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

geefull said:

good evening all

was 4.1 this morning

- speaking of forgetting things I suddenly realised I hadn't hit post earlier

Loved the misty field and fences @Muddy Cyclist and I'm envious of your courage in going for portraits! @gennepher going from strength to strength

good sleep and comfort to all

fairly boring catch up art today - still lifes I suppose
no 1 was done with the cheap watercolour paint on typing paper - I wanted to try painting glass, no 2 is one of those physalis fruits done with some ancient gouache I found (from my schooldays ), on typing paper.
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OldButBold said:

Morning all, up with the lark and showing 7.5 with a surprisingly nice 35.4 temperature. We'll see how that goes through the day. managed five hours sleep sitting upright before the dry coughing woke me up.

Better to be woken up by coughing than waking up in one

Symptoms so far are identical to the bouts of pneumonia I have had in the past, perhaps this time the coughing is slightly worse. This is a hopeful sign as #1 I have survived these symptoms before and #2 without an actual test it could be pneumonia. Beginning drug treatment was the right thing to do, this morning the minimal phlegm was very thick and white, sinus pain has stopped although headache upon coughing is still there.

Just in case all the stuff I am taking/doing is reducing the effects I will list them here.
T2: Metformin 500mg x 2 daily
Allergies: Fenofexadine 120mg daily
COPD: Symbicort Inhaler 200/6 usually 2 x 2 daily increased to x4 daily, Bricanyl Inhaler 1x4 daily, Spiriva 18mcg x 1 daily, just added 30mg Prednisolone daily
Infection: Amoxicillin
Supplements: Daily vit D 5000iu, Zinc 50mg, Selenium 200mcg, vit C 5000mg, Magnesium 375mg, vit B12 1000mcg
Exercise: being able to get to the loo is enough

Steaming every 3 hours using 4-5 drops Tea Tree oil and a smudge of Vicks Vapour Rub

None of the above is given as a recommendation for treatment and is listed only to illustrate how I am dealing with the virus. Please consult your doctor who will either dowse or check chicken innards as they aren't sure yet https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Don't worry, I won't be doing a 'dear diary' every morning, I was just bored

Interesting thread here https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/beaten-the-virus.173262/#post-2242557

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gennepher said:

Been up since 2:30 am

Fbg 6.1

Temp 34.9

Planning my excursion for this morning.
I need more cat litter. I thought I had enough for a long time, but Popeye is voluntarily self isolating. Which I never thought I would see because he has always loved the great outdoors.

It is not the attack on him a few weeks ago that caused this behaviour, but there are now several feral cats around here. They are getting bolder and bolder. And will come up to attack Popeye even though he is standing besides me in the garden.

There was a vicious attack a week ago. Popeye was sitting right by my feet, when through the undergrowth came a particularly nasty vicious looking black and white Tom cat. It leapt on Popeye. Popeye gave a brilliant account of himself. But I intervened, and so the Tom cat leapt up and attacked me. Luckily I had an outdoors coat on and managed to avert my face.

I hope next door’s nasty dog will get it, but I think it will win over the dog.

So, without people around outside like they were before, this situation is going to get worse.

There are another 3 feral cats out there which are getting bolder and bolder, and don’t run when I go out there to chase them, and also have gone for Popeye.

I assume people are chucking out their pets because of the coronavirus.

Popeye is going to be 28 years old in May. He is an elderly cat, but doesn’t behave his age...and neither do I.

Take care
Be safe

EDIT: It is not going to be long before we see packs of dogs roaming the streets, like there used to be in the 1950’s and 60’s.

Edit 2: I live next to very large ancient woodlands/park where people take their dogs for walks. The car park has now been closed. The skateboard park normally freely open had been closed, and the children’s playground etc. But you can still access the very large woodland park from various places, There was a notice outside one of the entrances. No idea what it said because I was driving, but it was enough to make some dog walkers turn round and not enter the park.

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OldButBold said:

Morning all, up with the lark and showing 7.5 with a surprisingly nice 35.4 temperature. We'll see how that goes through the day. managed five hours sleep sitting upright before the dry coughing woke me up.

Better to be woken up by coughing than waking up in one

Symptoms so far are identical to the bouts of pneumonia I have had in the past, perhaps this time the coughing is slightly worse. This is a hopeful sign as #1 I have survived these symptoms before and #2 without an actual test it could be pneumonia. Beginning drug treatment was the right thing to do, this morning the minimal phlegm was very thick and white, sinus pain has stopped although headache upon coughing is still there.

Just in case all the stuff I am taking/doing is reducing the effects I will list them here.
T2: Metformin 500mg x 2 daily
Allergies: Fenofexadine 120mg daily
COPD: Symbicort Inhaler 200/6 usually 2 x 2 daily increased to x4 daily, Bricanyl Inhaler 1x4 daily, Spiriva 18mcg x 1 daily, just added 30mg Prednisolone daily
Infection: Amoxicillin
Supplements: Daily vit D 5000iu, Zinc 50mg, Selenium 200mcg, vit C 5000mg, Magnesium 375mg, vit B12 1000mcg
Exercise: being able to get to the loo is enough

Steaming every 3 hours using 4-5 drops Tea Tree oil and a smudge of Vicks Vapour Rub

None of the above is given as a recommendation for treatment and is listed only to illustrate how I am dealing with the virus. Please consult your doctor who will either dowse or check chicken innards as they aren't sure yet https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Don't worry, I won't be doing a 'dear diary' every morning, I was just bored

Interesting thread here https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/beaten-the-virus.173262/#post-2242557

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OldButBold said:

Try this

https://www.heathrow.com/arrivals

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