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

Well we could say all’s well that ends well but congratulations for overcoming those very real fearful stresses and glad that your day went well for you. Good idea for the effective sign.
 
Hi @geefull - yes, that’s the gold flecked yellow paper. Fettling your mums gate - good use of time. I like the colours that you used with the house, it blends perfectly with the landscape.
 
Cutting down on the swipey sounds like a plan - with your good Fbs readings you could perhaps do stabby for a month if you can stand it. Unfortunately I have yet to find anything for my own arthritic pain apart from my infra red sauna.
 
Reminiscing sounds like a good thing to do when you can’t get out and about - light on the pocket as well. Hearing aids - I thought that the NHS ones were supposed to be pretty up to date on the tech side - my dad got some in France having refused to pay over £1,000 for fancy rechargeable ones. Specsavers do discounted ones I think and there are organisations like helpforhearing.org. Good luck with it and hope that the cataracts don’t impinge too much.
 
Good morning everyone from another smashing start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north.
The wonder wheel of liver, onions and bacon with mushrooms and cauli mash came flatlining in at 5.0 this am

Grandchild number 6 yesterday to brighten up the day. At 14 months she in now growing here repertoire of pre-word sounds and songs. She has now figured out how to open packs of baby wipes and can have at least half a dozen wipes out in the blink of an eye with which she happily begins to clean wooden floors, lower parts of furniture and anything in her reach - should she be on zero hours?

Art today, joining up paint brush splodges on backing paper and then some splattering. Hope everyone has a most wonderful International Bin Day and that the odds are forever in your favour, especially if involved in mouse wars. Koffy time.

 
5.3 today. A really hard frost this morning but the walk was lovely because it wasn't windy ,- so didn't feel chilly even though it was minus 1°.
Another busy day with classes. First one starts in 20 minutes.
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen. A trifle wet here in Tilehurst Towers, better turn the tap off, outside it's damp.

A 6.2 this morning, cheese laden cauliflower and mustard mash.

Here will be furniture moving with Mrs J cleaning the leather sofas, me and me's contribution will be making tea and offering unwelcome words of advice.

Well fellow posters, painters and gamers have great day, stay safe, stay well and stay sane.

I must depart and prod the sleeping dragon.
 
Cutting down on the swipey sounds like a plan - with your good Fbs readings you could perhaps do stabby for a month if you can stand it. Unfortunately I have yet to find anything for my own arthritic pain apart from my infra red sauna.
I can't do stabby - it really isn't terribly practical when writing every day. My rationale is that on Sunday I am going to see what the selfish hoardes have left in Sainsbury's so I have a good two weeks of fresh grub and more importantly NO tennis to screw up meal times. So the next two weeks are very good candidates to go Swipey free and ... more importantly... to batch cook my little socks off so I have quick meals on the go - a life of protein bars for breakfast, waitrose cup-soups and then something out the freezer for 2-3 weeks isn't terribly appealing but hey ho!

I have anti-imflams in my prescription but only for a month and then they stop me having them for a while - and so have switched to Turmeric and Black Pepper which makes the pain manageable but doesn't quite eradicate it in the temporary way the anti-inflams do so I might put in a call to the surgery when I have the stamina to be on hold for an hour! See what the kindly doc says... but having just got my innards working more regularly - I am loathe to upset that delicate balance with more meds that will grind everything back to a halt. Lord this is exhausting playing chess with my body, without even the extravagance of The Queen's Gambit!
 

Love your snow @dunelm
 
Later heard a guy who studies the effectiveness of vaccines on More or Less this am say it depends on what time period one looks at!

As I see it, if you disregard the first three weeks after first jab, the comparative efficacy is more than 50% w.r.t. a placebo group.

Also shown in the radio program the fallacy of the comparison between the new variant and old being just as deadly.
I always thought this statement was silly.

With the new R number re:70% faster spread, within a relatively short time period unchecked 1000x more people will die.
Horrific! please keep your heads down.

Nearly 700 cases per 100,000 per day rate in our area now, due new variant.
D.
 
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Turmeric and black pepper sounds good - I make batches of turmeric tea and keep in the fridge. I always use fresh turmeric which I buy online and store in the freezer, taking out a few pieces as needed. I defrost then chop them up and add to simmering water together with black pepper and slices of fresh ginger. I drink a glass of it each morning. I don’t know if it helps but my mother swears by Vedic recipes - her great grandparents came to the UK from the Punjab.
 
Mama-bear used to have ginger and turmeric and I do start the morning these days with a lemon and ginger tea (that I also think has helped the slow traction issues) ...

By some miracle... I got through to the GP who said to maybe keep the anti-inflame until the severe pain in my thumbs flare up and I am taking a day off tomorrow and venturing (mask-cladden) into Kingston so I might get a new pair of arthritic gloves as mine have seen better days and are fraying (and were cheap from somewhere in China via Amazon!) ...

Giving myself a rest day from the workouts and wearing soft supports today. That will be one for the physio to deal with at the end of the month!
 
Greetings each. Head spinning with so many sub plots to keep a hold of. Here goes. @Muddy Cyclist good day reminiscing with Mrs MC, sorry about the partial hearing loss but good to have eyesight checked out. @gennepher glad the eye clinic appt went well and all the prep paid off. I was lucky enough to get my diabetic retinopathy review before LD1 - all clear again. @Krystyna23040 I took part in that survey and have a test kit to use. @RFSMarch I think the lesser spotted Swipey watching is a very sound plan. @dunelm hugs for the arthritis, winner for granddaughter. @alf_Josiah wet trifles? stop moaning and give thanks Mrs AJ looks after you so well. @lindisfel hug for living in a high positive rate area - hunker down. Phew. No Swipey here but 90 day average at 6.00 am is 4.8 - much of that would have seen me awake and walking about for 2+ hrs.
 
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Ahhhh you just reminded me - I should have had my retinopathy appt in December - harrumph... need to chase the docs about that now too!
 
ooooh these scammers these days are getting canny - just received an automated call to my mobile telling me that my National Insurance number was being used fraudulently in Wales.

They tried a few times in a day and I just hung up .... I looked it up online and of course it is a scammy-scam-scam.. but be careful folks!
 
The statistics are not simple to understand. For example the Oxford vaccine (after two full doses) has an efficacy of 60%, meaning it lowered Covid 19 infection by 60% compared with a control group. The more important statistic is that it was 100% effective in preventing hospitalisation due to Covid 19. This misunderstanding of data is likely to occur when research results are made public by press release rather than in "The Lancet" or similar scientific journals.
 
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The best type of art work, brilliant and pleased you had a good experience.
 
Quick, make use of that 14 month old, throw things under tables, chairs cupboards and beds, send her to retrieve them it's a fantastic way to get Spring Cleaning done early and you don't have to move anything.

Good splattering and colour from you today.
 
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