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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Food today
B: greek yoghurt with walnuts and milled seeds.

Then lunch at shopping centre. Big Easy do a lunch menu for £11 including a drink. I had their bbq taster. 1 large pork spare rib, pulled pork, half a sausage and a piece of chicken! All dry rub so no sweet sauces. Cole slaw. Very tasty and filling. Drank Prosecco
Gave the sausage, the accompanying beans and corn muffin to hubby (who also had chips and burger of his own!)

Just listened to new podcast very interesting on heart health, metabolism, light and grounding. Turns some conventional thoughts on their heads. Dr Stephen Hussey on the Kick Sugar Podcast added yesterday. Worth a listen
 
Zhnyaka said:
Of the exotic plants here, only the Sosnovsky hogweed :hilarious:
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Annb said:
Had to look up that hogweed. It looks pretty awful once it gets out of control. Dangerous too.
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Looks to be a close family member of our 'Berenklauw', grows everywhere, just don't touch it. Very recognisable too so easy to avoid.
But maybe it's more rare in the UK. A week or so ago I saw a facebook post on a UK based open water swimming group starting with a WARNING WARNING WARNING, which turned out to be about a small patch of this plant in a popular swimming spot, and people seemed very alarmed by a plant my parents taught me to avoid when I was 5 years old.

Forgot to post my food in my previous post, second day of sauerkraut mash (cauliflower) with smoked sausage and pork belly both boiled and boiled and fried. :hungry:
Will have the same on the bridge for the next two days.

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MrsA2 said:
@Annb having spent a few days this year admiring the Hebrides from the mainland, we've just booked a small boat wildlife tour for next August. Will pack more appropriately after reading your weather report today. There's a heatwave here, 29°
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Hebrides looks fabulous! Would you like to send us some photos from your trip? It really looks like a landscape from some kind of fantasy. I would like to see it with my own eyes.

Antje77 said:
Looks to be a close family member of our 'Berenklauw', grows everywhere, just don't touch it. Very recognisable too so easy to avoid.
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It really is very similar! When I Googled this plant, I saw several photos where it was used as an interior decor. I wonder if the people who did it survived?
 
Zhnyaka said:
Hebrides looks fabulous! Would you like to send us some photos from your trip? It really looks like a landscape from some kind of fantasy. I would like to see it with my own eyes.


It really is very similar! When I Googled this plant, I saw several photos where it was used as an interior decor. I wonder if the people who did it survived?
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Hard to choose between the 'agree' emoji for the first part of your post and the 'funny' for the second part.
Can't imagine choosing a plant that causes painful and sunlightlight sensitive blisters as interior decor, but I guess it wouldn't hurt as long as you water them very carefully.
They are blossoming everywhere now, and I love them for their looks!
MrsA2 said:
@Antje77 that wrist sounds like my nan's hand when her arthritis flares up. I couldn't believe how red, hot and swollen it was and wanted her to go to hospital, but she said that's how it goes sometimes . Maybe research around triggers, some don't respond well to tomatoes, aubergines etc.

Glad the date went well, and good spotting of the "overload" signs
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Thanks for your compliment on spotting overload signs, it was easy to see with your and facebooks tips! He'll need to work on spotting it himself though, I beat him by at least 45 minutes and adjusted plans before he even knew he was shutting down.

I've been seeing a rheumatologist last year, and I agree this looks very similar to an arthritis flare up, I've been having this occasionally for decades in different joints/tendons. Rheumatologist couldn't really diagnose anything specific, I'm welcome to come back when things get worse.
I saw her because my back problems got ridiculous, possibly AxSpa (Bechterew), possibly psoriatric atrhritis (without clear signs of psoriasis), but then over the past year my bak problems greatly improved.
And for now I rather have a sore wrist than hospital appointments. If it hasn't improved next week I'll get an appointment with the physio and see what he thinks, he has proven to do some very sound thinking in the past.
 
MrsA2 said:
@Antje77 that wrist sounds like my nan's hand when her arthritis flares up. I couldn't believe how red, hot and swollen it was and wanted her to go to hospital, but she said that's how it goes sometimes . Maybe research around triggers, some don't respond well to tomatoes, aubergines etc.

Glad the date went well, and good spotting of the "overload" signs

@Annb having spent a few days this year admiring the Hebrides from the mainland, we've just booked a small boat wildlife tour for next August. Will pack more appropriately after reading your weather report today. There's a heatwave here, 29°
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We always recommend guests bring wellies, rain and wind proof jackets and a sweater or two as well as lightweight clothes for a summer break here. You just never know. When the weather is good, it is wonderful.
 
Antje77 said:
No summer break on the bridge, if anything there's more work during summer season. :hilarious:
But who knows. My life has changed so much during the past year and a half getting used to life without depression, I have no idea what could be possible in the future!
It would be a very long drive (I really don't see myself travelling by any other means than by car), but it would also be in and through places I'd love to see very much, with the bonus of meeting a friend at the end of the road!

