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

[jjraak]

am just working on some AI generative art using Midnight as a model. The text I put generates the image I might be aiming for.

I'm full of admiration @gennepher

You truly show many of us, the the way forward adapting & using the latest technology.

I like how you roll .

At the risk of appearing rude, you shatter that old myth about old dogs, new tricks .

Us silver surfers, more able to adapt than they give us credit for

BRAVO.

 

[jjraak]

Good morning all,
I am sleeping the best for years and not sleeping like I did in the day after moving my sertraline tablet to bed time on the suggestion of my daughter.
I feel much better.

May all your days get brighter as we climb up to the shortest day and on into the future.
D.

I got prescribed that, but resisted taking it so far.

Hoping the days keep lightening without another medication.... we'll see

Did know about it's daytime usage, so the switch to night time is good to know.

Sure you have checked, but the grapefruit warning when I checked side effects online was unexpected....just saying .

Well done on the sleep.
Very underrated part of our health.

 

[gennepher]

I'm full of admiration @gennepher

You truly show many of us, the the way forward adapting & using the latest technology.

I like how you roll .

At the risk of appearing rude, you shatter that old myth about old dogs, new tricks .

Us silver surfers, more able to adapt than they give us credit for

BRAVO.

Hi @jjraak
Thank you so very much for that compliment!
Yes we are!!!
You are very adaptive with your Game idea with those obtrusive people. Brilliant!

 

[Lamont D]

Loads of hugs for you @Annb

With any food, I cannot eat the amounts I used to eat in my pre diabetic days, otherwise my IBS objects.

My portions have to be small portions now, and some foods in very small portions.

I wonder if I am eating enough for a balanced diet. I take a multivitamin now.
Daughter from Australia suggests I have one of those protein shakes to get a variety of minerals etc. It didn't work. I didn't like the ones I tried and my IBS objected...

More gentle hugs for you...

As my nan said, a little is good, a lot is not! Smaller portions is what everyone should aim for.
Unless it's roasted ham!

My specialist endocrinologist, the one that found I had RH, told me, with a lot of warnings about food.
If you don't have an insufficient lack of vitamins you don't need vitamin supplements.

I only take vitamin D in winter, because that shows up in winter blood tests.

Protein shakes and the like, are too concentrated. Regardless of what is in them. The concentration effects your gut biome, and your body responds with higher amounts of hormones, not only insulin but many others.

6.3 today pre counselling.
It was supposed to be a dry day today.
However, since getting out of bed, it has just now stopped. Cold overnight. But good stargazing last night.

Mrs L was in a frenzy this morning, she was under the impression and couldn't think straight that a lot of what was happening was at least the years ago. When explained so cautiously to her. Mrs L undertook a tirade of verbal language that is only heard after the watershed. And when the daylight, through the opened curtains, the confusion reigned.

Apparently, rishi, has informed the party that 5000 Albanians have been returned. All are economic migrants allegedly!
However, after scrutiny by the home office, the actual number is 513.
All the rest, were here legally, visa ran out, came before brexit. And on education visas.

Stats eh!

A lot of MPs on the right are not happy (again!)

 

[Lamont D]

I got prescribed that, but resisted taking it so far.

Hoping the days keep lightening without another medication.... we'll see

Did know about it's daytime usage, so the switch to night time is good to know.

Sure you have checked, but the grapefruit warning when I checked side effects online was unexpected....just saying .

Well done on the sleep.
Very underrated part of our health.

After my breakdown, I was prescribed adrenaline and it was increased to 200mg.
At first, it was taken as 50mg in a.m.. Then increased to 100mg in a.m.
Then 100mg in a.m. and 50mg in evening
Then 100mg, both a.m.and p.m..
But I was told just before bed for the p.m. dose.
But because I was All Over the place, I didn't notice.
Since coming off, as I really did need to come off them. And so much, despite the battles facing me, I'm determined not to go back to them.

And as you know I'm weird. Too many tablets, is not good.

Since sorting my diet again, and again, and reducing my tablets, my sleep is much better, but it is the dark time of the year.

