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8.8 at 0340 today. Despite insulin BG went up after breakfast (which did involve a slice of bread) but it came back down to 8.4 eventually.

Been making mincemeat but it's not the best batch ever. I foolishly used some crystallised pineapple this time and it has rather spoiled the flavour. Usable, but not the best ever so I shan't be giving it as presents. Will have to bake with it and perhaps enhance the flavours that way. Mini spiced puddings, maybe. Also might use it for the bread pudding.
 
gennepher said:
Thank you @Lamont D
Found that TJ Hughes has finally closed down from last year . One of Jo's last jobs was building the moving Xmas grottos. ..
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Mrs L enjoyed shopping in TJs.
We have a three seater garden swing from there, plus some of Mrs L 's favourite chrimbo ornaments.
 
jjraak said:
On underground on way home...(yay me, another challenge taken on )

Just finished appointment..lots of waiting around , almost normal T2D eye test, drops blah, blah, blah.

Seems I might have to get a little fitter to avoid them cancelling op, but plan was to enjoy chrimbo and set sail for a healthier 2024, so that should be do able .

Down on the list for the op, might be a 6 months plus wait, which gives me the time needed, please God.

So Jan 2024, back to testing.
Back to lchf.
Back to life.
Back to the sunlight.

Time to shake off the debilitation of the last 2 years & face life afresh.
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Hats off, go for it, 2 fingers to the detractors, whoop, whoop and have a brilliant Christmas.
We greasers must stick together
 
jjraak said:
On underground on way home...(yay me, another challenge taken on )

Just finished appointment..lots of waiting around , almost normal T2D eye test, drops blah, blah, blah.

Seems I might have to get a little fitter to avoid them cancelling op, but plan was to enjoy chrimbo and set sail for a healthier 2024, so that should be do able .

Down on the list for the op, might be a 6 months plus wait, which gives me the time needed, please God.

So Jan 2024, back to testing.
Back to lchf.
Back to life.
Back to the sunlight.

Time to shake off the debilitation of the last 2 years & face life afresh.
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Good news - nice one
Enjoy Christmas
2024 will be round soon enough
 
Went to see physio today 1300 at local hospital at Wigton no reception on you just sat and waited for them to come and get one.
Had a good chat and she looked up my pelvis scans from when I fell 18 months ago coming out of the hospital after audiology app.
It was the problem with my eyesight, caused it from having a cataract done at Preston a couple of years before.
Had a major haematoma on my b*m and they kept me in two days.
Our friends came and brought the Octavia and Marjorie back home in the afternoon with their daughter that day in another car.

If I had to rely on family it would be difficult with them all being away.
Anyway the appointment with physio went well. Had a late lunch and then started with a migraine and took two paracetamol and went to sleep for a full hour in the chair.
Now having an easy day
Derek
 
lindisfel said:
Went to see physio today 1300 at local hospital at Wigton no reception on you just sat and waited for them to come and get one.
Had a good chat and she looked up my pelvis scans from when I fell 18 months ago coming out of the hospital after audiology app.
It was the problem with my eyesight, caused it from having a cataract done at Preston a couple of years before.
Had a major haematoma on my b*m and they kept me in two days.
Our friends came and brought the Octavia and Marjorie back home in the afternoon with their daughter that day in another car.

If I had to rely on family it would be difficult with them all being away.
Anyway the appointment with physio went well. Had a late lunch and then started with a migraine and took two paracetamol and went to sleep for a full hour in the chair.
Now having an easy day
Derek
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Ouch...sounds a very nasty fall , Derek .

Guessing by the tone no real outstanding issues (pray)

Yep, the blessing of extended families & friends, able & willing to come and help.

Hug for the migraine, but good to hear you're having easy day of it.
 
lindisfel said:
Went to see physio today 1300 at local hospital at Wigton no reception on you just sat and waited for them to come and get one.
Had a good chat and she looked up my pelvis scans from when I fell 18 months ago coming out of the hospital after audiology app.
It was the problem with my eyesight, caused it from having a cataract done at Preston a couple of years before.
Had a major haematoma on my b*m and they kept me in two days.
Our friends came and brought the Octavia and Marjorie back home in the afternoon with their daughter that day in another car.

