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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

It's getting confusing, isn't it? Another thing remaining confusing is my investigation into how this diabetes/insulin/low carb way of life is shaping up for me. It was beginning to look so promising, but now, after a few days, I'm getting back to the old problems - FBG high, BG remaining high most of the day and when it does drop once in a while, there is no rhyme or reason to it. I am thinking that I may be either gluten or wheat intolerant, but GF products are not particularly low in carbs and do have other things in them that I know I don't tolerate very well (eg tapioca, almond), so not a lot of hope there.

Yesterday I had some GF toast and eggs - spiked the BG for hours after. Made stovies (containing one potato) with increased insulin dose - BG dropped into range (by 7.5). It rose again by late afternoon to 11.5. Tried some more toast with the higher dose of insulin - spiked again to 14.5. Still 11.5 by this morning. Potatoes don't seem to be too bad, but the floury, nutty things do seem to be bad. I know it might come into line with low carbs and the new timing and insulin, but don't know if I can do that - my stomach definitely doesn't like the lack of carbs.

More work to do, obviously.
 
Annb said:
My old Alaskan friend in Uist died last night at 11.30. She was at home with her daughter and died in her sleep. The death certificate will, no doubt, have Covid 19 as a cause of death since she did have the virus less than 28 days ago. But I'm pretty sure she died of malnutrition and dehydration. We were advising her daughter to ask for a second opinion just a couple of days ago to see if another doctor would say she should receive food and fluids but, it was too late.

Two afternoons out of the last 3 I have had a hypo. Obviously I need to adjust the amounts of insulin I am taking but I'm not sure how - probably reduce the amount before lunch because that seems to be the problem.

Em stayed overnight (got to sleep when I got into bed and held her down for a few minutes - that was about 3 am) so I am pretty tired and she is still asleep. She reckons hypos should be called lowpos.
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Sorry to read about your friend @Annb. Even when it is expected it doesn't seem to lessen the hurt and oh boy am I an expert on it being expected. How did your DIL test go?
I've just heard from my SIL in Australia as her Hubby has just had a bronchoscope. Fingers crossed it's nothing sinister. In his case though I'm hoping it's linked to his previous problem. Even in Australia he was very prone to bronchitis and shortness of breath. After investigation, they discovered this calcified "thing" in his lung. Turned out it harped back to him having TB as a child. They removed a lobe of the lung and the "thing" with it. The tests now are on the very bottom of the same lung but the tests they are doing are mainly fungal and bacterial hence why I'm hoping.
As I said on the other thread, my brother remains stable although he is having more naps. Still eating well though. I did notice this week he was doing a lot better feeding himself and drinking his tea. I know all about this and it's all about getting the message to the brain. In my case it was trying to get the message from my lower legs and feet to my brain but I managed to retrain other receptors to bypass the damaged parts. I reckon brother has done a retraining job too as I recognise the intense focus on the limb you want to "teach". They gave him 6 to 12 weeks. That's 11 weeks now and he's still hanging in there but I know that can change very quickly.
 
urbanracer said:
This thread is titled "what have you eaten" , I can see from your posting history that you posted in " what have you eaten today"

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-today.75781/page-2190#post-2374021
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It's a Parallel Chat thread to What Have You Eaten Today in the low carb section to avoid too much chit chat in the main thread. The only reason the What you have eaten etc was included was to direct us here but the main purpose is "Parallel Chat".
 
Annb said:
Thanks for replying Antje, It's a bit lonely on this part of the forum and I don't seem to belong anywhere else.
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I'm still about but, as you know, I have a lot going on currently so I'm a bit time limited. I must try to keep on top of things a bit better.
 
I do hope all goes well for your SIL's hubby. It's miserable being unable to breathe freely. I hope it isn't anything sinister on his lungs and it can be fixed reasonably quickly. Good to hear that your brother is doing reasonably well. It's heartbreaking knowing the prognosis and waiting for the next development.

DIL's tests were clear. They couldn't find any veins to inject anaesthetic so she just had to remain fully conscious throughout. But, despite being sore still, all's well.

My friend was buried this morning - just her daughter and 2 grandchildren there. A few of her friends are getting together over Zoom tomorrow to hold a little memorial gathering for her.