My best wishes to you all as always.

 

[Annb]

A little update on our BT story.

Seems I jumped the gun, we haven't gone digital just yet.

Asked while cancelling engineer, as the instructions are to fit phone line from wall INTO router.

But we have no slot it fits into on the router ..mmmhhh

Seems before we switch they'll send a new router with a slot for the phone to fit into as it is...which is nice to know.

Thought we might need a new phone or an adapter.

So I learned something today, & thought I'd share for those who'll be swapping to digital later.

The router that BT supplied did have a slot to fit our phone connection, but it didn't work so BT sent out an adapter which didn't work either. Not sure if we needed it at all because we only got the phone working after they had given us an account number (and I think, only after they had activated the account though they didn't say that). The engineer who came out said it should work without the adapter and I think he may have been right but we are using it anyway since we have it. Not about to mess about with it again to see if we could do without.

 

[Lamont D]

It wasn't adrenalin I was prescribed but sertraline. Excuse my auto correct thingymybob.

Counselling was again harsh in its emphasis on my positives.
he had noticed that every explanation of my feelings, reactions, worries, that I only mentioned the negative aspects. Not how I got many things sorted, done. My anxiety was about my confidence in doing things wrong. Not that I had done the same thing before and what I faced, how I had coped.
I know that it won't get easier. It's very hard to do the daily chores, to do the care work, shopping, cleaning and so on and on and on.
Frustration with Mrs L ' s misrememberitis. And of course the financial worries. The fact that, I can't put myself first, my health issues and very limited in options.
Again the negative aspects.
We are nearly, almost, close to finish pre Christmas preparations, pressies sorted, decs up, one shop to do. I don't think about it! I'm not considering this.
I think I'm determined, to make this Christmas for Mrs L as best as possible, and hopefully it will be one she can remember for the present until......!

On a more pleasant topic, #8 is much improved and dossed (hidden) one of my socks somewhere. Mrs L knew I had dossed (put away) boxes of sweets (for the grandkids)
In the small bedroom, where #3 son had dossed (stored) the bikes. #8 loves the lollipops, and with a bit of a cold, really enjoyed, putting the sweet everywhere., In the other hand, dossed (put) a tissue, that was sticky, stuck and other sweets dossed (for later) in pocket.
I bought a calendar for Mrs L. A day to day one, so it is in front of her, on the coffee table. For the new year. I can put appointments, birthdays, anything that is important and hopefully keeps her in the now.
Watching the T20, beautiful Grenada. It does seem we have lost our one day dominance in white ball.
It does seem that rishi has another problem, yes, it's been one after another, a bye election cos an MP has suspended with the others for taking bribes! Well, so who would have thought?
Also, there is a suspicion(eh!) that rishi has misled parliament.
You could say, that, he has been known, to be convenient with his statements.I

When he says, the £M100, extra for NHS!
That means £1.35 for each of us!
Think about it!

Sorry about the emotions, but I have to do this for my sanity, I'm weird, but not mad!
Yet!

My best wishes to you all as always.

 

[Krystyna23040]

It's 0245 I've been up since 0115. At that time my Libre woke me up with the joyful news that BG was 14.9. It had wakened me half an hour before that with the news that BG was 11.4 but I turned over and dozed another half hour. It wasn't having that and collaborated with my arthritis to make sure I didn't stay there long. Took some pain killers and some insulin (a fair whack I thought) and now it stands at 17.8. Restless legs won;t let me put my feet up in the big chair, so here I am.

I thought I might not manage to go out yesterday afternoon and Neil did suggest that I call off, but I thought it was only fair to go since they were expecting me. Bad decision. Can't remember when I had such pain in my legs and back and was in serious danger of going over. It hasn't gone away overnight either. Now considering whether I can call off the leg rebandaging session this morning. We'll see how it goes.

Other problems making it worse - I may have had too much swede over the last 2 days and my innards are letting me know how displeased they are at that. I thought turnip was OK but it appears that only in small quantities that is so.

I think the pain killers are beginning to take effect now, so I'll try getting my feet up in the big chair. Toodle pip.

