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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

@Ryhia I agree with @ianpspurs that you seem to be doing very well and should feel proud with what you are achieving. Don't worry about your review and remember you can say no and in my opinion should to any offer of Statins. Remember what @OldButBold said when offered a trial, he had been on a trial for two years, not taking them.

My Health Centre are always pushing Statins and Metformin even though they can see I am now Pre Diabetic with Cholesterol at 6.2, high yes but on last test good stuff was up. My HbA1c is done every 3 months but I have to remind the health centre, they never contact me.
 
Inspired by a very wet afternoon and my love of Wales and slate, we have slate rockery and walls in our garden, I have started a painting of slate fences in a winter setting, here is how far I have got today, fence very ghostly at the moment, will post this in instalments to show progress. A4 wet on wet large 2 inch brush, mister and tubed watercolour for a stronger pigment. So far about 20 minutes.
 
My cholesterol was 6.7 up from 4.8 three months before. Trigs were 1.3 and HDL also 1.3. But I possibly made a mistake as I fasted for 24 hours before the test so not sure if that messed up the results. It will be interesting to see what happens. Must remember to wash my feet as well as my hands, maybe need a longer song to sing
 
5.4. Not bad considering I met up with a friend from Australia (Sydney) and spent 7 hours in the pub wating and drinking! Prosecco x 2, red wine x 2. Steak, peppercorn sauce with salad and halloumi fries. Coffee and cream to finish. Lovely way to spend a Sunday.

Today dentist, wobbly wisdom tooth extraction. Out as quick as a flash! No pain. Right as rain. Hair appointment. Then shopping for wallpaper. Too many to choose from! Even if there was only 2 I would struggle! Chili con carne with cauli rice for dinner. All prepared (well all you do is throw in a wok!!!).

Hope you are enjoying your Monday
 
We are certainly being spoiled by the paintings lovely.
 

Hi @Muddy Cyclist
Thank you for the compliments.
I love your painting. Is that blackthorn?
So springlike and full of hope.

We need hope. But it does seem a bit like every person out for themselves as regards buying everything possible up.

A lot of small businesses and craft places are going to go under if all this continues. I feel sorry for them because they have put everything in to their livelihood. And there is the possibility it could all come crashing down. Adaptability is the key in any situation, but this Covid-19 and its knock on effects are devastating.
 

Wow. Thank you for posting this mystical misty scene.
 
Thank you @PenguinMum
Cat had to be sorted first.
Popeye says he will share his yoghurt sticks with Bobs and Daisy
I hope you are having a good day.
 

He would probably do something highly embarrassing like the funny little Best in Show Dachshund yesterday who had a poo in the middle of his lap of honour. Made us laugh a lot.
I don’t have any suggestions ( polite or otherwise) about the poor pheasant. I’m sure he will disappear in his own time though. We had a homing pigeon which stayed in our garden for a few days, got its strength back then flew away again.
Glad your fbg has started to come down again. It’s so frustrating when you’re doing everything right.
 

I’ll be dipping in and out for a few weeks yet I expect, thanks for the thoughts. It’s the sort of situation which makes me glad we’ve moved closer to the family so can help out and support when needed - just like you with your gang.
Amazingly loo roll is still in the shelves here, certainly in the local Coop but maybe it’s because their customers are mainly older people who come in with a shopping bag or shopping trolley ( tartan of course) so they can’t buy much at once.
 
Thats very funny about the dachshund, embarrassing but hey. I think Dennie is very clever and I think he might have picked up some more clever ideas. Mr Fuzz as I am calling him is beautiful but disturbed and I dont know what to do since he is a wild animal. Today my heart gave in and I left some wild bird feed out which later was gone.
If you like animals you try to be kind but maybe I am not doing the right thng!
 

It can be hard to know what to do for our wild kin. Sounds like you did the right thing with the wild bird food. Does he have access to water in your garden?
 
Interesting @Muddy Cyclist to watch how this proceeds...
 
SaskiaKC said:
It can be hard to know what to do for our wild kin. Sounds like you did the right thing with the wild bird food. Does he have access to water in your garden?
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Well I’ve left him a bowl of water but I dont know whether to encorage him to stay or if he would be better to fend for himself. For the time being I will support him.
 

I agree, it’s hard to know what to do isn’t it? Like leaving milk out for hedgehogs which their digestive system can’t cope with, or bread for birds in spring which swells in the gullets of chicks and chokes them. I should think wild bird seed for Mr Fuzz would be a good idea though, and I’m sure he was very grateful.
 
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