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I've realised that I'm needing to take more insulin these days than a few weeks ago. This is despite low carb, but not exactly keto. I'm going to have to rethink this diet thing because I don't want to be going back down that road. I think the insulin has a lot to do with the excess weight...

9.8 at 03.35 today. Painkillers and a cup of coffee let me go back to sleep in the kitchen chair. Woke again at 08.15 with BG at 10.8. What's that about? Took basal insulin - down now to 10.1. Bright and sunny, gentle breeze so far. A 3-thin-layer day.

Breakfast: scrambled eggs with RyVita. 2nd meal: chicken with tomato and garlic.

Just had an e-mail to tell me that the headstone I ordered for my husband was erected this morning. I thought they would let me know when it was going to be erected so that someone could be there. However, Neil is heading to the cemetery now to check and to take a photo for me (I can't get...

15° outside atm and forecast to cool down to about 5° with the expected rain. Overcast and wind gusting from a normal 16 mph. The house is cooling down too and is about 17° now. I'll be putting on an extra layer soon. Such a small island (UK) to have such a range of weather.

9.5 at 03.20 today. 18° in the house at the moment. That's higher than usual at this time of day. Bright sunshine here, but the trees are still being battered by the wind. On my second cup of coffee. I've really gone off water and tea at the moment.

What an adventurous life you lead, Antje. Not sure I would have the courage - or would have had when I was young enough. But then, I did meet my man when I was 18, so romantic adventures weren't on the cards after that. Wasn't sure if it was a "like", a "winner" or an "optimistic". Probably...

Thank you.

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...

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...

3.7 at 04.20 today. The Libre woke me up to tell me so. An emergency toffee (a single one kept by my bed permanently these days - gone soft after so long, but still sugar enough) put it up fairly rapidly to 5.3. I find toffee more effective than any other thing to stop BG dropping. With...

Could you add me in to that please? I know what a podcast is, but have never figured out how to get into one.

BG at 0420 today was 8.9. Stayed there for a long time, despite insulin and breakfast but has started rising now for no apparent reason. Nothing much of interest happening here today. Windy but bright sunshine. Not very warm though. Neil has just bought himself a 2nd hand "mixer", which has...

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...

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...

I don't see it as remotely Tracy Emin (I don't like her work either). Can't see what I've seen of Paula Rego's in there either but maybe you have seen more of her work than I have. I would think of her work as "interesting, but I'm not sure..." which, I think is what art is about. Makes you...

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.

Had to look up that hogweed. It looks pretty awful once it gets out of control. Dangerous too.

Happy 45th birthday to your son.

We only have midges. No mossies so far. I'm hoping midges don't like mint either.