If I had to rely on family it would be difficult with them all being away.
Anyway the appointment with physio went well. Had a late lunch and then started with a migraine and took two paracetamol and went to sleep for a full hour in the chair.
Now having an easy day
Derek
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Hope that all is now well with the pelvis and also after the sleep. Take care.
 
lindisfel said:
Went to see physio today 1300 at local hospital at Wigton no reception on you just sat and waited for them to come and get one.
Had a good chat and she looked up my pelvis scans from when I fell 18 months ago coming out of the hospital after audiology app.
It was the problem with my eyesight, caused it from having a cataract done at Preston a couple of years before.
Had a major haematoma on my b*m and they kept me in two days.
Our friends came and brought the Octavia and Marjorie back home in the afternoon with their daughter that day in another car.

If I had to rely on family it would be difficult with them all being away.
Anyway the appointment with physio went well. Had a late lunch and then started with a migraine and took two paracetamol and went to sleep for a full hour in the chair.
Now having an easy day
Derek
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Hope you're ok now Derek, certainly been in the wars somewhat!
Having a relax myself after a busy day, even had a nap for half an hour when I should have been on kitchen duties.
Mrs L was not impressed, but soon forgot after trough time!
Darts and footie on the box.
Feet up and trying to get through a psychology tools booklet.....!
I'm worried I won't get through it before next session. Ha!

You have to laugh....
The government or should I say, the cabinet have asked airlines, if they want the contract to take refugees to Rwanda? All have refused.
And what makes it worse, is that the MoD, have also refused to use the RAF.
And what makes it worse, is that the airport, the home office will use, needs millions of pounds to upgrade it, so that the security is good enough.
And what makes it worse, the government has not applied to foreign governments, to use their airspace, to transport the refugees.....!
You just couldn't make it up!

Anyway, we are the British empire, and we will do, like we have always done. What we want!
We answer to no one, well, maybe the yanks.... And the......
But defo not the EU!!!!!

Taking back control
 
Got back an hour ago. It was a very long day, and there was a lot of waiting.


I had to go through various eye tests and things like I always to do at the hospital and I did not see the specialist until very late afternoon.


It was the top man like it was last year.


I told him about the optician diagnosing cataracts and referring me to have a cataract operation and...


And so he interrupted me, looked in my eyes and started laughing his head off.


That's the teeniest tiniest cataract I have ever seen, he said. That won't cause you any problems. Rip up that offer of the operation and throw it in the bin.


That cataract might never cause you any problems and you may never need an operation. There's nothing for you to worry about.


He told me my eyes have not deteriorated one jot. My sight is just the same as it has been for the last 5 years since the YAG iridectomy laser treatment.


That Specsavers optician has a lot to answer for. She was totally irresponsible. I have been worrying ever since she told me and ever since she said my eyesight had deteriorated dramatically and me needing the cataract operation urgently.


I literally want to slap her across her face for the unnecessary distress she caused me.


My brain believed her and I felt like this was the end of everything, and I lost my confidence these last couple of weeks. Even though I was saying hopefully St Paul's hospital will not agree with her diagnosis that I had cataracts, I wasn't fully believing what I was saying, and I was getting depressed over it.


It did not make sense. I felt my eyes had not deteriorated at all in the last 5 years, and because I had the same glasses and the optician at Specsavers has never said that I needed to change them.


That Specsavers lady optician telling me (a couple of weeks or so ago) that my eyesight had deteriorated dramatically since last since last year really did put me in a bad place. The St Paul's specialist today confirmed my eyesight has not changed at all, and has not deteriorated at all. And that my eyesight is good, and that my right eye which the lady Specsavers insisted was really bad it is not really bad at all BUT it is pretty much near on par with my left eye. I could read further down the hospital eye chart with my supposedly really bad right eye, yet I couldn't at the opticians. And I wasn't having a bad day at Specsavers, her eye equipment was steaming up/misting up which was causing me problems. I had no problems like this at St Paul's Hospital today.


