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

Morening all.
I don’t have time to, too, 2 post, but if I don’t do it now it won’t get done, therefore yesterday my blood sugars were 11.3 and this morning 9.3 I need to talk to the hospital about upping my insulin by 1 unit, or just be myself and do it, then tell them. Yes I have studied the graphs, held my finger up into the wind and got wet in the rain.
Mrs J has finally finished another painting, which I shall post tomorrow or Thursday.
Stay safe, no not the lockable box type, stay dry and blow raspberries at the world.
 
Pipp said:
Miserable 7.7 today. Pain does that .
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Sorry to hear that @Pipp

It's just so depressing .

You steel yourself to do well.
You eat properly
You take care of yourself

And bammm...that niggling pain begins ticking up, so it's difficult to ignore any more.

So if course all the body's me mechanisms kick in, desperate to aid in suppressing the pain & the bodies response.

Then no matter how good we've been, the BG elevator starts it's journey upwards .

An awful nuisance, but as @ianpspurs once said so wisely, "there's more than one snake in the jungle"

We can only fight our battles accordingly.

Hope the pain issues,cuf possible, eases asap.
And happier numbers return for you .
 
Morning all

7.8..what should be a 'meh' score usually but of late, it's a good one, & it's in a downward trajectory...for now

On a plus coming up to year 5, I'm finally beginning to return to my old self ...

I've accepted the physical limitations, so that's helped , but it's combo of the meds finally getting balanced with a returning capacity to make sense & interact in a less anxious fashion to 'society' at large, is where the big changes have come

I still have my moments, but aided and abetted by the GP surgery, I am finally get back to more of those "You..but on a good day" as one advert once said.(Borrocca ? )

Best wishes You all find some of the tiny nuggets of pleasure that are scattered about, even on the most horrible of days

Joy
 
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Good morning everyone on a most wonderfully silent start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north.
5.4 this morning - “ever so ‘umble Mr Copperfield”.
A candle in the window last night for International Holocaust Day. We will remember them.
Heavy lifting today - annual eye screening and Roy Orbison impersonation day.
At the same time, but over in French Froggy France - new blinds are being fitted at my mother’s house.
But first - it bodes well for a bit of sunshine today so a good walk is in order.
Own your day, be in it. “Things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone” (Marcus Auralius).
Mind you, he knew nothing of koffy and that always needs to be judged so I had better go and make some. Italian I think, the French don’t have a word for cafetière!
 
7.2 at 03.40 today.

The thing that was put into my bed yesterday to make it easier to get in and out, wasn't much help. I think the mattress is just too thick and hard for the lifting mechanism to work properly. I did manage to sleep on my right side though and got in and out with the aid of a little handle that had also been attached to that side of the bed. The riser/recliner is a success - and it takes up less space than my old recliner, so that's good. They'll want it back before long, but it will help until I can get a better one myself.

Alistair and family did get to the mainland and back. It was a bit of an adventure but they got home with their "new" car without coming to grief. EDIT: they had to call out the AA just a few miles out of Inverness when they found the battery didn't do the 160 miles promised - only about 110. Power points are few and far between in Scotland still. Being towed in by the AA - ignomy!
 
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Pipp said:
Groundhog day
I should just copy and paste yesterdays post. Feels just the same.
Fasting 7.7.
Along with the number 13, I consider 7 my lucky number so maybe it’s not so bad.
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You do know that 8 is t the luckiest number and I have to avoid for my BG levels.
6.8 on the finger thingy this am.

Mrs L is having a quieter day today after being to the docs yesterday.
Things are moving on and more help is coming but it's gonna take time.
We do have a sort of diagnosis, mainly the pain killers but also a traumatic time in her early teens that was then described as possible bipolar something or such.
obviously that was many years ago and an updated discussion about it, needs to happen and I will use internet to go through the science etc. Make me understand it. And how to avoid the mood swings and understand the frustration with how her mind works, when in a situation where a confrontation could change into rage etc. Mrs L now has a key worker and hopefully gets more time to get more social activity.
I was also told to look after myself more and get more support from my GP.
The psychiatrist made me aware of Mrs L 's meds.
On the phone sorting Mrs L 's meds again. And onto care company. And onto the family and uncle Tom cobbley and all, the country, the eurozone, the world and finally the universe. The metaverse and the other multiuniverses.

Best wishes.
 
Disaster Darlings, absolute disaster, I have overslept again.
My blood sugars were 9.8 now I must start my day, but I shall say my operation yesterday appears to have gone well, I haven’t bled out on the pillow therefore the stitches are holding and no pain .

Now I really must go, have a great day.
 
I actually managed to get a GP appointment today! He says my lungs are still crackling, so I guess that's why I'm still feeling rubbish. He took some blood (first attempt) and will get back to me because he is concerned about some of the symptoms I mentioned. Upping my painkillers. Also referring me for another chest XRay. A step in the right direction.

