6.8
Trying day yesterday. Waited for ages to get through to surgery and finally GP called back. He was v. happy (especially as he told me that the missing results I have included a whopping rise up of hbA1c to 118 in Feb 2019 - check addition to sig)
He is still insisting I need to be on 4 metformin and a bumped up mg of Jardiance so I gently pushed back asking why if I have seen results on 2-3 Metformin and 1 jardiance. That being said looking at Swipey results for some reason neither of us can fathom seeing as I take a metformin when I go to bed, my sugars jump up again around midnight/1am. They have already done their post-prandial spikes so reluctantly I have agreed to stay at 3 metformin and 1 jardiance but I see absolutely NO reason other than the rather vague 'oh it's good for cardiovascular health'... uh huh - so is the better eating and the regular exercise I am able to do without travelling or work at the moment. Anyway - he accepted this so... perhaps a mini result.
The rest of the day had a few challenges.
Went to the post office and queued for half an hour and the old biddy (who I swear is the living embodiment of my departed granny on mum's side) gave me a disapproving stare as my debit card was declined twice. Paid on a credit card, then waited on hold for 35mins with the bank who decided my weekly withdrawal of £70 of cash for the week was now suspicious (after... a year???).
By the time I got to the self-assessment, the accountancy system was playing up but they had simplified the questionnaire, although I still had to call to check on the property section, and remarkably I was able to pay (with newly unblocked debit card) and that is now all underway. I didn't have the stamina to do expenses and bank reconciliation - so that is going to be today's task.
Oh, and I put the little tree up. Lights in the window later today. OK two tasks for today then.
@Alien Aspie - I was picked up once by describing myself as 'coloured' and was told 'You are either Black (which I am not) or Asian (which I don't consider because Mauritians are not Indian or Pakistani)... I then get 'educated' that probably 4-5 generations ago my family were from India so I must be Indian. No. I have three generations in Mauritius. I identify with Creole/French ... and lots of rum. So now whenever people nitpick I tell them my parents came from the cultural melting pot that is Mauritius and THAT is the heritage I identify with. Lord I didn't even like curry for the longest time! So much was my dislike of any spicy food, my parents wondered if they picked up the wrong child from the maternity ward!
@dunelm @Muddy Cyclist @gennepher - great pics and hugs
@gennepher for yesterday
@SilverK - makes me appreciate my surgery which is a decent little community practice I partnership with an amazing pharmacist.
Swipey runs out imminently and I am waiting for cave-dweller to go to work and then I will get up, do the spin bike session and get on about the day.