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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Very tasty meatballs and a simple salad of tomato, cucumber, lots of onion with a dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.
My meatballs consist of meat for 2/3 at most, the rest is chopped onions, grated cheese, a chilli peper, various condiments and spices.

Eaten together with my unexpected visitor who has been here since saturday. Glad to report that he loved my meatballs!
Same meal planned for tomorrow, improvising after that with freezer/larder stuff. I expect I won't be able to reach a store until after the weekend at the earliest with the weather forecast.
Freezer archeology!

Visitor is starting to be a bit calmer, the lows aren't as low (if still often), the highs not as high, and the voices a little bit more quiet.
Night shelter is an option he would accept, and which is a horrible place.
He has agreed to call the social worker he's been in contact with in the past on monday, and the coordinator of the night shelter called today for a take in by phone, agreeing he could come in next week and very happy I can have him for another week or so.
Very curious what will happen when we talk with this social worker, who knows more about him than I do.
Surprisingly, when I carefully mentioned a psychologist to help him with his fears, he wasn't opposed to the idea. This will have to take the back burner until he has found a somewhat safe place though.

They predict a lot of snow for tomorrow, which is rare here. If it happens I'll post some pictures!
 
Early breakfast of a simple tomato and cucumber salad. I was hungry but didn't want to get into making anything heavy. That and tea has filled a gap so far, but may wear off before too long.

I didn't bother with another meal yesterday so still have all the fish and the sausages that Neil bought for me to make something for today. Possibly a very chunky sausage casserole - using whole veg instead of chopping them. Easier on the hands.

I'm trying to get the hands back into operation by using the keyboard with both hands as much as possible - not much pressure required on the left hand for that and it does get the fingers moving a bit.
 
Antje77 said:
when I carefully mentioned a psychologist to help him with his fears, he wasn't opposed to the idea.
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It's good that he might get some help from a psychologist. I'm always surprised that many people are suspicious or afraid of psychologists - maybe that comes from the Freudian origins years ago, or maybe people are afraid of being labelled, which is understandable.

Several years ago I saw a really lovely psychologist who introduced me to a whole world of being able to take some control over and getting some relief from intrusive thoughts. I was able to see the psychologist for free on our NHS because I was at that time considering bariatric surgery and that was a required step. However, the pandemic intervened and GLP-1s came along and I really dodged a bullet by not having to have the surgery.

I hope things continue to improve for your friend, and you deserve so much praise for your support.

I had a busy day yesterday but had the usual carby small breakfast, then a ham salad for lunch and chicken with sprouts and gravy (and some off-plan carbs) for tea.

Today I had the same breakfast and lunch and will be having the same tea!
 
Middle of the night. Can't get to sleep. Just had a mug of warm milk but it hasn't helped. BG in the 7's. Hungry. Do I dare eat something? I'll think about that - too early for breakfast.

EDIT: I ate a cold sausage out of the casserole. Managed to get to sleep in the big chair a bit after 06.00 and woke about 09.00.

Breakfast will be reheated sausages, a bit of bacon and a fried egg.
2nd meal will be haddock "en papillot" with lemon, some pickled ginger and some spring onion. Probably some soy sauce as well. Easy to do and don't need to skin the haddock to do it.
 
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Hope you had a better night @Annb - I'm doing better now my restless legs have settled down again.

Yesterday I spent the day pottering about, poking things and muttering to myself. I've promised myself I will make more progress today!

Breakfast - usual carby thing
Lunch - maybe egg salad
Tea - Lentil soup/stew with vegetables from the garden if they've survived the frosts and if I get my act together in time
 
Breakfast: little bits of bacon, fried off with some onion and mixed with some defrosted mashed potato, all fried to make a hash. Just because I felt like it. BG was lowish to start off with and dropped really low afterwards. Just managed to turn it round and it is 3.6 and, with any luck, rising.

2nd meal will be fish cake (salmon) with a salad.
 
In the interests of honesty, it's not a low carb day. It is a low food volume day though, which tends to keep my BG reasonable. I had my Mounjaro injection yesterday, and I think it agrees with me way better than Ozempic - I feel not at all hungry, I don't feel sluggish or bloated and I'm making good decisions about how much to eat. Without it, there are no decisions to make, I just cannot stop eating.

I forgot to post about my HbA1c this year, it's 6, which is not fantastic but they're calling it "good control" - perhaps because of my age.

Breakfast was the usual small carby thing, lunch is a different small carby thing, and tea will be... Ta Daaaa! the lentil and bacon stew I was supposed to make a day or two ago, currently in the slow cooker.

For the stew I've harvested the largest of my swedes, and some carrots, which have all survived -7C as though it never happened! I have some Charlotte potatoes still in their tubs, I'm not sure if they will have survived but I will have a look soon. I will definitely have swedes and carrots again to overwinter next year, and maybe parsnips if I can get them to germinate.

I am having a very productive day. I'm deep cleaning the bathroom and finally getting round to assembling my new bed frame, which has been stored in the spare room for maybe 7 years now! I'm having a coffee and back rest break while I eat the small carby lunch which would usually turn into eating too much and then feeling too sluggish to carry on being productive, but not today. Not today, body!
 
jpscloud said:
. I'm always surprised that many people are suspicious or afraid of psychologists - maybe that comes from the Freudian origins years ago, or maybe people are afraid of being labelled, which is understandable.
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I had a really bad experience from a psychologist while in hospital, and I'd never voluntarily see another.
 
Usual small carby thing for breakfast, bacon sandwich in Marks cafe with a friend for lunch, and lentil and bacon stew for tea in a bit.

No progress with house reset today, but hoping to get lots done tomorrow.
 