7.2 at 02.30 today. I went to bed before midnight, so no wonder I didn't stay there any later.
 
Just another day in paradise. 7.4 cos I was up very early cos Mrs L thought it was evening.
no hum. I'm not getting younger and things are tougher.
early bed tonight.
weather is freezing but no rain. Did I mention the breeze is really cold?
Best wishes.
I may book a flight to China.
seems the in place.
 
Lamont D said:
Just another day in paradise. 7.4 cos I was up very early cos Mrs L thought it was evening.
no hum. I'm not getting younger and things are tougher.
early bed tonight.
weather is freezing but no rain. Did I mention the breeze is really cold?
Best wishes.
I may book a flight to China.
seems the in place.
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Tough days, my friend

But loving the humour.. :cool:

Laugh, the world laughs with...
Cry.. you only get your cheeks wet .

I think that humour is what rescues many from life's hardships.

If you're coming out with quips like that, life has got a fight on its hands if it wants to beat YOU.
 
Annb said:
I actually managed to get a GP appointment today! He says my lungs are still crackling, so I guess that's why I'm still feeling rubbish. He took some blood (first attempt) and will get back to me because he is concerned about some of the symptoms I mentioned. Upping my painkillers. Also referring me for another chest XRay. A step in the right direction.

7.2 at 02.30 today. I went to bed before midnight, so no wonder I didn't stay there any later.
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Well good to hear they are taking it seriously

And sorry to hear they are taking it seriously..

Must be a worry, and the lack of sleep won't help at all.

Natures medicine I've heard it called.

My psychiatrist was horrified when I told him my sleep pattern was so disturbed.

His first course of treatment was sleeping tablets to let my body (and mind ) repair.

If you are taking them and they are not working or you aren't, I think you need a discussion with the doc about that fact, alone.

Hope all comes back as ok, you make a steady recovery & Yiu manage to some civilised sleep time

Best wishes
 
Day off again ...really should be saying day at work again, now I'm a gentleman of leisure. .lol

Up early ish..had plans for today.

Fbg 7.5..meh.

Anyway
A few niggly tasks I've been avoiding, now completed.

One set of visa applications sent in, just need Laurens pic to follow
...then it's wait and see time :(

New sofa arrived , so of course the room needs rearranging.

And the car has a space saver wheel

I dislike it

One, it limits the speed
Two it's an emergency repair.
Still need to get to garage and get other tyre plugged or renewed.asap, while driving like miss daisy.

And with my mobility questionable, the very fact of swapping out a wheel is going to be a big effort., so prefer it not to have to head fur a garage when i'm so disheveled or to have it truly slow or delay a journey any more than necessary

(Yes I know, wait for rescue...but that could be hours away,

not the best when stuck on them moors when there's a full moon ...eek )

Anyway, I tried to swap in a full wheel into the wheel well ..

Would it go .....aagghh.

So after a lot of trial and effort I gave up
And replaced the super saver diddy car wheel

I'll admit defeat, but after so long doing so little of things I used to enjoy, think nothing of popping out and spending a few hours fixing something

It was nice to break sweat, even if it was more how difficult I found iit, rather than any real effort being input I think

Nice sitting there and thinking through a problem and actually having the get up & go ..to get up and give it a go...

So there's a win in there somewhere for me .

Ps anyone hear from our @gennepher
 
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6.2 at 03.45 today.

Extra codeine to add to my normal painkillers was prescribed yesterday - it just put me to sleep for a bit longer - didn't help at all with the pain as far as I can tell. Ah well - I need the sleep.
jjraak said:
Day off again ...really should be saying day at work again, now I'm a gentleman of leisure. .lol

Up early ish..had plans for today.

Fbg 7.5..meh.

Anyway
A few niggly tasks I've been avoiding, now completed.

One set of visa applications sent in, just need Laurens pic to follow
...then it's wait and see time :(

New sofa arrived , so of course the room needs rearranging.

And the car has a space saver wheel

I dislike it

One, it limits the speed
Two it's an emergency repair.
Still need to get to garage and get other tyre plugged or renewed.asap, while driving like miss daisy.

And with my mobility questionable, the very fact of swapping out a wheel is going to be a big effort., so prefer it not to have to head fur a garage when i'm so disheveled or to have it truly slow or delay a journey any more than necessary

(Yes I know, wait for rescue...but that could be hours away,

not the best when stuck on them moors when there's a full moon ...eek )

Anyway, I tried to swap in a full wheel into the wheel well ..

Would it go .....aagghh.

So after a lot of trial and effort I gave up
And replaced the super saver diddy car wheel

I'll admit defeat, but after so long doing so little of things I used to enjoy, think nothing of popping out and spending a few hours fixing something

It was nice to break sweat, even if it was more how difficult I found iit, rather than any real effort being input I think

Nice sitting there and thinking through a problem and actually having the get up & go ..to get up and give it a go...