Cheese on 2 small GF toast slices this morning. The bread really isn't very nice - shan't get any more of that brand. Despite containing tapioca flour, it doesn't seem to have any drastic effect on me, other than a pretty bad headache. Baked cauliflower with a mixed vegetable sauce for lunch. BG dropped to 9.5 after 2 hours. Had some frozen chips about 6.30 which put BG up again to 11.5. Not too bad.
 
Meant to add that grandson is doing better with his anxiety but we've still got to get to back to school. I've been trying to prepare him for it but it's kind of difficult when we have no idea what kind of return to expect with them wittering about blended learning again. Hopefully we'll find out on Tuesday. He's certainly not ready to return full time so I suspect it will be building up to a morning initially. To be honest I'm not that fussed as he's learning a lot more one to one with me. His writing is legible now too! I did a word search exercise with him with words related to feelings and as you found the words we discussed if they applied to him and if they did, why that was the case? It worked really well and it gave us quite an insight into what was going on with him. There was a lot of covid in there but that's true of a lot of the children. You cannot have the daily negative broadcast and the constant ads without it having an effect. We keep reminding him how many of us have been vaccinated now. He was also distracted with his friend breaking his ankle so he's been chatting to him online to make sure he's OK. Just have to keep at it.
 
SlimLizzy said:
This is the parallel chat thread, where we post general chat
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Yes I know. I'm sorry, but I don't see anything else in your activity history on this thread apart from giving a 'hug' and a 'like'.
maglil55 said:
It's a Parallel Chat thread to What Have You Eaten Today in the low carb section to avoid too much chit chat in the main thread. The only reason the What you have eaten etc was included was to direct us here but the main purpose is "Parallel Chat".
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I don't think I questioned that in any way. I merely stated that there is nothing in the user's activity history to indicate that she posted in this thread immediately prior to saying that her posts were missing.
 
maglil55 said:
Meant to add that grandson is doing better with his anxiety but we've still got to get to back to school. I've been trying to prepare him for it but it's kind of difficult when we have no idea what kind of return to expect with them wittering about blended learning again. Hopefully we'll find out on Tuesday. He's certainly not ready to return full time so I suspect it will be building up to a morning initially. To be honest I'm not that fussed as he's learning a lot more one to one with me. His writing is legible now too! I did a word search exercise with him with words related to feelings and as you found the words we discussed if they applied to him and if they did, why that was the case? It worked really well and it gave us quite an insight into what was going on with him. There was a lot of covid in there but that's true of a lot of the children. You cannot have the daily negative broadcast and the constant ads without it having an effect. We keep reminding him how many of us have been vaccinated now. He was also distracted with his friend breaking his ankle so he's been chatting to him online to make sure he's OK. Just have to keep at it.
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That was an excellent strategy with your grandson and with luck it may help him to be more reassured about covid and school in general.

My great granddaughter, who had to return to school last week (P3), causing difficulties for her family because of her elder sibling who could not return to school and had to be online at the same time as she would be going to school, now is off again. The school is closed due to a staff member testing positive - I think it is a supervisor for children eating packed lunches. That's another odd thing, with all this talk about providing free meals at school, no meals are provided here at all (perhaps that was only in England). Children here have to take a packed lunch.

It's only 9 am but today has already turned into a not-very-good one. Feeling really grotty and lots of extra pains. I took a full dose of Co-codamol and that, of course, while helping a bit with the pains, makes me even more groggy than I was. I'm only online at the moment because Neil needed a prescription urgently, so I e-mailed it to the GP and hope for it to be sent down tomorrow. Not sure what food will be today. I took out of the freezer last night, some kidneys and a small chunk of pork ready for finishing off in the oven. Just now, it's just tea I need. Can't think about breakfast or anything beyond that.
 
