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

ianpspurs said:
Good morning all on Black (Bin) Thursday here in L.A. Thank you all for the good wishes after yesterday's MRI feedback. The blood test data also came in quickly and seems OK. Phone consultation tomorrow but Drip Trips scheduled up to Feb so the consultants seem satisfied. I will enrich Abbott Labs as there are some new foods I want to test - cheese and Marmite sausage roll for example. @dunelm thanks for sharing the wonderful art. That's not just

that is @dunelm shading and colour - wonderful stuff. I hope the journey home is as smooth as a baby's fiundament. @lindisfel take it easy in your desire to keep the clock from turning too fast. Cricket, more tea and PB on toast seems like a lifestyle choice Peace be with you all.
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I said to Marjorie today I really appreciated her helping me feed the birds yesterday. She said in her East Coast manner! "Well I had to, I have got a silly old man to look after!"
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dunelm said:
I do think that the e-consult was and is a very good idea and it would be a real pity if it dissapeared. All the very best with the right lung investigation.
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Thanks @dunelm I took in my lung product sample this am it will be picked up from surgery to go to Carlisle hospital lab late morning.
I am not worried but it would be nice to have a good pair of lungs and superb working heart.

According to some all I need do is go cold water swimming in Derwentwater every day!
D.
 
lindisfel said:
Thanks @dunelm I took in my lung product sample this am it will be picked up from surgery to go to Carlisle hospital lab late morning.
I am not worried but it would be nice to have a good pair of lungs and superb working heart.

According to some all I need do is go cold water swimming in Derwentwater every day!
D.
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Good luck with the investigations.

We swam in the harbour in Paphos one summer ..heart stoppingly cold.

The very idea of even attempting that here ... :wideyed:

Lauren does bang on about iceman Hoff & his application of extreme cold, so might be something in it ...
But for me ?...I'm oot .
 
lindisfel said:
I said to Marjorie today I really appreciated her helping me feed the birds yesterday. She said in her East Coast manner! "Well I had to, I have got a silly old man to look after!"
:)
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There are times when a wife's ability "to speak truth to power" ends all discussion there and then. It is more cutting as it is delivered with that imperceptible grin which one can't see but the tone of voice makes it obvious.
 
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ianpspurs said:
Forgot to say fbg from 10.20 ish bloods yesterday was 5.5 - fasted apart from tea with almond milk. I had been up about 4 hrs, driving and knew MRI results were available but still feel that's high. Bg can be adversely affected by my meds hence the testing each month. @Krystyna23040 good news on the new Nespresso and the new car tomorrow.
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Thank you @ianpspurs
 
Annb said:
BG 0330 was 7.9. By 0630 it was 11.0 and has just dropped to 8.9. No breakfast yet, but I'll have to have something before I go to get my rebandaging done. Morning BG is very rarely something to cheer about, but I have lost another kilo this week. I always weigh myself just before getting my legs bandaged because that is the only morning when I don't have the extra weight of bandages - I take them off the night before and let my legs feel the air and the shower water.

Neil slept in and Alistair had to wake him up at 7.30 when he called for him so that he could have A's car today. Neil grabbed his socks and boots, put a hat over his wild hair, threw a jacket on over his pyjamas and rushed out. Next time he goes out, in about half an hour, will be a lot more sedate.
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Really good news about the 1 kilo lost.
 
jjraak said:
Good luck with the investigations.

We swam in the harbour in Paphos one summer ..heart stoppingly cold.

The very idea of even attempting that here ... :wideyed:

Lauren does bang on about iceman Hoff & his application of extreme cold, so might be something in it ...
But for me ?...I'm oot .
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I swam in Red Tarn with my young B.i.L. (Marjories only brother) we had been up Striding and come down Swirrel. I didn't feel cold at 36 but it was that very hot summer. Amazingly at that height the tarn was full of small fish.

Then b.i.l. twisted his ankle on a steep grass slope after demonstrating to us how sure footed he was on Striding Edge. He did this in front of Helen and his younger sister and I going up Helvelyn. I think he was a young man showing off.
D.
 
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I like a new phrase although this one is at least a decade old so just new to me - Almond mom. Referenced here as part of a series on grandparenting. I can't see there is an issue. What kind of clownshoe doesn't find out what parents want and more importantly don't want their children fed, how they want them disciplined, bedtimes, banned/liked toys, how much and what tv, screen/phone time etc, etc and just comply. Boomer entitlement once again.
 