So there's a win in there somewhere for me .

Ps anyone hear from our @gennepher
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I don't see the point in those small emergency spare wheels. If you're going to have to change it anyway, you might as well change it for a proper one, then you can drive normally until you can get the original into a repair shop. It's not as if it saves all that much space anyway. Somebody's idea to make an unnecessary product which we "must" have. Still, if you can find a win in it, that's all to the good.

I'm trying to get in touch with @gennepher. I'm worried that she has cut herself off from us all.

jjraak said:
Well good to hear they are taking it seriously

And sorry to hear they are taking it seriously..

Must be a worry, and the lack of sleep won't help at all.

Natures medicine I've heard it called.

My psychiatrist was horrified when I told him my sleep pattern was so disturbed.

His first course of treatment was sleeping tablets to let my body (and mind ) repair.

If you are taking them and they are not working or you aren't, I think you need a discussion with the doc about that fact, alone.

Hope all comes back as ok, you make a steady recovery & Yiu manage to some civilised sleep time

Best wishes
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I know why I can't sleep for long - it's the arthritis which hurts too much for me to stay asleep. I wouldn't want to take a medicine which makes me sleep through it because by morning I would be totally unable to move and in real trouble. The pain is a warning that I have stayed still for too long.

It is a slight concern when a doctor takes things seriously, but so far our family experience hasn't been too bad in that respect.
* A consultant was very enthusiastic some years ago when he thought he had discovered a whole new illness in Neil - disconcerting but when he realised that what he was looking at was just an individual presentation of an already discovered Crohn's disease, he cooled off very rapidly.
* when my brother was diagnosed with polio in 1948 he was expected to die. In the end, all that was affected was his arm. However, now he has doctors puzzled again because he has something inexplicable which might be post polio syndrome, but he has a flurry of appointments for scans to see if doctors can find something else.
* Quite a few other instances but better to get some attention than to be ignored.
 
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Good morning all. My fasting blood sugar this morning was 15.9! As it was after a walk to the bathroom and possibly the adrenaline effect I tested again mid breakfast and it was 15.2. Not sure what caused it but I have an appointment next month with the diabetes service so hopefully they can help to sort me out. I have been wondering how gennepher is too as we haven't heard from her in a while. I hope she reads our posts and knows we are wishing her well. Best wishes to all. :)
 
jjraak said:
Day off again ...really should be saying day at work again, now I'm a gentleman of leisure. .lol

Up early ish..had plans for today.

Fbg 7.5..meh.

Anyway
A few niggly tasks I've been avoiding, now completed.

One set of visa applications sent in, just need Laurens pic to follow
...then it's wait and see time :(

New sofa arrived , so of course the room needs rearranging.

And the car has a space saver wheel

I dislike it

One, it limits the speed
Two it's an emergency repair.
Still need to get to garage and get other tyre plugged or renewed.asap, while driving like miss daisy.

And with my mobility questionable, the very fact of swapping out a wheel is going to be a big effort., so prefer it not to have to head fur a garage when i'm so disheveled or to have it truly slow or delay a journey any more than necessary

(Yes I know, wait for rescue...but that could be hours away,

not the best when stuck on them moors when there's a full moon ...eek )

Anyway, I tried to swap in a full wheel into the wheel well ..

Would it go .....aagghh.

So after a lot of trial and effort I gave up
And replaced the super saver diddy car wheel

I'll admit defeat, but after so long doing so little of things I used to enjoy, think nothing of popping out and spending a few hours fixing something

It was nice to break sweat, even if it was more how difficult I found iit, rather than any real effort being input I think

Nice sitting there and thinking through a problem and actually having the get up & go ..to get up and give it a go...

So there's a win in there somewhere for me .

Ps anyone hear from our @gennepher
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Never been stuck on the Moors?
Broke down on Saddleworth more than once.
My dad's Ford pop, with a flat tyre in about '61 going over the Pennines.
And of course in the van in '18.
Annoying but so quiet and does want you to contemplate your whatchamacallit.
A friendly garage or tyre place, would have changed it for you.
Everyone needs a friendly garage. My grandad says.
Or as we found out in the van. The AA. Talking the motor fixers, saying that, we could have done with
A few tipples after some of our performances would have been welcoming.
The get up and go, we all need can be just as bad as getting injured again. Take it easy man.......!
When you do too much, it takes longer to get over it, learn from your adventures.
You need more R and R. More relaxation, staying away from the cold and rain, the snow and wind.
Man, you have to have some me time!
Ha!

7.2 on the metering system thingy.

Mrs L has been seen by cold GP. Another infection, this time, a UTI.
And another three loads of washing.
So my get up and go, needs to be in bed early tonight.

Stranger things..... Yet another weirdo dream last night.
Defo going slowly....... ..!

It is so cold, need a flight to Jamaica. Sun and sand please.

Best wishes.
 
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