Hope you are feeling a lot better now @Annb

 

[Krystyna23040]

Seems a restless night for many

Hugs & hope the day brings some ease, for you @Annb .

Our bodies do like to remind us we're more than the sum of T2D, @gennepher .
Always a difficult balancing act keeping an even keel, but even harder for some us.

Up at 'fartooearly' @JohnEGreen
But great fbg, though .

An awful night here, nasty little cough & cold, breaking now thank goodness, but the coughing keeping me awake a good part of the night .

Thank goodness it's a day off today, so I can rest up a tad

Best wishes to all

Hope you were able to 'rest up a tad' today @jjraak

 

[Krystyna23040]

The dentist was working on my root canals for nearly 2 hours today. It was really complex because I have very narrow root canals. Hopefully the infection will settle down now.

I did enjoy the bus ride to Norwich. Today was the first bus trip I have made since the start of the pandemic.

 

[Krystyna23040]

14.12
FBG 5.4
MrSlim has got up early and gone to get his hair cut, later he is out for lunch with a a group of men.
For weeks I have been a slow starter and will need to do better. Can't be still in pyjamas mid morning when visiting. Will be expected to engage. Socialise.
Today trying to find suitable apparel for Christmas day. Boxing day is easier, much more casual. Am sure i will be exoected to dress up for Christmas lunch. However I have few clothes that are not practical. No doubt my mother and sister will be wearing diamonds.
Such an insignificant thing to need so much thought.

I have the same problem with clothes @SlimLizzy. Most, if not all, of my clothes are practical.

 

[jjraak]

had noticed that every explanation of my feelings, reactions, worries, that I only mentioned the negative aspects. Not how I got many things sorted, done. My anxiety was about my confidence in doing things wrong. Not that I had done the same thing before and what I faced, how I had coped.

I think we are hardest on ourselves, Lamont.

I reckon your therapist is spot on there

It IS almost overwhelming, the amount a partner has to do, when caring for one suffering from Dementia.

But I'm personally in awe just how much YOU manage to do, and get right, and all with no one there to reward you I bet , at times, with the simplest of "thanks, love".

I saw that up close & personal with dad, when he was caring so hard for mum.

Exhausting & not enough hours in the day to get it all 'how it used to be'.

And even with my help, my lovely niece & the help of her 3 brothers, he still ended up having a heart attack over the endless call on his own resources..


I know you know this already, so excuse me for teaching you to suck eggs, but......

If anything happens to YOU, who cares for her then ?

Of course you get things wrong,
( And Who wouldn't , running at a 110% every day )
but that's a tiny percentage of the things you get RIGHT.

Don't ever think of yourself as being unimportant....

You ARE vital and a blooming DIAMOND.

You're not just a piece of the machine keeping madam safe & well, you ARE the machine,

You are defending, protecting AND caring for her 24/7.

And that level is not sustainable unless you learn to cut back in places & let the machine cool down wherever possible.

I know you know this, but sometimes we just need to hear it said.

Respect & best wishes for the best a Christmas can be, for you both.

 

[jjraak]

When explained so cautiously to her. Mrs L undertook a tirade of verbal language that is only heard after the watershed

Oh @Lamont D

So, so difficult to accept the changes in those we love.

Mum was convinced dad was having an affair.
Humouring her I sat her on the bed, threw an arm around her to keep her calm, and asked her to tell me all about it.

When she told me he'd been 'with' HER
I asked when & where, hoping to settle her mind it was all unreal
(Dad was far too sick, not to mention exhausted looking after mum to even be out of the house, never mind cavorting)

But omg, the venom as she told me, hitting the mattress we sat on "RIGHT HERE" she spat.

Followed up by a blow by blow description, that had me blanching that my mum even knew half those words as she described their interactions.

You're not alone Lamont
Others know how hard this is.

As you prove everyday, it's amazing the reserves we find, when caring for those we love.

God bless .

 

[gennepher]

I think we are hardest on ourselves, Lamont.

I reckon your therapist is spot on there

It IS almost overwhelming, the amount a partner has to do, when caring for one suffering from Dementia.

