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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

MrsA2 said:
I know those sewing machine blues too. :banghead: I spent 90 minutes hand sewing this morning and only completed a third as it hurt my eyes.

Then down to the coast for lunch with a cousin, nicely cooler and breezier there so pleasant to sit outside and enjoy cold buffet.
It went on longer than planned and by the time we were back home it was time for the next social event, a summer party.
So today's food has been mainly cold cuts, cheese and salad, plus too many strawberries dipped in dark chocolate and 1 tiny piece of cake.
There was 1 glass wine with lunch and 2 small glasses prosecco this evening.

I feel like I've been eating constantly all day...which I was!

Happy birthday @RosemaryJackson, though you've a way to go to catch my twin neighbours who were 90 and next door who is 97!

My pair of 88 year olds, one with broken wrist have made it their cruise! So fingers crossed I can have a week's rest too.
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Thank you.
 
Didn't do breakfast as had to pop into town to talk to the dentist receptionist - they are not easy to ring up! Especially as it was a busy Friday morning. Eldest son unfortunately lost his newly fixed crown yesterday evening plus to make it worse he rinsed it to clean it, and put to one side for refixing, but he dropped it into the sink( he has poor coordination) and of course it went straight down the plug hole! Appointment made to assess it in just over a week. Also had to talk to doctors to order more diazepam for him so we can get him there!
On the plus side met up with some friends for a catch up and coffee mid morning.
Brunch when back two egg omelette with kimchi followed by a few garden berries and hm yoghurt
Dinner wild salmon and English asparagus - probably the last of the season with glass of dry white wine. Just had three squares of 90% chocolate with decaffeinated coffee and cream.
 
I am going to have a 2nd meal. I made a whole pot of spiced vegetables - too much, as usual and made a vegetable biriyani using low carb "rice". Too much rice as well - never used the rice before so didn't know how much it would swell. Now have some jambalaya as well and a pot of the vegetable stew to put into something else. So much for emptying the freezer.
 
shelley262 said:
Didn't do breakfast as had to pop into town to talk to the dentist receptionist - they are not easy to ring up! Especially as it was a busy Friday morning. Eldest son unfortunately lost his newly fixed crown yesterday evening plus to make it worse he rinsed it to clean it, and put to one side for refixing, but he dropped it into the sink( he has poor coordination) and of course it went straight down the plug hole! Appointment made to assess it in just over a week. Also had to talk to doctors to order more diazepam for him so we can get him there!
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Feeling for you @shelley262 . We failed to get my relative with "problems " to his specialist dental appointment this week. He refuses sedation, refuses to leave his room and is 30 Stone +. You are doing really well with your son, really well.
 
First day at scout event went well, mostly putting up tents and unloading loads and loads of "stuff". Weather's good which helps.

Ate breakfast of yoghurt seeds and blackberries.
Then didn't really feel hungry all morning even though it was physical work
So about 2 :30 had a chicken cesar salad in a pub, drank mint tea.

D: was back at home and with no one else to feed, had smoked mackerel and cream cheese mushed together on cracker, several olives . Icecream and a celebratory Baileys.

Expecting tomorrow to be carb laden, the menu consists of bread, more bread, cereals, cake and biscuits. I will go prepared with boiled eggs, pork scratchings and nut bars but know I'll probably pick a few biscuits "because they are there"
 
I'm having a lovely time with my aunt (even though the day started rather hungover)!

Look at my tent and view, doesn't get more Dutch than this I think. :hilarious:

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The people from the air b&b are absolutely amazing, as is their self built mobile home.
They went out of their way to improvise steps for my old and short legged aunt to be able to get in bed, they offered me a bike to use to get to a nearby swimming spot, they offered me a bed in the house if my tent wasn't comfortable enough (no thanks, I like my tent), and they told us to stay longer without paying because they didn't have renters for two days after us. (Also no thanks, two nights is enough, but wow!)

We went out for dinner, diabetes behaved incomprehensably perfectly despite chips (meal in main thread), aunt is fast asleep and I'm seriously unwinding from all the emotional neighbours goings on during the past week. :happy:

Yes, my aunt is dying from cancer, but talking about it with her isn't difficult, not an emotional drain, it's just part of life, to be both taken seriously and joke about, which we do.

Here are some more pictures. :joyful:

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I also saw 'my' GP yesterday on the stupid arm that refuses to properly function.
It's a different GP every time I visit the surgery, this time it was a very nice and very young lady who only finished her basic doctor education, not her GP one.
Fine with me, I'll take anyone as long as I can avoid the owner GP's.