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Fbg 6.8

Very busy today. Knackered now. Just want to sleep. No energy to look through your posts...sorry.

Wildlife nighttime ideo
Affectionate Badgers
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Creative..an old painting in Procreate files that I had not finished, and so I played with it a little...

Time for bed for me...

Night night...

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ianpspurs said:
I like a new phrase although this one is at least a decade old so just new to me - Almond mom. Referenced here as part of a series on grandparenting. I can't see there is an issue. What kind of clownshoe doesn't find out what parents want and more importantly don't want their children fed, how they want them disciplined, bedtimes, banned/liked toys, how much and what tv, screen/phone time etc, etc and just comply. Boomer entitlement once again.
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I had never heard that term before Ian. That's something I've learned today. Thank you.

BG went haywire today. I didn't have time for breakfast before I went out so I just grabbed a couple of home made digestive biscuits on my way out. That should have been enough but after getting my bandaging done, I asked Neil to stop at the butcher's so that I could get meat to last for the next week or so (while we can't use the car) and felt a bit wobbly. I hadn't taken my Libre reader with me, so didn't know what BG was. By the time we got home, I was in a hypo. Very hot, so threw off my fleecy jacket. Grabbed some chocolate digestives and had 2 of them, BG stayed low, had 2 more, still stayed low. Finally it started to rise and I started to feel very cold so I put my fleece jacket back on, grabbed a blanket , turned on the little convector heater and snuggled down. Finnally came to feeling a little warmer, but not much, when my Libre alarm went off to tell me my BG was too high (11.7). Can't win. Didn't have a proper breakfast and don't feel like making food now. 2nd cup of tea of the day will do me, I think. Then TV (Vera) and bed. Try for a better day tomorrow.
 
DIL just came in - she's got a date for her surgery - 29th November. They did promise to get her in before the end of the year. That'll be her laid up, possibly for up to 6 months, although she's hoping to get back to work after the Easter holiday. Alistair won't be having any days off during December - Christmas deliveries mean nobody gets their day off - other than Sundays and even then, they are often asked (on the quiet) to work a Sunday shift. So Em wil be dropped off here every morning before school and maybe spend the weekends here as well. Not sure how long the stay in hospital will be.
 
Yesterday, 6.6, today 6.5.
Not kept up in posts far too busy!
Plastered, counselled, Mr shifter. Doctored. Chores, and, and and endless!
I have missed a lot, so apologies, have been answering on the RH forum any chance I've had.
And I'm an oracle(?) now???
artwork fabulous as usual, medical issues on the mend or tolerated.
gizmos used and praised.
weather shocking.
animals and family cared for
hope that covers it?

had problems with surgery which I will put in a short (ish) post tomorrow.

my best wishes as always.

TGIF tomorrow, no idea why?
Sleeping, if I can, on the couch, so tired.
Bless you all!
 
@jjraak .
When I was a nipper all around the peninsula there was a variety of swimming pools or in the river, or the Irish sea coast. Only a couple were indoor. The big ones, we're open air and a little cool. Which included the few that were open sea baths.
It was unusual to find anyone that wasn't a swimmer, part of the school day and always great fun.
The secret is to have a hot water bottle down your trunks!
 
Lamont D said:
@jjraak .
When I was a nipper all around the peninsula there was a variety of swimming pools or in the river, or the Irish sea coast. Only a couple were indoor. The big ones, we're open air and a little cool. Which included the few that were open sea baths.
It was unusual to find anyone that wasn't a swimmer, part of the school day and always great fun.
The secret is to have a hot water bottle down your trunks!
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You obviously didn't wear budgie smugglers!!
 
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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

Very busy today. Knackered now. Just want to sleep. No energy to look through your posts...sorry.

Wildlife nighttime ideo
Affectionate Badgers
44secs

Creative..an old painting in Procreate files that I had not finished, and so I played with it a little...

Time for bed for me...

Night night...

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Hug for the tiredness
But great little clip of the badgers.
And very much drawn to the painting .

With the Iceland situation colouring my thoughts, I either see it as a normal tower spewing lava, sun in background,
Or more oddly as the sun being the centre of the earth's core, and the magma seeping from the very earth itself....mmmh.
 
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