School meals are "free" up to P3 in Scotland. When it was the packed lunch variety the younger one still took his own as he didn't like the school packed lunch. Now they have some hot alternatives like soup, baked potato etc he's happy to opt for that. They are not allowed into the dining room. Lunch has to be ordered on line and it's delivered to their class where they eat within their bubble.
We had the positive covid result saga as well. It's what sparked off the elder one's anxiety. We had one person test positive at school but, because of siblings/teachers who were also parents etc, it necessitated 3 entire classes plus a number of teachers having to self isolate for 14 days. Due to the size of the classes that was over 100 individuals. The school was a lot quieter but grandson fell ill the second week and I wonder now if he had picked up covid? His anxiety levels when we tried to get him back went through the roof. Looking at his symptoms at the time it is possible but, we'll never know as it would need an antibody test and it's only key workers that get antibody tests.
 
maglil55 said:
School meals are "free" up to P3 in Scotland. When it was the packed lunch variety the younger one still took his own as he didn't like the school packed lunch. Now they have some hot alternatives like soup, baked potato etc he's happy to opt for that. They are not allowed into the dining room. Lunch has to be ordered on line and it's delivered to their class where they eat within their bubble.
We had the positive covid result saga as well. It's what sparked off the elder one's anxiety. We had one person test positive at school but, because of siblings/teachers who were also parents etc, it necessitated 3 entire classes plus a number of teachers having to self isolate for 14 days. Due to the size of the classes that was over 100 individuals. The school was a lot quieter but grandson fell ill the second week and I wonder now if he had picked up covid? His anxiety levels when we tried to get him back went through the roof. Looking at his symptoms at the time it is possible but, we'll never know as it would need an antibody test and it's only key workers that get antibody tests.
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At least in Stornoway, the classes are smaller so, it takes 3 combined classes to make 100 pupils and in this case only one of the classes was in the school, so about 30 children were affected (less out here in the village - would probably be only about 12). If an antibody test were available, and proved positive, it might help your grandson's anxiety because he would see that it can be survived - not that it would be a good idea to expose him to it again, of course but he might feel reassured. So many children seem to have been caused huge levels of stress - possibly as you have said, due to all the news bulletins spreading doom and gloom. I think that is more of an issue for the future than the loss of lessons.

Finally managed to eat around 2.30 pm - kidneys, bacon and egg "mess". BG down (of course - no carbs). Later I will have the finished pork (in the oven just now) with some more streaky bacon, some black pudding and some Brussels sprouts and carrot strips. Low carb - there will be some in the black pudding and a little in the veggies, but not much.

The GF bread yesterday seems to have caused a problem after all - my insides are in agony - a bit better now than earlier, but I think the bread contained some things I can't cope with. I should have known when I developed a headache yesterday. Ah well - can't win.

Spoke to my diabetes nurse earlier today - she's puzzled that nothing is having an effect on my BG and will be consulting some "big-wig" tomorrow to see what can be done. Not sure who that is because my hearing is not too good over the phone.
 
@maglil55 hope your grandsons manage to get back to school without too much anxiety.
My granddaughters gave similarly ambivalent feelings about return to school tomorrow.
We have moved once again back to Norwich. Apartment living doesn't really suit any of us. But its necessary. We both prefer a country environment. Poor Cat will be confined to quarters for the duration as well. Although for a stray who lived entirely outside at least four years, he does not seem too unhappy about it. Maybe warmth, affection and regular food are enough for him?
 
When Em had her sleepover here last week, she noticed my feet, which were requiring some attention. I've been unable to get any podiatrist to look at them since December 2019 - covid, of course. Neil has had a go at them, but he's not very good at it. Apparently, Em went home and told her dad "you have to go and sort out Grannie's feet, very soon!" So No 2 son arrived today with his nail scissors and made a pretty good job of my toenails. I can put my shoes on without my nails catching. Much more comfortable. Still can't walk, of course, but my toes are much improved. He's promised to come back to repeat the process before they get too long again.:happy::happy::happy:

Too much carb today. Started well with some bits of crispy roasted pork and a couple of slices of Parma ham, but then it went downhill - I had some liver pate and needed something to put it on - used the last of my not-very-good GF bread, toasted (2 small slices). Then Neil went to the local shop and found some GF ciabatta rolls, so I had one of those for my tea, for which I had intended to make a mushroom dish but was feeling pretty bad again, so didn't bother - Been up since 3.45 this morning, too sore to sleep. That's at least part of why I'm feeling a bit off.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

At least avoiding the wheat seems to be helping. Avoiding rye and barley as well. Talking on the phone to my sister in law, who has been diagnosed as coeliac and she says the symptoms I describe are exactly like hers. If avoiding gluten works, I don't need any diagnosis, will just avoid gluten. Don't imagine it will help my BGs though.
 
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