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

dunelm said:
Just googled them - energy company.
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Me too. They seem to be running the scheme under which our new heating system and insulation was put in. Poor explanation of the issue. Another one of these occasions when the author of a letter, or similar, thinks it's obvious what they're talking about, when it is far from it. Badly addressed letter as well - no name, no proper address and begins with "Hi". Ends with "Thanks" and "The OVO Team" no actual person. Modern ways, I suppose and I'm just old-fashioned.
 
Annb said:
6.9 at 0630 today. Very tired so went back to sleep in the chair until about 09.30. BG up a bit by then, but had breakfast and insulin and it's down into the 5's now, which is where I want it. Put my basal insulin up to 50u from the 48 the nurse wants me to use and I think I will be more comfortable with that, but we'll see how it goes.

Had a letter today from an organisation called "OVO" telling me that they have my data and explaining how it is safe with them. Never heard of OVO so why do they have my data? The letter wasn't addressed properly - no name, just the house number and the Postcode. There is one mention of energy efficiency at the bottom of the first page so I wonder if it is something to do with our new heating system, or just some kind of junk/scam. Not sure what to do about it at the moment.
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OVO are my energy company for gas and electricity @Annb
The company is genuine, but obviously I have no idea if your letter is genuine. Who can tell these days...

EDIT Just seen your reply to @dunelm
I just looked for an email from OVO to me personally, and yes it does begin
"Hi (my first name) .....
(Then the body of the email)
And it finishes....
Thanks
THE OVO TEAM"



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This may explain a bit.
Your installers would have registered only your address for all the stuff you had done. It will only be registered to your address. Your name will not appear on that registration of the stuff you had done. The installers register it, obviously also in order to get paid. You do not personally register any of the stuff you had done. It is not registered to your name at all. Only the address where the stuff was done...




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gennepher said:
OVO are my energy company for gas and electricity @Annb
The company is genuine, but obviously I have no idea if your letter is genuine. Who can tell these days...

EDIT Just seen your reply to @dunelm
I just looked for an email from OVO to me personally, and yes it does begin
"Hi (my first name) .....
(Then the body of the email)
And it finishes....
Thanks
THE OVO TEAM"



2ND EDIT
This may explain a bit.
Your installers would have registered only your address for all the stuff you had done. It will only be registered to your address. Your name will not appear on that registration of the stuff you had done. The installers register it, obviously also in order to get paid. You do not personally register any of the stuff you had done. It is not registered to your name at all. Only the address where the stuff was done...




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Yes, that does explain a bit, but the content is about the data they hold about us and how they will protect it. Not important if all they have is an address and what was installed. They might also have something about Neil's status because it's he who was given the grant towards the job being done while I provided the actual cash for the rest of it.
 
ianpspurs said:
souped up immune system has gone rogue and large blisters erupt without notice. I'm less skin covered than wound dressing covere
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No matter how tough you are personally, that sounds rough....

So manly hugs sent, belay the 'not needed ' appeal.

Take care, fella
Enjoy the day, as best you can with the little guy & sis
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all on frez up yer ninny (© Mrs R.E.D. P aka my mum) Tuesday in L.A. No known fbg but it would be interesting as my souped up immune system has gone rogue and large blisters erupt without notice. I'm less skin covered than wound dressing covered. Fortunately JKP trained as a nurse, there are none in delicate areas and Amazon deliver - not sure about other offal. Since Saturday I can really only wear a sock on my left foot due to a cluster of goodies, several dressings and a bandage. so step count is minimal. We all have different crosses to bear so no hugs please. My treatment team are aware and the big picture is that last scan showed a stable disease. I'm taking a break from drip trip this time. @alf_Josiah I hope Mrs A. J. had a positive visit to the fracture clinic. @gennepher what a strange story of rage. Thank you for that magnificent sketch. Two grandchildren here later - the Little Guy ™ and his Big sister, England playing cricket (should win that one) so there's all the hugs and blessings a man could ever need. Take care, don't over do the yamas and peace be with you.
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As requested - no hugs, but ouch Ian, that sounds painful! The walking bit I get - I can't get shoes on either with all the bandaging, but for you that must be a difficult cross to bear. That and the pain. Wish there was something I could do to help, other than the prayers you are always included in.
 