It was murder coming back home on the motorway with the going home traffic, the inside lane was doing 70 minimum, the middle lane was doing 80 and the cars and stuff, and the outside lane were doing 90. And they were weaving...I had no choice but to do 70 on the inside lane. I have not done that kind of motorway driving in many many years, not since J died, so we're talking 15 years.


I wanted to come back home for Midnight. Last year I had said I was going to book a hotel for a couple of nights. But I changed my mind and decided if I did need a hotel then I would just have to pop my car somewhere safe and go to that dive, the Adelphi which is literally a stone throw from the hospital.


When the eye specialist began laughing at my miniscule cataract, somehow I got a whole pile of confidence back, and strangely I could see more clearly, It is like all the stress over this so-called cataract business just melted away.


I haven't come back to Planet Earth yet...

Or got over the Specialist Boss Man laughing at my minuscule cataract...
 
gennepher said:
Got back an hour ago. It was a very long day, and there was a lot of waiting.


I had to go through various eye tests and things like I always to do at the hospital and I did not see the specialist until very late afternoon.


It was the top man like it was last year.


I told him about the optician diagnosing cataracts and referring me to have a cataract operation and...


And so he interrupted me, looked in my eyes and started laughing his head off.


That's the teeniest tiniest cataract I have ever seen, he said. That won't cause you any problems. Rip up that offer of the operation and throw it in the bin.


That cataract might never cause you any problems and you may never need an operation. There's nothing for you to worry about.


He told me my eyes have not deteriorated one jot. My sight is just the same as it has been for the last 5 years since the YAG iridectomy laser treatment.


That Specsavers optician has a lot to answer for. She was totally irresponsible. I have been worrying ever since she told me and ever since she said my eyesight had deteriorated dramatically and me needing the cataract operation urgently.


I literally want to slap her across her face for the unnecessary distress she caused me.


My brain believed her and I felt like this was the end of everything, and I lost my confidence these last couple of weeks. Even though I was saying hopefully St Paul's hospital will not agree with her diagnosis that I had cataracts, I wasn't fully believing what I was saying, and I was getting depressed over it.


It did not make sense. I felt my eyes had not deteriorated at all in the last 5 years, and because I had the same glasses and the optician at Specsavers has never said that I needed to change them.


That Specsavers lady optician telling me (a couple of weeks or so ago) that my eyesight had deteriorated dramatically since last since last year really did put me in a bad place. The St Paul's specialist today confirmed my eyesight has not changed at all, and has not deteriorated at all. And that my eyesight is good, and that my right eye which the lady Specsavers insisted was really bad it is not really bad at all BUT it is pretty much near on par with my left eye. I could read further down the hospital eye chart with my supposedly really bad right eye, yet I couldn't at the opticians. And I wasn't having a bad day at Specsavers, her eye equipment was steaming up/misting up which was causing me problems. I had no problems like this at St Paul's Hospital today.


It was murder coming back home on the motorway with the going home traffic, the inside lane was doing 70 minimum, the middle lane was doing 80 and the cars and stuff, and the outside lane were doing 90. And they were weaving...I had no choice but to do 70 on the inside lane. I have not done that kind of motorway driving in many many years, not since J died, so we're talking 15 years.


I wanted to come back home for Midnight. Last year I had said I was going to book a hotel for a couple of nights. But I changed my mind and decided if I did need a hotel then I would just have to pop my car somewhere safe and go to that dive, the Adelphi which is literally a stone throw from the hospital.


When the eye specialist began laughing at my miniscule cataract, somehow I got a whole pile of confidence back, and strangely I could see more clearly, It is like all the stress over this so-called cataract business just melted away.


I haven't come back to Planet Earth yet...