She asked if I wanted a neurology referral (yes please, the arm has been getting worse).
Waiting list is about 90 days so she told me she'd apply for the quicker 2 week one, up to the neurologist to decide.

I have no idea what she wrote in that request but it worked really well, and I now have two appointments on monday: first with the neurology co-assistant, and then a whopping 30 minutes with the neurologist.
Whut?

Not sure if this means I should be worried or if it just means someone called off their monday appointment this morning.
Still, happy I'm seen this quick!
 
Antje77 said:
I'm having a lovely time with my aunt (even though the day started rather hungover)!

Look at my tent and view, doesn't get more Dutch than this I think. :hilarious:

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The people from the air b&b are absolutely amazing, as is their self built mobile home.
They went out of their way to improvise steps for my old and short legged aunt to be able to get in bed, they offered me a bike to use to get to a nearby swimming spot, they offered me a bed in the house if my tent wasn't comfortable enough (no thanks, I like my tent), and they told us to stay longer without paying because they didn't have renters for two days after us. (Also no thanks, two nights is enough, but wow!)

We went out for dinner, diabetes behaved incomprehensably perfectly despite chips (meal in main thread), aunt is fast asleep and I'm seriously unwinding from all the emotional neighbours goings on during the past week. :happy:

Yes, my aunt is dying from cancer, but talking about it with her isn't difficult, not an emotional drain, it's just part of life, to be both taken seriously and joke about, which we do.

Here are some more pictures. :joyful:

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I love the view from your tent @Antje77. It's a good thing you're not intending to sleep in the tent though.

I can vouch for the fact that cows munch grass all through the night ... and of course the grass that's continually swallowed one end, produces cow dung at the other ... quite a lot of it. They sometimes moo at night as well.

Apologies if I'm stating the obvious. As somebody that grew up in an urban area, this was unexpected.

That said, in daylight hours cow pats are fascinating because of the specially adapted wildlife they attract. One needs one's beauty sleep to fully appreciate it, I suppose.
 
I really should have some breakfast soon but the question is, do I want the jambalaya from yesterday and not have another meal all day, or do I want to have something less and keep the jambalaya for later? The thought of a cup of coffee and some cheese appeals right now so probably that's the way I'll go. Just ordered some more of the low carb "rice" from Amazon. It works quite well although it does stay "al dente" however long you cook it for. Definitely edible though.

BG is still a bit on the high side, but that's probably this darned cold.

Glad you had a good time with your aunt Antje. Sounds like a bit of a bucolic idyll.
 
I do love reading all the posts but unfortunately I don't have anything interesting to tell you. You know about my birthday weekend and now life is back to normal. But one bright spot on the horizon, in August I'm going on a mystery coach trip. The last time I did that, we ended up at Rutland Waters and it was beautiful. Keep on posting Ladies, it's the first thing I do when I've made my coffee. :joyful:
 
Antje77 said:
Slept very well in my tent, until the morning sun came up right in my face.
No problems with the cows though, there is water between them and my tent! :)
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Aha, couldn't see the water. So you had an undisturbed night. That's good to hear @Antje77. Perhaps the cows are further away than would appear in your photo due to foreshortening.

I am serious about the cow pats though. Freshly deposited or nicely mature (and all points in-between), they make a fascinating study because of the specially adapted wildlife they attract at various stages in their maturity.
 
@Antje77
This story has been widely published here this week, hope it doesn't sadden you. An example of how well Netherlanders can approach death
BBC News - Dying together: Why a happily married couple decided to stop living
www.bbc.com

Duo euthanasia: Why a happily married couple decided to die together

Jan and Els sought medical intervention to end their lives after 50 happy years of marriage.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
I wonder if you ever came across this couple, they sounds like sailing free spirits not unlike your self
And your time with your Aunt sounds so special
Xxx
 
I escaped Scout event early today. They had plenty of helpers so I took them supplies, sliced some cucumber, had a wander around, wishing I was 13 again and wanting to do all the activities, then came home again. Enjoying reading without being interrupted.

Did have a couple of biscuits and an icecream, only ham and eggs otherwise all day AND resisting alcohol.
 
