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

A much improved 5.5 this morning so happy with that.
A few days ago I splashed out on a pair of diabetic shoes find them quite comfortable and easier on my feet but then being unable to walk very far have not given them much of a test yet.
Let's hope with the new shoes you will soon be dancing. Well maybe able to walk a bit further is more realistic.
MrSlim frequently calls me pessimistic, but I think I am mostly a realist. He can be wildly over optimistic on occasions and sometimes it's hard to rein him in to consider practicalities.
 
Late today, getting into the thread. I was up at 3.15 but painkillers put me back to sleep in the chair until 6.15. Before sleeping I did take my basal insulin and a dose of the bolus to try to get my 11.9 reading down a bit. By 6.15 it was 9.4. Then it was all hands on deck (I only have 2 of them but that has to do) to get showered and weighed and get everything ready for cleaner coming early afternoon, before I dashed out to get my legs rebandaged and bloods taken. I wasn't sure we'd be home in time for my cleaning lady so left the door open for her to get in. In the end, blood letting only took minutes instead of the normal 3/4 hour so we're back in good time.

Managed to walk into the fish shop (from the car parked right outside the door, but I did walk in) and select my own fish for a change. Lovely fresh looking haddock and salmon and some proper smoked haddock as well. Also managed to walk in to the pharmacy (same arrangement with the car) to collect my prescription. I might actually be making some kind of progress.

I see that Ian was in the middle of getting his drip - hopefully done by now, or does it take hours to finish?
@lindisfel, £48 is a lot for the bird food. Your feathered friends are going to be very lucky this winter. Lovely autumn colours in your hamlet.
@alf_Josiah - hope you weren't too disappointed that your local zealots avoided you. I have always felt that the people pushing their religion at you are doing it with the best of intentions, be they JW, Mormon, Evangelical, whatever. Nevertheless, it would be best to be offered as a gift, not thrust down people's throats.
@gennepher, glad to hear that the news of your friends MIL is hopeful.
@SlimLizzy, hope both of you feel better soon. Best not to use up too much energy while a bit under the weather.
@dunelm, wonderful art, poignant and evocative.

There have been lots of posts since I last checked, so I hope I haven't missed anyone. Apologies if I have.
Thanks @Annb
 
A much improved 5.5 this morning so happy with that.
A few days ago I splashed out on a pair of diabetic shoes find them quite comfortable and easier on my feet but then being unable to walk very far have not given them much of a test yet.
Diabetic shoes sound good. I hope they work well for you @JohnEGreen
 
Late today, getting into the thread. I was up at 3.15 but painkillers put me back to sleep in the chair until 6.15. Before sleeping I did take my basal insulin and a dose of the bolus to try to get my 11.9 reading down a bit. By 6.15 it was 9.4. Then it was all hands on deck (I only have 2 of them but that has to do) to get showered and weighed and get everything ready for cleaner coming early afternoon, before I dashed out to get my legs rebandaged and bloods taken. I wasn't sure we'd be home in time for my cleaning lady so left the door open for her to get in. In the end, blood letting only took minutes instead of the normal 3/4 hour so we're back in good time.

Managed to walk into the fish shop (from the car parked right outside the door, but I did walk in) and select my own fish for a change. Lovely fresh looking haddock and salmon and some proper smoked haddock as well. Also managed to walk in to the pharmacy (same arrangement with the car) to collect my prescription. I might actually be making some kind of progress.

I see that Ian was in the middle of getting his drip - hopefully done by now, or does it take hours to finish?
@lindisfel, £48 is a lot for the bird food. Your feathered friends are going to be very lucky this winter. Lovely autumn colours in your hamlet.
@alf_Josiah - hope you weren't too disappointed that your local zealots avoided you. I have always felt that the people pushing their religion at you are doing it with the best of intentions, be they JW, Mormon, Evangelical, whatever. Nevertheless, it would be best to be offered as a gift, not thrust down people's throats.
@gennepher, glad to hear that the news of your friends MIL is hopeful.
@SlimLizzy, hope both of you feel better soon. Best not to use up too much energy while a bit under the weather.
@dunelm, wonderful art, poignant and evocative.

There have been lots of posts since I last checked, so I hope I haven't missed anyone. Apologies if I have.
Thank you @Annb and good stuff with the walking.
 
6.9 pre counselling!
Not feeling too good this evening!
Headache from migraine still there and counselling has on top of that has floored me.
You all get a hug for all the posts I 've missed!
Good news is the bag window roof completed this morning!
Can't read nowt, sorry, he back tomorrow!

Best wishes to you all as always.
 
6.9 pre counselling!
Not feeling too good this evening!
Headache from migraine still there and counselling has on top of that has floored me.
You all get a hug for all the posts I 've missed!
Good news is the bag window roof completed this morning!
Can't read nowt, sorry, he back tomorrow!

Best wishes to you all as always.
Big hug for the migraine and for the counselling, not the best combination at the best of times x
 
Good morning everyone on a dull and overcast bin day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.8 this am. It’s a day of excitement today and already I have opened a new pack of koffy which I am already sampling but not with gusto - I need this all to myself. Packing - Mrs Miggins has been packing for a few days. I got my case out of the case room (do we have such a place?) and will pack this afternoon. We are off to Mordor - Festival of Remembrance. Much to contemplate, not least the apparent rise of apprentice dictator Skrewella De’Bernitoman, currently working as a ventriloquist with that tiny Charley McCarthyesque dummy but not quiete as smart. Anyhow. Art bit, a splash of red. Hope your day wraps you in warmth. Turn the heating up Martha! I best finish this koffy and take my medication.


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Beautiful art work there, poignant.
 
if all our gardens were like yours @gennepher the planet and our wildlife would be in a much better position than it is now.
I love my garden its big enough to have little areas that are all different. I love my secret garden area that is fenced off with a pond and I love watching the damson flies lay their eggs. Its wonderful seeing the new ones emerge after years of living underneath in safety. I have had many land on my hand in the sunshine. We have ivy on the fence surrounding our secret garden and you would think we were somewhere else if it weren't for the road. I have my swing and I am out there in all weathers as its also sheltered from the elements. I don't think the neighbours like it but the garden next door is so overgrown, I don't think they have reason to moan as they are helping the wildlife too! I have had a resident robin, a fox and delinquent blackbirds nesting and eating my tomatoes but I don't care, its my bit of heaven.
 
Just done my F.B.G. 5.6 at 0600.
Good morning all
Looks like the weather will be better than worse.

Snow on tops yesterday.
D.
You might be interested to see this photo (not mine), from Great Dun Fell snow falling nicely away taken yesterday. (Private Non Public Road) to radar station.

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Good morning everyone from a bit of a damp start here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.7 this am. Train to catch this morning. Then another one and then the tube over to our digs where hopefully we will be greeted with jellied eels, pie mash and liquor and savaloys by a pearly King and Queen talking in Polari, ” Bona to vada your dolly old eke”. It’s dead weird daaan saaaaf. Art bit, penultimate one for this week. Hope you all have a fabulous day - make it so, this is the way. Must be koffy o’clock.


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You might be interested to see this photo (not mine), from Great Dun Fell snow falling nicely away taken yesterday. (Private Non Public Road) to radar station.

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Been up there a few times to the co-sited BBC link station. Skiers had to walk up then over thirty years ago.
It was the place I got accused of being the greatest source of hydrocarbons in the Northern Hemisphere by guys in the UMiST hut.:)
A good place in winter for seeing snow buntings in Cumbria.
D.
 
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