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Lamont D said:
Bad day at the Lamont household.
Mrs L deciding to cook a piece of gzmmon, lighting the cooker with the pot on.
As it was early morning and a bit nippy, the heating went on.
A cuppa obviously, and a bit of a snack.

As I woke up, to go the toilet, the heat emanating up the stairs was a bit sauna like.
I rushed downstairs to find Mrs L asleep.
Safe to say, unaware of the chaos.
It was 315am.

It took me the best part of 30 minutes to get back upstairs.

Up at 7am, to clean up and get ready for tv repair man.
He arrived.
For a computer reason, the upgrade didn't happen.
No one could understand.
A frustrated engineer left.
Phoned up to get some sense and they are returning Thursday.

Hurt myself doing kitchen duties.
Hands have been sore as well, locking fingers.

New glasses are ready, gonna pick empty up in morning.

Raining, windy, cool, cloudy day.
No grandkids to cheer me up.
No gardening to do.

Gammon tasting soon.

I bet you have a better day than I am having.

And the day ain't over yet!

Best wishes to you lot as always.
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I know only too well how stressful that situation must be @Lamont D. I gave up work to become my mother's full-time carer in her declining years. We were terrified that in her confusion she would set fire to her kitchen.

Tuesday's FBG, 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
 
SlimLizzy said:
19.08
Visitors all returned to UK yesterday. Some to distressing circumstances.
Unfortunately there has been a serious fire in the night, at my daughter's house and it is currently uninhabitable .
Her husband was lucky to get out - had to be rescued by the fire brigade through a window. He was in hospital overnight getting treatment for smoke inhalation. Two bedrooms and the staircase are entirely destroyed. All the other rooms have water and smoke damage.
I phoned my brother, currently on holiday somewhere in France, and they have arranged to use his house for now. Convieniently only a five min drive from the fire damaged house.
Goodness knows what happens next, but family and the local community are rallying round with offers of help.
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How distressing @SlimLizzy. What a dreadful shock for your daughter and her husband. I hope he's recovered now from the smoke inhalation.

Thank goodness nobody was seriously injured. At least you know that they have somewhere to stay and they're being supported by their local community,

Tuesday's FBG, 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.8

Nighttime wildlife video
Badger looking around...
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Creative...afraid it is my ferns in a kaleidoscope today in Laboscope
Because it was asthma yearly review this morning, and when I got back I crashed out asleep. Only just woke up, and it's 4 pm. Now 5:45 pm I have posted this. Not drunk enough water today with being out and then asleep, so trying to make up on fluids...
Asthma nurse kept talking to me when she was facing away from me on computer or washing her hands etc. I had explained when I went in, pointed to my lipreading badge on my chest. "Please face me I lipread". But more than 10 times I had to pull her up, and when she repeated it, she faced away again. My mind cannot comprehend this, and I pull her up again..."Are you muttering to yourself, or are you talking to me, I just reminded you I need to see your face to lipread". She looked darkly at me as she turned around, "I said you were doing very well".
I do not have a clue what she was referring to...doing very well at what? So I ask her. "Your weight", she replied. "What about my weight?" I ask. "You've lost weight," she replies.
And how big a deal is that, I am asking myself in my head.

She doesn't offer the information. So, I ask her, how much weight have I lost. Something kilograms, she replies. "I am sorry" I told her, "but I cannot lipread numbers, could you please write it down for me?"

She then shouts (thinking I will lipread shouting better) at me, "TWO STONES". And carries on shouting, "ISN'T THAT GOOD". I'm repeat the words 2 stones to make sure I have it correct, "You said, 2 stones, have I got that right ?", and she looks at me with an even further darkened face, as though she was dealing with an imbecile. (By this time, I do not care one jot that I have lost 2 stones).

Then she faces her computer, and is either muttering at it, or talking to me. I got told off so many times by the GP years ago (when there were such things as GP's) for asking if they were talking to me, when they were facing the computer, because I needed to see their lips to lipread, and I was told very abruptly to keep quiet then.