Or got over the Specialist Boss Man laughing at my minuscule cataract...
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Get in.....ker-ching.

We have today's WINNER by a mile .

What a FANTASTIC RESULT.

So so so pleased for you.

Feet up, a hot cuppa & a cuddle off that furry hot water bottle.

Today IS a Good day :cool: :cool::cool:
 
gennepher said:
Got back an hour ago. It was a very long day, and there was a lot of waiting.


I had to go through various eye tests and things like I always to do at the hospital and I did not see the specialist until very late afternoon.


It was the top man like it was last year.


I told him about the optician diagnosing cataracts and referring me to have a cataract operation and...


And so he interrupted me, looked in my eyes and started laughing his head off.


That's the teeniest tiniest cataract I have ever seen, he said. That won't cause you any problems. Rip up that offer of the operation and throw it in the bin.


That cataract might never cause you any problems and you may never need an operation. There's nothing for you to worry about.


He told me my eyes have not deteriorated one jot. My sight is just the same as it has been for the last 5 years since the YAG iridectomy laser treatment.


That Specsavers optician has a lot to answer for. She was totally irresponsible. I have been worrying ever since she told me and ever since she said my eyesight had deteriorated dramatically and me needing the cataract operation urgently.


I literally want to slap her across her face for the unnecessary distress she caused me.


My brain believed her and I felt like this was the end of everything, and I lost my confidence these last couple of weeks. Even though I was saying hopefully St Paul's hospital will not agree with her diagnosis that I had cataracts, I wasn't fully believing what I was saying, and I was getting depressed over it.


It did not make sense. I felt my eyes had not deteriorated at all in the last 5 years, and because I had the same glasses and the optician at Specsavers has never said that I needed to change them.


That Specsavers lady optician telling me (a couple of weeks or so ago) that my eyesight had deteriorated dramatically since last since last year really did put me in a bad place. The St Paul's specialist today confirmed my eyesight has not changed at all, and has not deteriorated at all. And that my eyesight is good, and that my right eye which the lady Specsavers insisted was really bad it is not really bad at all BUT it is pretty much near on par with my left eye. I could read further down the hospital eye chart with my supposedly really bad right eye, yet I couldn't at the opticians. And I wasn't having a bad day at Specsavers, her eye equipment was steaming up/misting up which was causing me problems. I had no problems like this at St Paul's Hospital today.


It was murder coming back home on the motorway with the going home traffic, the inside lane was doing 70 minimum, the middle lane was doing 80 and the cars and stuff, and the outside lane were doing 90. And they were weaving...I had no choice but to do 70 on the inside lane. I have not done that kind of motorway driving in many many years, not since J died, so we're talking 15 years.


I wanted to come back home for Midnight. Last year I had said I was going to book a hotel for a couple of nights. But I changed my mind and decided if I did need a hotel then I would just have to pop my car somewhere safe and go to that dive, the Adelphi which is literally a stone throw from the hospital.


When the eye specialist began laughing at my miniscule cataract, somehow I got a whole pile of confidence back, and strangely I could see more clearly, It is like all the stress over this so-called cataract business just melted away.


I haven't come back to Planet Earth yet...

Or got over the Specialist Boss Man laughing at my minuscule cataract...
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Result. Relax, rest then use that eyesight to enjoy the wildlife and make wonderful creatives for years to come.
 
gennepher said:
Got back an hour ago. It was a very long day, and there was a lot of waiting.


I had to go through various eye tests and things like I always to do at the hospital and I did not see the specialist until very late afternoon.


It was the top man like it was last year.


I told him about the optician diagnosing cataracts and referring me to have a cataract operation and...


And so he interrupted me, looked in my eyes and started laughing his head off.


That's the teeniest tiniest cataract I have ever seen, he said. That won't cause you any problems. Rip up that offer of the operation and throw it in the bin.


That cataract might never cause you any problems and you may never need an operation. There's nothing for you to worry about.


He told me my eyes have not deteriorated one jot. My sight is just the same as it has been for the last 5 years since the YAG iridectomy laser treatment.


