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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

The funeral service was lovely and a fitting send off for a woman who was something of a force of nature. That was acknowledged in the very loving eulogy delivered by her son. When I saw the cemetery I opted to remain in the car - like most island cemeteries, it had no paths, just grass which looked fairly even, but was unlikely to be so. Not good terrain for a wheelchair. However, "Oh no, Ann, we'll get you there. We want you to say a prayer for her at the graveside." Had I been told of the plan beforehand, I could have told them to find someone else, but they didn't realise how difficult it would be and so had no alternative plan.

Nothing for it then. One of the men started me off, and others joined in as it became clear that one strong man wasn't going to be enough. I was nearly tipped out of the chair a few times, as the wheels dropped into unseen dips in the turf. What a carry-on. But we made it. Her sons and grandsons let her down, everyone who could get close enough scattered sand in the grave. I stayed where I was and said no to the offer of being pushed closer. I could see me ending up in the grave with her. Then we had to get back to the cars. Another hefty young man decided it would be best to tow me backwards, and he was right, but he still needed assistance over the rougher patches. And so we arrived back at the car park, me and my entourage. It was all very good humoured, but I think, if the next one isn't mine, I'll have to give funerals a miss in future. ;)

Food back at the village hall, was quite chunky sandwiches but there was also a home made vegetable soup. I was just going to have a cup of tea, but my Libre started making a fuss so I had a small bowl of a very peppery soup. After the soup, with the promised tea, they served platters of biscuits - there must have been about 3 packets of mixed biscuits in the 2 platters they put on our table (5 people). I was surprised to see another friend who had gone with us, tucking into the sandwiches and the biscuits. She had only just explained her recent weight loss on Mounjaro prescribed by her GP because she is T2 diabetic. Each to his own.

So, I just collapsed into the chair when I got home and didn't bother with any more food. Only had one more cup of tea and had no inclination for anything more - just rest and sleep. :dead:
 
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Still suffering from yesterday's exertions. So far only a cup of coffee, some painkillers, a glass of water and a cup of tea. but I will have to do something about breakfast soon. It will be a couple of RyVitas with tartex, tomato and cucumber slices.

2nd meal will be steak with broccoli. Maybe some strawberries to follow.
 
I'm having fish fingers with vegetables for tea instead of chicken.

It's still very hot here, and another very warm night, but tomorrow is forecast to be much more comfortable.
 
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Still suffering from yesterday's exertions. So far only a cup of coffee, some painkillers, a glass of water and a cup of tea. but I will have to do something about breakfast soon. It will be a couple of RyVitas with tartex, tomato and cucumber slices.

2nd meal will be steak with broccoli. Maybe some strawberries to follow.
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Forgot to take the steak out of the freezer, so it's sausages instead.
 
@Annb loved reading your post about your friend's funeral - appreciate your humour and your description made me feel I was there, what a great piece of writing. Sorry to hear though how much of your energy was used up because of your difficulties physically attending and hope you are feeling more rested now.
I loved being out in the garden this morning it seems to have survived this heat wave and food production is coming on apace. My dwarf purple beans have almost appeared overnight I have two plants and both look like this
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It's salad lunch and dinner today so I'm going to lightly cook some of the young tender beans , cool them and then pop them to add flavour in lemon juice and olive oil to serve cold with the chicken I'm planning to eat cold for dinner later.
 
@shelley262 agree for your comments to @Annb and winner for your dwarf beans! They look really good. Mine are doing well too, I'll get another handful or so off them today. I'll also have a pea harvest but that will probably end up as a snack :hilarious: They haven't liked the heat really and I didn't plant many to start with.

My broad beans should be ready soon, maybe a week or two. My courgette rotted, not sure why, but it was setting during the cold spell between heatwaves so maybe that was it. Lots more coming on the plant, so hopefully I'll have some soon!

It's much cooler today, and we've even had a little rain shower just now!

Porridge for breakfast, salad for lunch and something meaty with salad for vegetables for tea.
 
What a relief yesterday was cooling down nicely and did lots of gardening yesterday evening.
Rushing out today after quick kefir and granola breakfast. Lunch will be a LC ham roll while out and cold roasted chicken with salads later.
Hoping to get out into garden this evening again.
 
Porridge for breakfast, planning cottage cheese salad for lunch and chicken with vegetables for tea.

Yesterday was a little cooler here too but I still struggled a bit. Even though it was relatively cool it was still a bit warm for my physical comfort zone and I had low energy. I still watered thoroughly and planted up a little snapdragon that was desperate.

Today is also cooler and a beautiful day, so I'll have a go at some gentle jobs.
 
Breakfast: sausage and onion. Coffee.

2nd meal will be fish fingers with salad.

GP reduced my dose of Zemtard (BP medication) because he thought it was slowing my heart down too much. That was a couple of weeks ago. So far my heart rate remains the same so the reduced dose hasn't helped that. Feeling really grotty today (and my heart is slower than ever when I move) so I decided to check my blood pressure which, as I expected, was up (158/65 - also down on the lower reading) so I don't think reducing that pill was the answer.
 