MrsA2 said:
@Antje77
This story has been widely published here this week, hope it doesn't sadden you. An example of how well Netherlanders can approach death
BBC News - Dying together: Why a happily married couple decided to stop living
www.bbc.com

Duo euthanasia: Why a happily married couple decided to die together

Jan and Els sought medical intervention to end their lives after 50 happy years of marriage.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
I wonder if you ever came across this couple, they sounds like sailing free spirits not unlike your self
And your time with your Aunt sounds so special
Xxx
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I'll see if I can watch this once back home and not on my phone.
Positive euthanasia stories never depress me.
It was only last year that I found out our countries are very different when it comes to euthanasia, and I was very much shocked to hear that what is accepted in my country is completely different in the UK.

Aunt and I had a lovely day, leisurely waking up with coffee, tea, cute tiny eggs from our chickens.
Then off for an hour long drive through the countryside for a late lunch. I brought my own LC bread but the place was so understaffed I didn't have the heart to make things more complicated. Besides, their bread was absolutely heavenly and I'd already decided diabetes could take the back burner during this weekend.
I had an amazing smoked salmon sandwich with one slice of bread, took the other slice of bread with me in case of a hypo later on.

I know my aunt would have loved to rent a boat, but getting in and out of one just isn't realistic anymore.
What joy to find a small bike ferry over the lake, perfect for her wheelchair! We had our little boat trip still! :happy:

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With the late lunch, a simple evening meal sufficed, cheese, crackers and cashews, all brought by my aunt who shares my love for good cheese and cashews. :hungry:20240629_183339.jpg
 
@Antje77 being there for someone facing the end of their life is such a privilege and a heartbreak, and you are doing it in such style! I'm glad you and your Aunt are having a great time and those cheeses and cashews look lovely!

I've been non-low-carb again, and off on holiday tomorrow, just for a few days, so unlikely to stay low carb then either. I will give myself another talking to when I get back and see what can be done about getting back to keto/carnivore.

The medications are doing their jobs very well but I feel upset with myself because not only do I understand what keto/low carb can do for my health, I've actually proven it to myself in practice beyond any doubt. Also I understand medications may not continue to work as well long term, so if I want better health I have to get the food right.

I was another one grateful for the cooler weather, I love the novelty of a hot day or two but for getting things done I need this more traditional British weather!
 
jpscloud said:
@Antje77 being there for someone facing the end of their life is such a privilege and a heartbreak, and you are doing it in such style! I'm glad you and your Aunt are having a great time and those cheeses and cashews look lovely!

I've been non-low-carb again, and off on holiday tomorrow, just for a few days, so unlikely to stay low carb then either. I will give myself another talking to when I get back and see what can be done about getting back to keto/carnivore.

The medications are doing their jobs very well but I feel upset with myself because not only do I understand what keto/low carb can do for my health, I've actually proven it to myself in practice beyond any doubt. Also I understand medications may not continue to work as well long term, so if I want better health I have to get the food right.

I was another one grateful for the cooler weather, I love the novelty of a hot day or two but for getting things done I need this more traditional British weather!
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Hope you really enjoy your holiday - totally agree with you on the weather, a few hot days are okay if you can treat them like holiday days but it's hard if you need and want to get stuff done. Hope you come back from your holiday fully rested and able to review your way of eating again.
 
Antje77 said:
I'll see if I can watch this once back home and not on my phone.
Positive euthanasia stories never depress me.
It was only last year that I found out our countries are very different when it comes to euthanasia, and I was very much shocked to hear that what is accepted in my country is completely different in the UK.

Aunt and I had a lovely day, leisurely waking up with coffee, tea, cute tiny eggs from our chickens.
Then off for an hour long drive through the countryside for a late lunch. I brought my own LC bread but the place was so understaffed I didn't have the heart to make things more complicated. Besides, their bread was absolutely heavenly and I'd already decided diabetes could take the back burner during this weekend.
I had an amazing smoked salmon sandwich with one slice of bread, took the other slice of bread with me in case of a hypo later on.

I know my aunt would have loved to rent a boat, but getting in and out of one just isn't realistic anymore.
What joy to find a small bike ferry over the lake, perfect for her wheelchair! We had our little boat trip still! :happy:

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With the late lunch, a simple evening meal sufficed, cheese, crackers and cashews, all brought by my aunt who shares my love for good cheese and cashews. :hungry:View attachment 68518
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Looks amazing so pleased you managed to get your Aunt on the water. Water especially when light reflects on it always seems to lift my mood and I'm sure will have helped your Aunt as part of her holiday experience. Enjoy the rest of your weekend break.
 
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