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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

One neighbour passed away yesterday. Of our close community she was the least sociable and hadn't been happy for many years whilst nursing her husband who died a few years ago. Still sad, and only the first of the imminently expected.
 
maglil55 said:
He's survived way past their normal lifespan. He was 14 recently, which is a good age for them. He really is a lovely natured dog. I cheered the boys up with some of his antics when they were too young to remember.
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Wow that is a good age for a Leonburger. Plenty of memories in deed
 
Another glorious summery day. Early pickleball was fun then lots of gardening. We also had the good fortune to find a recently chopped tree which has now been split and stacked to become next years firewood.
Hugs to those with difficult decisions about dogs. We are dog sitting in the afternoons for the next few months and although this wee beastie is not the best behaved he certainly has wormed his way into our hearts already. How can we not be touched by his absolute delight at seeing us when we collect him each lunchtime? Our cat remains unmoved. She would.
 
MrsA2 said:
Eye op tomorrow.
May may it better, may not.
Not sure when I might get back to posting, expect a typo fest
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Best of luck with the op today. Hope it goes even better than you expect. Typos are part of the fun - as long as someone else is making them, not so funny when you do it yourself. Just had to change womeone to someone!

A number of years ago I was doing a typing speed test. My speed was good but not phenomenal. However, on this day, I was in a room where, at the same time, dictation was being given to a class. That confused my poor old brain for a start. What made it worse was that I started out with my fingers on the wrong keys. Of course, I didn't look at the screen or my fingers, I was too busy trying to copy the test from a script on the desk. It was rather a disaster - total gibberish. Not my best day as a typist.
 
Alistair tells me that Em's eldest brother, who lives on the mainland, is going to adopt Banksie. So his future is secure. Nobody seems to want to take Archie though, so his future is still pretty bleak.

Had cheddar cheese melted onto RyVita for breakfast. Easy to do and I really didn't feel like having anything with egg this morning. I have made some spinach with Feta for later on. Left over spinach and the last of the Feta that I had in the fridge.
 
Well the eye op finally happened at about 16:30 yesterday (after arriving promptly for a 12:45 appointment)
Went OK and surgeon was very pleased, to quote he said "wowza" as we were both relieved there didn't seem to be any unexpected problems (which I have a history of). My condition itself is very unusual.
I'd expected a major instant migraine like last time (9 years ago) but seemed OK yesterday.
Today has been mixed, some discomfort around the operated eye but mostly a massive major headache and general out of sorts feeling. Been taking paracetamol and migraine meds and various other prescribed post op meds including a "water tablet" so very frequent trips to the loo.
Been mostly in the chair and sleeping but starting to feel more normal now.
Did get out to a hair appointment, in a torrential downpour. Wasn't steady on my feet but coped, just.

B: yoghurt, seeds and a bit of chopped ginger.
L: chicken, cheese, lettuce. A nut bar and 1 ginger nut.

Feeling very sorry for myself wading back from the hairdresser I stopped at the newsagents and bought and ate a huge bar of milk chocolate . Yes I know it was wrong but am only doing it the once.
D: unnecessary but hubby cooked and doesn't know about the chocolate binge so forced down 2 sausages and veg and gravy. Then he produced 3 lemon profiteroles as a "treat". Not the worst dessert 10g of carbs but very sweet and sticky and processed. I didn't like them. Really paying for my earlier binge but at least bg is dropping again now.

No driving for at least a week (unexpected).
Water tablets 3 days (unexpected)
Multiple eyedrops for a month (expeceted)
Blurriness for a few days, maybe more.
Perhaps the worst was having an eye patch (big plastic) overnight as I couldn't wear glasses with it so couldn't even use good eye. At least that's gone now.
 
Very happy to see you again @MrsA2 , even if still somewhat out of sorts.
Take it easy and don't worry about the chocolate, healing is way more complex than a patch and eyedrops. It also drains energy you usually use to make sensible decisions. Feeling (very rightfully) sorry for yourself doesn't help either, and it's a natural part of recovering as well, you're doing fine.

I am a bit disappointed about your lack of typos though, I'd been looking forward to them.
 
So pleased for you that your eye operation went okay and that you are recovering. Take care of yourself - try to take it steady and give yourself time to heal.
 
Sorry to hear your news he looks like a lovely natured loyal dog and I'm sure sharing your memories of happy times may be of some comfort.
 
I'm still doing my daily swims, I'm rather surprised I've kept it up for almost two months now.
The only time I skipped was with that one day stomach bug a couple of weeks ago, needing to stay close to both a bucket and the loo is a very sound reason to stay at home.

Morning routine is now getting dressed, brew coffee, feed animals, take my first cup of coffee with me to drink while driving to my swimming spot.
By now I'm very sure I can swim for at least 25 minutes before seriously dropping, and it's an amazing freeing feeling to just swim alone, with only a couple of ducks, a grebe, or a pair of moorhens to keep me company. The swallows nesting under the bridge have now all flown out.

Slowly, I've ventured out a bit farther, and I've known what my canal looks once I round the corner for a while now. It stretches out in a straight line but with lots of greens growing at the sides so it doesn't look that straight, it's just like the part in the picture where I go in, except with fewer trees. And at the end you can see the big blue block of a building that is the pumping station at Zwarte Haan to pump our (below sea level) water into the sea.
So that's where I want to swim to!

It's a longer swim than my usual 10-20 minutes so it'll need some diabetic precautions, I can't just jump in naked like every morning for a swim that will likely take me an hour or more. Besides, getting out that way at the other end and having to walk back to my car would likely earn me an article in our local paper, and not in a way I'd enjoy.

I've been mulling this over for a while, and I need to be quick if I want to do it this year, soon the water will be too cold for such a long swim, at least for me.



So I made a plan!

I ordered one of those tow floats with a waterproof transparent bag in the middle. You tie it around your waist so it'll follow you without bothering you much.
In the bag I plan to have my phone with the screen opened so I can see what my sensor says through the bag without having to open it. With quick drops, like I expect at some 35 to 45 minutes in, my sensor is too slow, so I'll also bring a piece of towel and my meter.
And of course some quick acting glucose, and maybe an apple in case I'm not hypo but I want to slightly nudge my BG up.
The float will arrive tomorrow so I hope to do my swim this weekend.

I'll borrow a bike from neighbour Astrid, put it in the back of my car and drive to where I plan to come out. From there I'll take the bike to go to my starting point and leave my clothes with the bike. I might use a swimming suit for a change, or maybe I'll simply leave my dressing gown where I'll come out to wear to walk to the car.
And then I'll simply drive back to my starting point to pick up bike and clothes, should work!

I've looked it up on Google Maps to make sure I wasn't making a big mistake and horribly misjudging the distance, turns out the distance is exactly a nautical mile, which not only is doable, but it also delighted me; 1.852 km is a significant number for me, having so often calculated back and forth while sailing with groups.

Very much looking forward to my adventure, especially after many years of being frustrated by not being able to swim without worries, thanks to diabetes!

 
shelley262 said:
Sorry to hear your news he looks like a lovely natured loyal dog and I'm sure sharing your memories of happy times may be of some comfort.
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We're all devastated, particularly the boys. The eldest is hanging by a thread, and the younger bottled it up until this morning. You really could not meet a nicer natured dog. I really loved this photo of eldest grandson and Lincoln from probably about 9 years ago. We've got loads of humorous photos of him. He sure knew how to pose for the camera.
 
 
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