But I'm personally in awe just how much YOU manage to do, and get right, and all with no one there to reward you I bet , at times, with the simplest of "thanks, love".

I saw that up close & personal with dad, when he was caring so hard for mum.

Exhausting & not enough hours in the day to get it all 'how it used to be'.

Something I tried to get him to accept.
Begrudgingly he took the advice to reassess what was practical & actually do able, over what he felt should be the way things should be (pre mums condition)

And even with my help, my lovely niece & the help of her 3 brothers, he still ended up having a heart attack over the endless call on his own resources.

If I advised him now (god I wish )
I'd be likening it to a war time situation...(he loved his war movies. Xxx)

A time to draw back & use your resources carefully, while you can mourn the way things were, we must focus on how things are now & see how best to defend what is remaining and keep it so.


I know you know this already, so excuse me for teaching you to suck eggs, but......

If anything happens to YOU, who cares for her then ?

Of course you get things wrong,
( And Who wouldn't , running at a 110% every day )
but that's a tiny percentage of the things you get RIGHT.

Don't ever think of yourself as being unimportant....

You ARE vital and a blooming DIAMOND.

Try and treat yourself like it.

You're not just a piece of the machine keeping madam safe & well, you ARE the machine,

You are defending, protecting AND caring for her 24/7.

And that level is not sustainable unless you learn to cut back in places & let the machine cool down wherever possible.

I know you know this, but sometimes we just need to hear it said.

Respect & best wishes for the best a Christmas can be, for you both.

@Lamont D I fully agree with @jjraak

It is a full time job looking after Mrs D

It is a full time job doing everything else.



Both my mothers had Alzheimer's

The one that brought me up, and the one that gave birth to me.

The one that brought me up was so very bitter and cruel to me in her Alzheimer's (as she was in life towards me). I did my best but it was not enough and the intense hatred from her was there. It got worse when my brother (from my mother who brought me up, her real birth child, took his own life at the age of 40), and she was left with the one, me, who was not her birth child.

The mother that gave birth to me, my aunt, on my father's (who brought me up) side , however, as a complete contrast, always had love in her eyes and face on the rare occasion she remembered me. The final time she remembered me was beautiful, and I had been warned that time she would not remember me. But she did. Her face woke up, beaming smiles "Little ______(my childhood name)". And her fingers touched my face, and then it was gone. But is a forever everlasting memory for me. I did not know she was my birth mother at the time (I was nearly 50 years old the last time she recognised me) and it wasn't until her funeral many years later, that my cousin told me it was my place to be the first to follow the coffin into the church, because she was my mother and he was my brother. And that he had placed my paintings of black cats for her (these were used in the home on the walls and bedroom door to guide her back to her room otherwise she could not remember her room), and she was wearing the last jumper I knitted her in her coffin.

It took me a long time to come to terms with all this. I still ask myself questions now, trying to understand.

I do worry daily about Alzheimer's.

Anyone who helps/cares for someone with Alzheimer's, has a very hard often thankless task on their hands. You are doing amazingly @Lamont D

 

[lindisfel]

Had another extremely busy day today, was working on all sorts of concerns out at the same time. Didn't get much done as usual.
Plumber came to look at a sizeable job last night. nice enthusiastic young guy.
New bath room down stairs is phase 2

Thank you @jjraak
I believe I have !

I am just working on some AI generative art using Midnight as a model. The text I put generates the image I might be aiming for.

Here is my first attempt...
View attachment 64928

Then the app wanted monthly money. NO I said. Then it gave me an offer. NO I said. Then it gave me a rediculously cheap offer for the year which was less than their initial monthly offer. Okay...yes...my Xmas present to me...

Looks like Midnight is waiting for Rishi to come out of the catflap of number of no 10 and then pounce! D.

 

[gennepher]

Had another extremely busy day today, was working on all sorts of concerns out at the same time. Didn't get much done as usual.
Plumber came to look at a sizeable job last night. nice enthusiastic young guy.
New bath room down stairs is phase 2

Looks like Midnight is waiting for Rishi to come out of the catflap of number of no 10 and then pounce! D.

