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

ianpspurs said:
Morning everyone from a damp and decidedly fresh L.A. Unknown fbg as sensor expired last evening and I need to evaluate the risk and reward of applying another one. There is already too much in my life over which I am powerless to influence without Libre emphasising that steroids and antibiotics add bg management to the list - risk. On the other hand, making no effort to manage bg is also a risk but is there any reward apart from feeling well at least I tried?. Libre showed clearly whatever strategies I used to control my desire to bring readings in line with trend there was a stress effect just before a reading: I always set a timer and knew when time was approaching - which rapidly fell away. @gennepher thank you for sharing the photo and kaleidoscope. @dunelm thank you for sharing the art. Today we plan to go into Newmarket - provided the earlier accident on the A14 hasn't gridlocked West Suffolk - as I need more EVOO and a marmite and cheese sausage roll is on my non-existent bucket list - risk and reward. The same butcher also sells amazing scotch eggs according to JKP. and we need meat for a family Sunday lunch. Why do most supermarkets offer meat in sizes only fit for the Borrowers - except that awful leg of lamb nonsense? Enjoy Friday - chances of cricket in St John's Wood?
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Thank you @ianpspurs
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

I had to go out this morning to pick up my prescription. I couldn't understand why when I was in the chemist that their lighting was affecting my vision.

It was messing my vision up making me start off with a visual migraine attack. It has not done that before. Then I realised there was a spotlight above the cashiers desk facing all the customers. It was like a bright interrogation lamp and all I could see was colours. I just couldn't even see the peoples faces. There was a bit of commotion by the door and I looked away from the exceptionally bright spotlight. Then I realised there were a few what looked like to me, drug addicts, at the front of the chemist shop by the window, inside... there was a bit of argy bargy among them, and they were shoving each other. One was getting a bit angry and very agitated. There was no way of anyone getting out of the chemist shop because they were all at the door...

Then the angry one was looking through all the cold remedies on the counter and opened one and he found what he was looking for which appeared to be small sachet of something but it was not the actual cold remedy itself, it was a hand folded piece of white paper. He got what he came for and then left.. then I realised quite possibly the bright light was to deter the drug addicts but it is completely messed up my sight for today or longer. There were also a couple of set in ceiling lights either side of the spotlight which were flashing. Both of these would trigger off a visual migraine attack for me.

I collected my medicines and came straight home because I wasn't able to do any shopping not being able to see properly.

I should have been doing a few more badger and fox videos, but I am unable to see well enough to work on the iPad to do them, so they are on hold until this visual migraine attack has gone.

No kaleidoscopes either today because I can't see well enough to do them.

So, that is me stymied for a few days...

So, for my creative, you have a photograph of one of my acrylic paintings I did awhile ago.

Have a good day....


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Not a good time at the chemists but a cheer for the smashing landscape
 
Annb said:
My brother does jigsaw puzzles but I don't. Once I start one, I can't give up on it until it's done - no patience. My puzzling is all done on family history sites and charts. Same with that though. I can't just leave it alone and keep going for much too long into the night sometimes.
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Agreed, its difficult to leave without finding one more piece.
The other thing I should be doing, instead of jigsaw, is using or preserving the tomatoes harvested Tuesday.
Here they are:
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These are only from the plants in pots. There are many more in the greenhouse.
 
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SlimLizzy said:
Agreed, its difficult to leave without finding one more piece.
The other thing I should be doing, instead of jigsaw, is using or preserving the tomatoes harvested Tuesday.
Here they are:
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These are only from the plants in pots. There are many more in the greenhouse.
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A real bounty there, especially with more to come from the green house
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning everyone from a damp and decidedly fresh L.A. Unknown fbg as sensor expired last evening and I need to evaluate the risk and reward of applying another one. There is already too much in my life over which I am powerless to influence without Libre emphasising that steroids and antibiotics add bg management to the list - risk. On the other hand, making no effort to manage bg is also a risk but is there any reward apart from feeling well at least I tried?. Libre showed clearly whatever strategies I used to control my desire to bring readings in line with trend there was a stress effect just before a reading: I always set a timer and knew when time was approaching - which rapidly fell away. @gennepher thank you for sharing the photo and kaleidoscope. @dunelm thank you for sharing the art. Today we plan to go into Newmarket - provided the earlier accident on the A14 hasn't gridlocked West Suffolk - as I need more EVOO and a marmite and cheese sausage roll is on my non-existent bucket list - risk and reward. The same butcher also sells amazing scotch eggs according to JKP. and we need meat for a family Sunday lunch. Why do most supermarkets offer meat in sizes only fit for the Borrowers - except that awful leg of lamb nonsense? Enjoy Friday - chances of cricket in St John's Wood?
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Thank you Ian...
 