Annb said:
Me too. They seem to be running the scheme under which our new heating system and insulation was put in. Poor explanation of the issue. Another one of these occasions when the author of a letter, or similar, thinks it's obvious what they're talking about, when it is far from it. Badly addressed letter as well - no name, no proper address and begins with "Hi". Ends with "Thanks" and "The OVO Team" no actual person. Modern ways, I suppose and I'm just old-fashioned.
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Robot letter
 
I think my legs have come out in empathy with some of you lot.
Since reading the posts and cleaning and etc. I freeze if I'm on Statins again!
Foot sore and cramping!
Sounds like a comedy duo, but it is not humerous, that is below the elbow!
Still to much to do before I can get my feet up.

Weather is wetter, colder and windier than Chrimbo!
It is awful.

Trying to listen to cricket, even tho it's been raining
 
Krystyna23040 said:
You wouldn't think anything would kill a laylandii. Hope the magnolia tree does much better.

It is lovely that your garden is a haven for wildlife.
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Wish that was true. We have a murderous cat. She will hunt anything smaller than herself. This years known casualties : a bluetit, a robin, a couple of sparrows, whole nest of song thrush chicks, several voles, mice, a shrew, a small snake, one slow worm (may have survived minus it's tail) a lizard ( injured and probably died) Uncountable numbers of insects and spiders...
Counting them up I am actually a bit shocked.
Not exactly a haven for wildlife. Sadly
Seems the only things she doesn't catch are moles.
Not exactly a haven for wildlife. Sadly
Correction: The bluetit was last year, when MrSlim was reroofing the potting shed. Kiki was up there and the bluetit landed next to her.
 
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SlimLizzy said:
Wish that was true. We have a murderous cat. She will hunt anything smaller than herself. This years known casualties : a bluetit, a robin, a couple of sparrows, whole nest of song thrush chicks, several voles, mice, a shrew, a small snake, one slow worm (may have survived minus it's tail) a lizard ( injured and probably died) Uncountable numbers of insects and spiders...
Counting them up I am actually a bit shocked.
Not exactly a haven for wildlife. Sadly
Seems the only things she doesn't catch are moles.
Not exactly a haven for wildlife. Sadly
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That is a shame @SlimLizzy - although it is highly likely that lots of birds and other wildlife have survived in your garden.
 
Good morning everyone on a not for long sunny start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. A cheery 5.3 this am. Opticians yesterday for an eye watering glimpse into the rising cost of eyewear - I thought I was being quoted for a business class flight to Bali. My wallet is now in a safe house and being counselled by specialists after the emergency ten shilling note was dragged screaming from it’s dusty depths and out into the artificial brightness of an array of embedded LED ceiling lights. Taking brother in law out to lunch today to celebrate his escape from respite care and making his way back home like a cat who is unimpressed by it’s staff suddenly, and without a by your leave, moving to a new house. Art bit - blooming eck! A bunch of trees. Stay safe, don’t watch any news today - it’s all about a shouting match where nothing much is actually said. Koffy, that’s the ticket.
 

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6.4 at 06.00 today.

Haven't yet worked out why but it seems that recently BG has been pretty stable all day (if it starts off high, it stays on the high side, but if it starts off reasonable, then it stays so) but in the late afternoon/early evening it starts yo-yoing - drops down to below 4, I try to correct it and it shoots up to around 10. If it goes beyond 11, I take a small amount of insulin, but that is likely to lead to a low count again during the night. I wonder if I change the timing of my basal dose, it might help. Perhaps not take it until later in the morning...

I think the Ancestry website has decided that it doesn't want to work with my browser, and that is the difficulty I'm having. It doesn't say so, but I can't think of anything else, even though it did work for the first evening that I had access to it. Neil's been too busy to update my system for me - it really needs a new operating system to support an up-to-date browser.
 
Annb said:
We planted one leylandii to see how it would withstand the climate here. That was something like 45 years ago. It died back, dried out by the wind but I didn't take it out. It stood there, brown and horrid looking for a year or two but after that it sprouted some green at the top. Looked ridiculous but I hate pulling out anything that has some life in it so I left it there. Now, it is tall and green and does withstand all the wind that our climate can throw at it but it is still brown at the base - that part never recovered. Doesn't matter too much because it is now surrounded by other greenery so you can only see the bottom of it from certain angles.
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MrSlim pulled it up with without difficulty, the roots appeared to be dead. So now there is a lovely magnolia tree there.
 
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