The asthma nurse stops muttering at the computer, she had been going through many different pages and highlighting in different colours, and turns to me, "Well, which?" she asks. I tell her yet again for the umpteenth time, "I have already told you many times at this appointment, that I lipread, and I have this badge on my chest which says please face me I lipread, yet you persist in talking to the wall (while washing her hands etc), and having conversations with your computer....but never facing me so I can lipread, and I have made it very clear, from the start, I need to see your face."

Her face couldn't have got any darker, "I was asking you if you wanted to have your diabetic review now, with me, or in a month's time with J".

I was tempted to say now to get it over and done with, (but she had been talking to her computer over 10 mins, and I am guessing now, writing this, that she had been relating stuff to me on my diabetes and I have not received one jot of that information so I am in the dark about that).....so I said, next month with J. I have no idea who J is.

She literally ran to the other side of her room, grabbed her tea/coffee mug and ran to their tea room...and I left and went to bed absolutely shattered.


I hope you had a good day.

I am tired, my day has been wasted with utter stupidity of others who should know better.

The day is now getting dark, evening is here, and I have done nothing.., I need to see to Midnight (who still won't come in as it is too warm), see to the beasties, trail cams, and lock up....

Have a good night's sleep...

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I've encountered that nurse here in London @gennepher. Yes, they're short-staffed and the heavy workload relentless, but you wonder how somebody so mean and uncaring ever decided on a career in nursing!

Tuesday's FBG, 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
 
Good morning everyone on a sunny and breezy start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.0 this a.m. Left shoulder and elbow continue to hold their unofficial action so mediation pills have been deployed. Lower back is sitting on the fence for now. Packed and ready, sailing this evening from Port of Tyne. Dundee first and then over to Norway. Art bit - looks like Timothy Leary did it. Hope your day goes in your favour. I need some Koffy and then do a bit of tidying up and putting away.
 

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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on a sunny and breezy start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.0 this a.m. Left shoulder and elbow continue to hold their unofficial action so mediation pills have been deployed. Lower back is sitting on the fence for now. Packed and ready, sailing this evening from Port of Tyne. Dundee first and then over to Norway. Art bit - looks like Timothy Leary did it. Hope your day goes in your favour. I need some Kody and then do a bit of tidying up and putting away.
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I love the tree @dunelm
 
Fbg 6.7

Nighttime wildlife videos
Badgers & Cat drinking water...

Creative...a kaleidoscope in Laboscope.

Have a good day...

Arthritis in my right hand and fingers giving me gyp....
Why? Arthritis go away and leave me alone...
Left knee joining the Sharp Pains party...
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I need that basket of mystery potions....


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BG 7.5 at 03.30 today. Not great, but considering that it was 15 when I went to bed, I can't really complain. Rising now, on the strength of 2 cups of tea.

Today I have to have a US scan of my bladder for some reason. Don't know who ordered it or why. Maybe something to do with that last blood test, but there's no information available, apparently. Not even an indication of who referred me for the scan. It's going to be a busy few days - tomorrow is leg rewrapping day and an appointment later in the day with the opthalmologist. I thought they'd forgotten me, but out of the blue came an appointment. Next week, it's another eye appointment at the hospital and my diabetic eye screening on another day and a podiatry appointment. Busy, busy.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

Nighttime wildlife videos
Badgers & Cat drinking water...

Creative...a kaleidoscope in Laboscope.

Have a good day...

Arthritis in my right hand and fingers giving me gyp....
Why? Arthritis go away and leave me alone...
Left knee joining the Sharp Pains party...
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I need that basket of mystery potions....


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Sentimentally attached to nasturtiums. My dad used to grow lots of them and we'd love the leaves in salads way back in the 1940's and 50's. My brother and myself used to just go out into the garden and chomp our way through several leaves at a time - loving the peppery taste. Never used the flowers, but I think you can. Can't grow them here - too wet I suppose.
 
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LivingLightly said:
I know only too well how stressful that situation must be @Lamont D. I gave up work to become my mother's full-time carer in her declining years. We were terrified that in her confusion she would set fire to her kitchen.

Tuesday's FBG, 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
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We had the same worry when Mr K 's dad came to live with us. Luckily he didn't attempt to cook anything.