SlimLizzy said:
Agreed, its difficult to leave without finding one more piece.
The other thing I should be doing, instead of jigsaw, is using or preserving the tomatoes harvested Tuesday.
Here they are:
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These are only from the plants in pots. There are many more in the greenhouse.
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What a wonderful selection of tomatoes - so many recipes spring to mind. All the very best with preserving them all.
 
gennepher said:
Thank you @LivingLightly
The badger family are regulars, but from time to time others come in...
Foxy Loxy is such a regular he must live in the same den as them, or the badgers knock on his door as they are leaving.
There have been a few other foxes, but are few and far between.
Thank you for the kaleidoscope compliment.
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Yes, indeed @gennepher, animals know when they're on to a good thing.
Your garden must seem like a positive treasure trove.

Friday's FBG 5.3 mmol/L on rising at 6.00 am.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7

Nighttime wildlife video
Badgers & the Fox (Foxy Loxy, who always arrives with them)
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Creative...a second photo of the postbox from a few weeks ago...atishoo, atishoo, atishoo they all fell down...and then some kaleider kaleidoscopes of it.

Night night...I am already in bed ready for sleep...
My feet are killing me...
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Thank you @gennepher for sharing a lively nighttime video and eye catching kaleidoscope images.

Friday's FBG 5.3 mmol/L on waking at 6.00 am.
 
Good morning everyone on what might be a sunny day here in the dark and dangerous north. The sky has blues and shades of red, orange and yellow - best get some washing on the line. 5.1 this a.m. It’s a “haven’t a clue” day today apart from a stroll into town - power walking - what’s that all about? Also, is there a difference between walking fast and fast walking - I just can’t keep up with all this newspeak about the same thing. Art room tidied up to the point of ‘that’l do’. Art bit, dug out some pigment powders, what fun! Hope your day is a dry one for a change. I best make koffy and then get that washing on the line.
 

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Fbg 6.8

I still have that visual migraine attack from yesterday, from being in the chemist's where they now shine an interrogation big bright spotlight on to the customers. it was fixed on the ceiling above the cashiers and impossible to avoid.

There were the two ceiling set in spotlights either side of it which were flashing, and I don't know whether that was intentional or not. But they will instantly trigger a visual migraine...

I will either have to walk into chemist with my eyes tight shut next time, or most probably I will find my dark wraparound sunglasses. My eyes are very sensitive to certain lighting conditions which do cause me visual migraine attacks. I have always had this, and I usually avoid shops or places which have these lighting conditions. But sometimes you can't avoid them.

I bought those dark wrap around sunglasses sometime in the 1970's from George Henry Lee in Liverpool. I was no good then with the kind of lighting they had in the shops at that time, and I would get a visual migraine within seconds of stepping in the shop. All I got from my GP at the time was to carry sugar lumps around with me and munch through the sugar lumps every time I got migraine attack.

So I will have to take those dark wrap around sunglasses next time I go into the chemist. The shops don't seem to sell sugar lumps anymore, so they are off my list..... but they are off my list anyway because of my diabetes, or was it because I was eating so many sugar lumps for years as advised by my GP that caused my diabetes?

Creative is one of my paintings I found when tidying...it was watercolours on wet layout paper stuck to a postcard. Then this morning I used pastel pencils for a bit of detail.

Have a good day.

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ianpspurs said:
A real bounty there, especially with more to come from the green house
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Thank you. I attempted to dry a lot of the cherry toms in the oven, but they came out too salty so were wasted.
 
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dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on what might be a sunny day here in the dark and dangerous north. The sky has blues and shades of red, orange and yellow - best get some washing on the line. 5.1 this a.m. It’s a “haven’t a clue” day today apart from a stroll into town - power walking - what’s that all about? Also, is there a difference between walking fast and fast walking - I just can’t keep up with all this newspeak about the same thing. Art room tidied up to the point of ‘that’l do’. Art bit, dug out some pigment powders, what fun! Hope your day is a dry one for a change. I best make koffy and then get that washing on the line.
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I love those pigment powders to play with @dunelm
It is not washing day here, it is raining....
 
5.4 this morning.
We have a really ancient freezer in the garage which is much more than 25'years:old and had only recently decided to retire it.

We got a text from our neighbour at 10.30pm last night. Had we got any freezer space - theirs had broken down. So it is now out of retirement until they replace their freezer. Hopefully it stays working until then.
 
dunelm said:
What a wonderful selection of tomatoes - so many recipes spring to mind. All the very best with preserving them all.
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Suggestions please, the oven dried cherry toms didn't work well. Have made yellow tomato chutney.
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Last year made sauces, but only a few ripe red plum tomatoes this year, no chillies and few peppers. Many onions though. My mother has requested red onion marmalade, but tomatoes must be dealt with first.
 
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