person should be drinking 2 litres a day to protect their kidneys. So that's what I did. Pity nobody thought it worth mentioning, especially since I was having issues with my kidneys at the time. However, better late than never. I've been told now.

BG had started dropping from the 7's to the 5's by the time I got home and was 5.2 half an hour ago when I decided to have my 2nd meal (cauliflower cheese and roasted cherry tomatoes). We'll see what happens now, but I'll be keeping my eye on it, just in case it decides to drop again.
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Oh dear, another dietician hanging onto that water drinking myth that probably stems from a decree from the U.S. Food and Nutrition Board issued back in the 1940s. It suggested that everyone drink 2.5 liters (84.5 ounces) per day — so not far off from today's standard. But even back then, that same recommendation clarified that a majority of that water comes, not from a glass, but from "prepared foods." It’s pretty arbitrary but anyhow, This article offers a plain explanation.
 
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