One day I went up to his room. The wardrobe doors were open and all his clothes were gone. He had also disappeared.

We eventually found him. He said that he could only wear one set of clothes so all he needed were the clothes he was wearing and he had taken the rest to a charity shop.

Thank goodness we were able to retrieve the clothes.
 
5.6 this morning.
Had a really good day yesterday, reading and relaxing and drinking coffee.

It was so lovely to go through the training video really slowly and take it in properly. There is so much information on it. Am now a quarter of the way through it.

Did our weekly Aldi shop. They had refilled the shelf with the special EVO - so I bought one more bottle to go into my store cupboard. Obviously the out of stock sticker was incorrect.
 
Morning all - nearly over - from L.A. where a breezy, ergo sub-optimal, start to the day has given way to sunshine and Test cricket. Breeze probably good for drying washing but I don't need polo shirts and towels to exfoliate me, especially whilst my skin is healing, thanks. @dunelm hug for the pains but thank you for sharing your art. Enjoy the cruise. @gennepher thank you for sharing the kaleidoscope. Some sinister looking figures in the outer circle of the bulls eye: indicative of your mood following the close encounter of the wrong kind with the asthma nurse from hell? I would quite like to make a kaleidoscope of one of these which JKP grows. No success with the fruit being edible. I do like some flowers when in the right mood.

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@Annb hug for the high bg and busy medical schedule. Here's an interesting piece that caught my eye and a new word that may explain some of the reasons behind how we got here: Torschlusspanik. Doesn't mention fish or peanut butter but surely implicates bacon and gammon. Enjoy your day and be especially loving if you have youngsters awaiting GCSE results tomorrow.
 
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ianpspurs said:
Morning all - nearly over - from L.A. where a breezy, ergo sub-optimal, start to the day has given way to sunshine and Test cricket. Breeze probably good for drying washing but I don't need polo shirts and towels to exfoliate me, especially whilst my skin is healing, thanks. @dunelm hug for the pains but thank you for sharing your art. Enjoy the cruise. @gennepher thank you for sharing the kaleidoscope. Some sinister looking figures in the outer circle of the bulls eye: indicative of your mood following the close encounter of the wrong kind with the asthma nurse from hell? I would quite like to make a kaleidoscope of one of these which JKP grows. No success with the fruit being edible. I do like some flowers when in the right mood.

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@Annb hug for the high bg and busy medical schedule. Here's an interesting piece that caught my eye and a new word that may explain some of the reasons behind how we got here: Torschlusspanik. Doesn't mention fish or peanut butter but surely implicates bacon and gammon. Enjoy your day and be especially loving if you have youngsters awaiting GCSE results tomorrow.
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Well, it is a fact. Time is running out for all of us, one way or another; sooner or later. No point worrying about that. It's just a matter of when and how and since we can't really control it, no point worrying about that either. What will be, will be. It's not in our hands. On a personal level, that's OK by me, but when it comes to my loved ones, I find acceptance more difficult. For example, prayed so hard for my brother's survival after heart surgery, although it seemed unlikely at times. Either my prayers were answered, or he would have recovered anyway. Probably helped me though.

I heard about that research implicating processed and red meat in T2 amongst other things. I wonder if there are any independent studies being done into the effects of carbs on general health and T2. Maybe the meat effect isn't so great without the interaction of carbohydrates.
 
Annb said:
Well, it is a fact. Time is running out for all of us, one way or another; sooner or later. No point worrying about that. It's just a matter of when and how and since we can't really control it, no point worrying about that either. What will be, will be. It's not in our hands. On a personal level, that's OK by me, but when it comes to my loved ones, I find acceptance more difficult. For example, prayed so hard for my brother's survival after heart surgery, although it seemed unlikely at times. Either my prayers were answered, or he would have recovered anyway. Probably helped me though.

I heard about that research implicating processed and red meat in T2 amongst other things. I wonder if there are any independent studies being done into the effects of carbs on general health and T2. Maybe the meat effect isn't so great without the interaction of carbohydrates.
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I think that you should have been appointed Head of Research at Cambridge University @Annb.
 
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