Diabetics R Us

Antje77 said:

I locked the remaining chickens in (must have been very funny to look at my neighbour and I trying to catch them between the trees, bushes and nettles in their pen) and they'll stay indoors for a month or so. Hopefully the fox (found tracks) has forgotten about them by then and moved on.
I don't like to keep them locked in, hope they won't mind too much.
I left the two rabbits in the chicken/rabbit pen. They've dug themself a mansion under my garden, I think, so they have a place to hide.
And I keep my fingers crossed the guinea-pig pen is too hard to get into for the fox.

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Antje77 said:

Keep your fingers crossed for me. I'm going to give my nurse a call tomorrow to ask if she's willing to apply for funding of my Libre for me. That won't be a problem, I expect, but she has to send a letter along to explain why she thinks it should be accepted, even though I'm not meeting all the criteria.
Problem is, I know a lot more about why I'm thinking I'm a type1 (had to tell her about the existence of c-peptide and anti-GAD tests, she'd never heard of it), and I write a lot better than she does too. Plus, you need to have had an Hba1c of over 64mmol/mol for a while, and mine was 38 last time and 42 a year ago. So she needs to clearly explain that that's only because I've been self-funding the Libre.

Well, as I'm not completely sure she shares my opinion about my diabetes, and I am completely sure she wouldn't be able to explain things short but clear to my insurance, I decided to write the letter for her. Of course she can change anything she wants to in it, before signing and sending it off , but still, presenting a proffessional with a letter they're supposed to have written and which you want them to sign seems delicate business.

So fingers crossed she won't be offended, agrees with the content and manages to get the GP to co-sign, as he's the official HCP regarding my treatment.

If this part works I'll come back to you later to cross fingers again for my insurance to agree.

And, hey, who knows, she might be happy I spared her the time of writing a letter, and she might even finally agree T1 is more likely than T2 now I've worded my reasons so clearly

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Bluetit1802 said:

Heavy rain here on the Northumberland coast, with wind. We have been marooned in our holiday cottage all day so far. Even my little dog won't go out in the garden. However, we have decided to go out for lunch. There is a dog friendly fish and chip shop in town with excellent reviews, so that is where we will head. Naughty, I know, but this is the last day of our holiday so don't care! I will be reasonably good and scrape the batter off the fish.

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Bluetit1802 said:

Heavy rain here on the Northumberland coast, with wind. We have been marooned in our holiday cottage all day so far. Even my little dog won't go out in the garden. However, we have decided to go out for lunch. There is a dog friendly fish and chip shop in town with excellent reviews, so that is where we will head. Naughty, I know, but this is the last day of our holiday so don't care! I will be reasonably good and scrape the batter off the fish.

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DJC3 said:

Dog friendly places to eat are few and far between in this neck of London suburbia, but in Cornwall you can take your dog in practically all of them, it’s brilliant. A lot have free dog treats on the counter too. Wish more places were like it.
Enjoy the fish ( I’m not mentioning the chips)

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DJC3 said:

Ive taken to stalking other dog walkers so I can get my daily fix of doggy licks.

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