That Specsavers optician has a lot to answer for. She was totally irresponsible. I have been worrying ever since she told me and ever since she said my eyesight had deteriorated dramatically and me needing the cataract operation urgently.


I literally want to slap her across her face for the unnecessary distress she caused me.


My brain believed her and I felt like this was the end of everything, and I lost my confidence these last couple of weeks. Even though I was saying hopefully St Paul's hospital will not agree with her diagnosis that I had cataracts, I wasn't fully believing what I was saying, and I was getting depressed over it.


It did not make sense. I felt my eyes had not deteriorated at all in the last 5 years, and because I had the same glasses and the optician at Specsavers has never said that I needed to change them.


That Specsavers lady optician telling me (a couple of weeks or so ago) that my eyesight had deteriorated dramatically since last since last year really did put me in a bad place. The St Paul's specialist today confirmed my eyesight has not changed at all, and has not deteriorated at all. And that my eyesight is good, and that my right eye which the lady Specsavers insisted was really bad it is not really bad at all BUT it is pretty much near on par with my left eye. I could read further down the hospital eye chart with my supposedly really bad right eye, yet I couldn't at the opticians. And I wasn't having a bad day at Specsavers, her eye equipment was steaming up/misting up which was causing me problems. I had no problems like this at St Paul's Hospital today.


It was murder coming back home on the motorway with the going home traffic, the inside lane was doing 70 minimum, the middle lane was doing 80 and the cars and stuff, and the outside lane were doing 90. And they were weaving...I had no choice but to do 70 on the inside lane. I have not done that kind of motorway driving in many many years, not since J died, so we're talking 15 years.


I wanted to come back home for Midnight. Last year I had said I was going to book a hotel for a couple of nights. But I changed my mind and decided if I did need a hotel then I would just have to pop my car somewhere safe and go to that dive, the Adelphi which is literally a stone throw from the hospital.


When the eye specialist began laughing at my miniscule cataract, somehow I got a whole pile of confidence back, and strangely I could see more clearly, It is like all the stress over this so-called cataract business just melted away.


I haven't come back to Planet Earth yet...

Or got over the Specialist Boss Man laughing at my minuscule cataract...
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As the others have said, result!
Get yer pjs on, and have a cuppa and lots of praise from us.of

if I may, why would you stay at the Adelphi?
There is a lot of really decent modern hotels on the riverfront, more than half the price than that relic!
I could say why the Adelphi had gone out of favour, but it's against forum rules!

And it is awful on the motorway outa da city. It's called wacky races, between four and seven in the afternoon, it is much heavier traffic but not so bad going back on the A roads. Until you get through Chester to Wrexham. But even around there it can be madness.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on yet another blustery day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.6 this am but never mind the quality, feel the width. Blown, blasted, whirled and whisked into town yesterday. The return though was heads into the wind like rounding the horn in a storm but without Kenneth, Barry Took or Marty Feldman to do the fancy scripts. Today is a bit of an unknown but I do need to get a sheet of wrapping paper to conceal a gift that is currently hiding in the back of my wardrobe. Art bit, the sea, the sea! Hope your day is kind to you and all the very best to @gennepher and @jjraak for forthcoming eye appointments. I need to finish my koffy and then do some exercises.


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This seascape is amazing...out of this world...
 
jjraak said:
On underground on way home...(yay me, another challenge taken on )

Just finished appointment..lots of waiting around , almost normal T2D eye test, drops blah, blah, blah.

Seems I might have to get a little fitter to avoid them cancelling op, but plan was to enjoy chrimbo and set sail for a healthier 2024, so that should be do able .

Down on the list for the op, might be a 6 months plus wait, which gives me the time needed, please God.

So Jan 2024, back to testing.
Back to lchf.
Back to life.
Back to the sunlight.

Time to shake off the debilitation of the last 2 years & face life afresh.
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A hug, but you need winner too for everything in the last couple of years @jjraak

You have done amazingly x
 
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