Not long back from A&E. BG has been high all day despite only having water since yesterday morning. Guess my liver is working overtime.

It seems I have a slightly dodgy heart and pneumonia Why that is causing such pain in my shoulders, I have no idea. The doctor wanted to admit me to the hospital but there were no beds so I'm home with an oxygen supply, morphine and antibiotics. Fine by me. Nurses will come in to check my progress.

The antibiotics are hurting my stomach, but that my be that there's nothing else in there. Don't feel like eating though. Maybe tomorrow.
 
Annb said:
Not long back from A&E. BG has been high all day despite only having water since yesterday morning. Guess my liver is working overtime.

It seems I have a slightly dodgy heart and pneumonia Why that is causing such pain in my shoulders, I have no idea. The doctor wanted to admit me to the hospital but there were no beds so I'm home with an oxygen supply, morphine and antibiotics. Fine by me. Nurses will come in to check my progress.

The antibiotics are hurting my stomach, but that my be that there's nothing else in there. Don't feel like eating though. Maybe tomorrow.
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Oh my goodness I'm glad you have nurses calling in to make sure you're doing ok. No wonder you don't have much of an appetite with all that going on. I hope the antibiotics work swiftly for you and you're soon feeling better x
 
Yesterday was a bit of a write-off, although I did manage to do a post office trip to return a couple of items I'd ordered online - I was dreading it becaues they were heavy and awkward but I've recently bought a fairly cheap shopping trolley that you can take the canvas off and use as a little trolley for boxes, which really came into its own and made that trip so easy.

Apart from that, I spent a lot of time faffing around and not getting much done! Maybe today will be a better day.

Edit: forgot to add food! Breakfast was the usual small carby thing, lunch didn't happen and tea was fish and chips from the chippy. Not really the best but my BG stayed fairly steady.
 
jpscloud said:
Oh my goodness I'm glad you have nurses calling in to make sure you're doing ok. No wonder you don't have much of an appetite with all that going on. I hope the antibiotics work swiftly for you and you're soon feeling better x
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Thanks for the good wishes.

Your trolley sounds really useful

Just broke my fast with 3 plain crackers to try to ease the effect of the antibiotics. Just water so far. We'll have to see what Neil can manage to make for me later. Probably scrambled egg. He's good at that. Actually not a bad cook - experimental like his mum.
 
Annb said:
Not long back from A&E. BG has been high all day despite only having water since yesterday morning. Guess my liver is working overtime.

It seems I have a slightly dodgy heart and pneumonia Why that is causing such pain in my shoulders, I have no idea. The doctor wanted to admit me to the hospital but there were no beds so I'm home with an oxygen supply, morphine and antibiotics. Fine by me. Nurses will come in to check my progress.

The antibiotics are hurting my stomach, but that my be that there's nothing else in there. Don't feel like eating though. Maybe tomorrow.
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Feel for you and pleased that you have nurses coming to check on you plus the oxygen and drugs you need to hopefully ease things. Take care - thinking of you.
 
Annb said:
Thanks for the good wishes.

Your trolley sounds really useful

Just broke my fast with 3 plain crackers to try to ease the effect of the antibiotics. Just water so far. We'll have to see what Neil can manage to make for me later. Probably scrambled egg. He's good at that. Actually not a bad cook - experimental like his mum.
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I hope you’re feeling a bit better today and are on the road to recovery now. Nurses coming in to check on you sounds a good idea while the antibiotics treat the pneumonia. I’m sending best wishes to you.
 
Thank you both for good wishes. Not so much pain today but a bit groggy from morphine.

I was a bit disconcerted when the doctor wanted to talk about resuscitation (or not) but I have to acknowledge that I am 80, so it has to be a possibility. Don't want to, but who does?
 
Aw @Annb , I'm sorry you're this ill, but very happy you managed to see a doctor for once.
May the treatment make you more comfortable very soon!
Annb said:
I was a bit disconcerted when the doctor wanted to talk about resuscitation (or not) but I have to acknowledge that I am 80, so it has to be a possibility. Don't want to, but who does?
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This is a standard conversation with any hospitalisation or home nurse care around here, just a choice to add to your file just in case.
When my father needed nursing care at home because of his cancer, he had it put in his file he wanted to be resuscitated if possible only when he was actively collapsing, not if he should be found without a heartbeat. Success rates and recovery are highly dependent on how quick a resuscitation starts.
When he got sicker, he had it changed to a regular DNR.

My visitor is now a tenant. The only housing or shelter available was the night shelter. Large room filled with homeless and addicted people sleeping on stretchers for the night, and getting thrown out in the morning. Not a healthy place to try to improve your life, and it made me miserable thinking I'd had to drop him off there in the near future.
So last weekend we went over to my neighbour-in-the-garden and his visiting girlfriend, and between the four of us we decided to keep him and share the burden of helping him get in a better mental state. We cleared out the very small caravan in the garden and fixed electricity and gas for cooking.
He's still in the spare room though. Today he admitted that at the moment he's pretty scared to move to the caravan and to be alone. He can stay in the spare room a bit longer until he's ready. He's improving very quickly, the voices have stopped bothering him, and he even laughs every once in a while!

The day before yesterday he joined my neighbour Astrid to work, and yesterday early morning he got up to give her daughter a ride to the ferry. He's a very troubled person but he also fits in very well, and I'm happy for him to stay, even if it means a bit of work.

Today he cooked so I feel very spoilt. :joyful:
Slow cooked beef, cooked in nothing but butter, amazing meal!
I had some leftover runner beans to add. Very happy that his food preferences fit my diabetic preferences very well. He eats bread during the day, otherwise he's perfectly happy without potatoes/rice/spaghetti.

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