Not this year, and I'll need to make some more money first anyway. But maybe...
@Ushthetaff gave me some very interesting ideas on travelling in Scotland as well a couple of years ago, and I'd love to meet him as well.
Oh well, dreams, but maybe not impossible dreams!
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No plans for me either but I’m always up for a good chat getting me to shut up is the thing . Think my Summerthis yeah is hospital bound as I’m due to get some toes or maybe my other leg off. It’ll take some getting use to but it’ll no stop me walking
 
Ushthetaff said:
No plans for me either but I’m always up for a good chat getting me to shut up is the thing . Think my Summerthis yeah is hospital bound as I’m due to get some toes or maybe my other leg off. It’ll take some getting use to but it’ll no stop me walking
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Yuck, hospital isn't the best place to enjoy summer. Will you be able to bribe nurses into bringing you outside if the weather is nice?
I'll have my fingers crossed you won't lose any more tattoos, one half tattoo is enough.
All the best, I hope your operation and recovery will be mainly boring!
 
Zhnyaka said:
It sounds so terrible! Do you have gangrene again?
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It’s past gangrene stage three toes are basically dead I’m just out of hospital for a month
 
Ushthetaff said:
No plans for me either but I’m always up for a good chat getting me to shut up is the thing . Think my Summerthis yeah is hospital bound as I’m due to get some toes or maybe my other leg off. It’ll take some getting use to but it’ll no stop me walking
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The "winner" was for your attitude. My MIL lost one leg to gangrene (didn't know she was diabetic - doctor said she wasn't, but her pancreas had stopped working about 18 months before) and that made her give up on everything. Then she lost the 2nd leg and just sat back and waited for the end to come. Which it did in a very few months.

So glad to see that you are determined to keep going and not give in.
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and for the real thing, check this out: https://www.newsflare.com/video/544012/bird-cant-swallow-frog-that-desperately-holds-onto-its-face
 
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The last of the smoked haddock pate with some RyVita for breakfast today.

For a change, Neil went to town today and bought some bits and pieces for me (as well as 2 very smart 2nd hand chairs and a "mixer" (something to do with his electronic musical stuff). So 2nd meal today will be an idea I saw on some TV chef programme a few weeks ago - chicken breast stuffed with ham and cheese (not the same as chicken Kiev - for this the breast has to be battered flat, lined with ham and that filled with soft cheese before rolling, wrapping in foil and roasting).
 
MrsA2 said:
@Antje77 that wrist sounds like my nan's hand when her arthritis flares up. I couldn't believe how red, hot and swollen it was and wanted her to go to hospital, but she said that's how it goes sometimes . Maybe research around triggers, some don't respond well to tomatoes, aubergines etc.

Glad the date went well, and good spotting of the "overload" signs

@Annb having spent a few days this year admiring the Hebrides from the mainland, we've just booked a small boat wildlife tour for next August. Will pack more appropriately after reading your weather report today. There's a heatwave here, 29°
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To add to your list @MrsA2, red meat, chocolate, oranges and lemons and sugar
 
MrsA2 said:
Food today
B: greek yoghurt with walnuts and milled seeds.

Then lunch at shopping centre. Big Easy do a lunch menu for £11 including a drink. I had their bbq taster. 1 large pork spare rib, pulled pork, half a sausage and a piece of chicken! All dry rub so no sweet sauces. Cole slaw. Very tasty and filling. Drank Prosecco
Gave the sausage, the accompanying beans and corn muffin to hubby (who also had chips and burger of his own!)

Just listened to new podcast very interesting on heart health, metabolism, light and grounding. Turns some conventional thoughts on their heads. Dr Stephen Hussey on the Kick Sugar Podcast added yesterday. Worth a listen
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How do you get these podcasts please? I would like to hear the Dr. Hussey one. PS I dont even know what a podcast is!
 
I didn't make the chicken thing yesterday. I just suddenly had a yen for bhajis made with cauliflower and leek - 2 veg I had already prepped for no specific dish. Oddly it really spiked my BG (up to 16!) It doesn't usually do that. Maybe I had too many. There were still some left so I had them for breakfast. BG is OK though. No sense in it.

Making the chicken thing for 2nd meal today.
 
MrsA2 said:
I'll send you a private message explaining how, probably tomorrow. Do you prefer to use a mobile phone or a pc/tablet?
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@MrsA2, I am not very tech literate at all so I can only say, I use a mobile phone and a pc and a tablet, nor do I know how to get a private message. I did private message @Estragon a few years ago, but I have forgotten how. I have Diabetes Forum on my pc.
 
Annb said:
I just suddenly had a yen for bhajis made with cauliflower and leek - 2 veg I had already prepped for no specific dish. Oddly it really spiked my BG (up to 16!) It doesn't usually do that. Maybe I had too many. There were still some left so I had them for breakfast. BG is OK though. No sense in it.
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I love cauliflower bhaji, I order a main dish sized portion every time we have an Indian takeaway. So lucky our local one does it without potato, most don't.

Leeks are a little bit carby but 16 sounds unusually high. Perhaps some factor other than diet was to blame?
 
debs248 said:
I love cauliflower bhaji, I order a main dish sized portion every time we have an Indian takeaway. So lucky our local one does it without potato, most don't.

Leeks are a little bit carby but 16 sounds unusually high. Perhaps some factor other than diet was to blame?
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Probably. Leeks don't usually have any serious effect on my BG, so it shouldn't have been them, although they did taste unexpectedly sweet in places. Maybe it was just quantity - gram flour does have a good few carbs although not as much as wheat flour. Maybe just the amount of effort I had to put into making them and an overgenerous liver. I daresay it will remain a mystery.
 
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