I bolused 14u for 1.5 slices buttered toast and a caffeine free coffee at 7am, ate at 8am. Then pump gave up and I ended up adding another 16u to get this drop. Had a can of zero sugar monster to pull back above 5. Yes I said zero sugar as it works a treat when you also have cushings, caffeine kicks the cortisol and that kicks the liver. Currently 59u of novorapid in for 38g carbs, yes I fudged the carbs massively this morning, to try and combat the cortisol surge. Screenshot_20260629_145747_Dexcom%20G7.jpg
 
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I bolused 14u for 1.5 slices buttered toast and a caffeine free coffee at 7am, ate at 8am. Then pump gave up and I ended up adding another 16u to get this drop. Had a can of zero sugar monster to pull back above 5. Yes I said zero sugar as it works a treat when you also have cushings, caffeine kicks the cortisol and that kicks the liver. Currently 59u of novorapid in for 38g carbs, yes I fudged the carbs massively this morning, to try and combat the cortisol surge. View attachment 75605
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Very nice catch on the low though, got it before a hypo!
I hope you didn't overdo it to start a new rollercoaster.
 
Porridge for breakfast, cottage cheese salad for lunch and chicken with salad or vegetables for tea.

Much more comfortable weather for me today, we're forecast some thundery showers but I'll dodge them and get as much done in the garden as I can. I managed to get all the long grass cut so things look quite tidy again out there! When I watered last night I tied in the squash which are getting very assertive :hilarious: Lots of fruit on the crown prince but they may not all make it to full size.

I tried a couple of pods of broad beans but they are still very small, so I need to give them another week or two. I've got a few little potatoes left in the fridge from the first container, they are keeping well and I might have a couple of them with my salad today.

My peas are big enough to pick so I had a little handful with the broad beans and a few french beans for tea last night, very tasty but the peas have suffered in the heat and there won't be many more.

I'm getting lots of lettuce but still no rocket, that might do better now we're past the solstice. I'll sow a bit more today I think, along with lettuce and a new addition to the garden, some celtuce! That should be ready in October and might crop through winter as well, and if it's a success it'll be my answer to asparagus.
 
Gardening plans this morning before any rain arrives - hoping we get at least a few of the promised showers this afternoon. I don't usually water my large raspberry bed as it soaks up a lot of water but will need to in a day or two if we don't get a drenching or the berries will be tiny - they are just about to set. Tomatoes meanwhile are flourishing but I am watering twice a day on hot days! I've stuck to watering cans to date this year but it's resistance training when you have 15 thirsty tomatoes in large pots plus of course all the pots of thirsty beans, cucumbers, salad leaves and peppers!I
Planning also on making hm hummus for lunch with salad and chicken fajitas in a LC wrap for tea maybe I'll cook some tomatoes this morning for breakfast for a change.
Edit @jpscloud just had to look up celtuce it looks amazing but definitely not for my mainly pots garden I think be interesting to see how it goes.
 
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I just looked up celtuce too. Very interesting looking vegetable. It could well be a replacement for asparagus, cooked. Might be a bit tough to eat any way but shredded when raw. I wonder if I could try to grow it. I can't eat asparagus, so it might be a good option.

Must think about breakfast soon.

I made a big pot of dhal yesterday and with it made a cauliflower and squash curry and a chickpea pasta and still have a litre potfull to use for soup, so it had better be that, I should think. Wonder if I should chop some cold cooked sausage into it. Hmm. That's a thought.

EDIT: I did just that and it was quite good - kind of sausage with lentil gravy.

2nd meal - shan't overdo the lentils, so the curry and the pasta will go into the freezer. Hard boiled egg and salad probably.
 
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@shelley262 and @Annb celtuce does need a larger pot, 40-50cm diameter is recommended for 3 or 4 plants so it is a bit of a challenge for me too, unless I add another couple of raised beds... tempting... :hilarious: Also if in containers it's another crop that will take a lot of compost for a small harvest. Still, I will give it a go!

@Annb, if you avoid asparagus due to blood thinners, apparently celtuce is also high in vitamin K sadly. I'm not on blood thinners (yet) but I don't grow asparagus because I don't want to commit a raised bed to it permanently.
 
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@shelley262 and @Annb celtuce does need a larger pot, 40-50cm diameter is recommended for 3 or 4 plants so it is a bit of a challenge for me too, unless I add another couple of raised beds... tempting... :hilarious: Also if in containers it's another crop that will take a lot of compost for a small harvest. Still, I will give it a go!

@Annb, if you avoid asparagus due to blood thinners, apparently celtuce is also high in vitamin K sadly. I'm not on blood thinners (yet) but I don't grow asparagus because I don't want to commit a raised bed to it permanently.
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It's not because of blood thinners - asparagus just makes me ill. Something in it that I can't tolerate for some reason. As far as I'm aware, normal lettuce causes no problems so celtuce shouldn't. Still, it might, like asparagus, take a lot of compost for a small yield. I've tried growing Jerusalem artichokes this year for the first time, but they did nothing - not a sign of anything. Perhaps they need more heat than we have had this year.
 
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I've tried growing Jerusalem artichokes this year for the first time, but they did nothing - not a sign of anything.
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I've never tried growing them but people say they grow like weeds usually. I wonder if the tubers got eaten by something?
 
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