Brilliant idea @lindisfel

Here is another of my AI generated pictures of Midnight for you...will this do?

 

[jjraak]

Her face woke up, beaming smiles "Little ______(my childhood name)". And her fingers touched my face, and then it was gone. But is a forever everlasting memory for me

A beautiful memory, @gennepher
The simplest of touches can mean oh so much.

 

[lindisfel]

Have a great day all of you, I hope this is our last busy day after two weeks hectic catching up, I have tired the the duchess out.

They kept my car overnight and I picked it up in the afternoon yesterday and got a shock, they did the MOT and Cam belt change but they found the pump needed changing so they redid all the water system with the best quality antifreeze. total bill with VAT £879.

Thats my pocket money gone with a set of new tyres on the Octavia as well so the hobby is a big expense.

We shall be having to get a new car Marjorie and I can drive next year to replace our one owner Fabia 05. The octavia is much to valuable to me although worth peanuts after eleven years from new.

Oh and snow tyres, they are rubbish in Cumbria. Staying at the farm flat for a week the family could get not down and up the hill to the farm in their superb, its a very long narrow metaled farm road that goes down into a river gulley then up a steep hill.

Thats why all the young farmer types have four wheel drives round here.

Wigton alway gets plenty of ladies driving chelsea tractors.
Very contrasty, there are many poor pople in cumbria.
D.

 

[dunelm]

Have a great day all of you, I hope this is our last busy day after two weeks hectic catching up, I have tired the the duchess out.

They kept my car overnight and I picked it up in the afternoon yesterday and got a shock, they did the MOT and Cam belt change but they found the pump needed changing so they redid all the water system with the best quality antifreeze. total bill with VAT £879.

Thats my pocket money gone with a set of new tyres on the Octavia as well so the hobby is a big expense.

We shall be having to get a new car Marjorie and I can drive next year to replace our one owner Fabia 05. The octavia is much to valuable to me although worth peanuts after eleven years from new.

Oh and snow tyres, they are rubbish in Cumbria. Staying at the farm flat for a week the family could get not down and up the hill to the farm in their superb, its a very long narrow metaled farm road that goes down into a river gulley then up a steep hill.

Thats why all the young farmer types have four wheel drives round here.

Wigton alway gets plenty of ladies driving chelsea tractors.
Very contrasty, there are many poor pople in cumbria.
D.

Tyre prices seem to have gone up quite a bit. Mrs Miggins’ car needs two front replacements in the new year and mine, I think, will need new break discs going by the last service report. Snow tyres - my pal who lives in Finland says that everyone there has two sets of wheels but of course they don’t bother with salting the roads. Out of the vehicles I have driven, I think that the Austin Champ did pretty well and our old Nisan X trail did OK. SWB landrovers seem to perform off road and in snow better than the LWB. Most dodgy vehicle I drove in winter and off road was an Armoured Personell Carrier - rubber track pads over the metal - basically a 14 ton toboggan. I think your family should be issued with a Volvo BM Bandvagn 202 (Bv 202) - drove them in Norway and used extensively by the Royal Marines. They have one at The Tan Hill pub.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning eveyone on a simply gloriously silent start (for me) here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.6 this am. I think that 4.2 sans decimal is the answer to everything. Near disaaaaster daaarling this morning when I peered into the depths of my koffy can (not koffie - that’s very Amsterdam). Anyhow, koffie verkeerd - just the dregs!!! A quick scrabble in the cupboard of all things to do with hot drinks and hey presto! The day was saved. A nice fresh bag of that there Italian roast. These small things are important - to me- my early morning routine keeps the black dog firmly away from the rabbit hole and the chimp locked inside its box. Art bit. Messed up a postcard sized picture so when it dried, flipped it over and just did a quick sketch. Wet paper scraped with some dry paint left on the blockbuster video card. I hope that you have as pleasant a day as you can. I shall make more koffy and have a read of Epictetus before the blooming, buzzing confusion of the C21st crashes into the day.