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

SlimLizzy said:
MrSlim is not always very helpful here either. He will be having bread and cheese late in the evening and bring me some too.... or buy cakes when he goes shopping... very hard to resist. Plus the conversation group on friday always has cake or biscuits. Often made by me.
His dietary requirements are exactly opposite to mine. Little protein, lots of white carbs, which means there is always "forbidden" food such as biscuits in the house.
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When my art group @SlimLizzy was still active, before Covid and lockdowns, and when it was my turn to be tea lady, bringing the biscuits and cakes and stuff, I decided to do healthy options which included a different variety of fruits. Not one person partook of my healthy treats...they drank the tea and coffee, and a lot of hot chocolate that day. And I came home with all my beautifully cut and arranged healthy treats.

However the plus to that it was somehow never my turn to be tea lady again even if my name came up in the rota, someone always said, oh we'll do it this week.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
I never realised that D3 deprivation had such a devastating effect. It is strange that you are not building up a reserve with such a massive dose.
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Think I am, but slowly. The mental effects are gradually coming later in the month, so there is hope that they will fade away entirely some time.
 
gennepher said:
When my art group @SlimLizzy was still active, before Covid and lockdowns, and when it was my turn to be tea lady, bringing the biscuits and cakes and stuff, I decided to do healthy options which included a different variety of fruits. Not one person partook of my healthy treats...they drank the tea and coffee, and a lot of hot chocolate that day. And I came home with all my beautifully cut and arranged healthy treats.

However the plus to that it was somehow never my turn to be tea lady again even if my name came up in the rota, someone always said, oh we'll do it this week.
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What a wonderful way to get out of being tea lady @gennepher
 
Fbg 6.9

Got caught out in the deluge this morning, when we were promised a sunny day with zero chance of precipitation. Recovering in bed now....

I am cold...

Wildlife nighttime video
Cat Jade & the Badger & Cat Midnight makes an appearance
55 secs

Creative...another poor old soul gets stuck while trying to get a newspaper out of that heavy plastic flap at the garage forecourt, and discovering two arms with hands are not enough...

Going back to sleep in bed to try and dry out and warm up my old bones...

I should have got a bottle of sherry while I was out, never mind, a cuppa hot tea will have to do...

Have your best day...

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Good afternoon from a dry but not very warm L.A. @dunelm thank you for sharing the art and I hope the meal was splendid. @gennepher thank you for another amazing sketch but hug for the cold. Another drip trip over without a hitch even though they were very busy today. Busy start to today as one or both the dogs had "digestive issues." Enjoy Thursday.
 
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ianpspurs said:
Good afternoon from a dry but not very warm L.A. @dunelm thank you for sharing art and I hope the meal was splendid. @gennepher thank you for another amazing sketch but hug for the cold. Another drip trip over without a hitch even though they were very busy today. Busy start to today as one or both the dogs had "digestive issues." Enjoy Thursday.
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Thanks Ian
Glad your day went well...
 
Just got another appointment through the post - for an US scan of my liver. Not until late May though, so I can forget about that for a while. Walking marginally better than yesterday so I managed to get down the ramp to the car - didn't want Neil to have to run around too much with his bad back. He did manage to push me up the ramp to the Health Centre with a bit of effort and without hurting himself too much. He didn't want to do too much shopping though because carrying a heavy bag was too sore so what he took with him was a hastily rewritten list for the absolute minimum to last until Monday.

I haven't lost much weight despite serious efforts to reduce food intake (and only meat, fish and eggs) this week. Not quite back to where I was 3 weeks ago. That might be due to vegetables included the week before, or it might be something going wrong again with my waterworks causing me to hold on to excess fluids. Today's blood test might show some results on that. Had a little bit of cold chicken before I went out and 3 boiled eggs when I came back. I will need to eat something else this evening though.

At last got HBa1c results from the nurse I saw and was disappointed to find that my level had stuck between 58 and 60 for the 18 months to November 2023. That was the last time HBa1c was checked. In fact the last time I saw any of the diabetes team was before the lockdown in 2020. That was the last time I knew for sure what my HBa1c was. I'm going to try to get referred back from the hospital to the GP clinic -at least I get to see them once in a while.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.9

Got caught out in the deluge this morning, when we were promised a sunny day with zero chance of precipitation. Recovering in bed now....

I am cold...

Wildlife nighttime video
Cat Jade & the Badger & Cat Midnight makes an appearance
55 secs

Creative...another poor old soul gets stuck while trying to get a newspaper out of that heavy plastic flap at the garage forecourt, and discovering two arms with hands are not enough...

Going back to sleep in bed to try and dry out and warm up my old bones...

I should have got a bottle of sherry while I was out, never mind, a cuppa hot tea will have to do...

Have your best day...

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Lovely sketch - looks painful
 
ianpspurs said:
Good afternoon from a dry but not very warm L.A. @dunelm thank you for sharing the art and I hope the meal was splendid. @gennepher thank you for another amazing sketch but hug for the cold. Another drip trip over without a hitch even though they were very busy today. Busy start to today as one or both the dogs had "digestive issues." Enjoy Thursday.
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Thank your @ianpspurs
 
Good morning everyone from a warm but overcast start to the day here in French Froggy France. Supermarket yesterday to get essentials. Screw tops are not to be found it seems. Lunch, plat du jour, a starter of very small mussels with asparagus and beans, then rabbit with Toulouse sausages and vegetables. No pudding thanks. Home help arriving at 0930 this morning so Mrs Miggins and myself are going for an explore. There is an exhibition on at a local gallery to see and we can walk along the river. Art bit - tree sketch. Enjoy your day. I best make some koffy.
 

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