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

[alf_Josiah]

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen from a cold and claggy Tilehurst Towers.

A very perplexing 4.7 this morning, me and me's said that meter is up to no good.

Well fellow posters, painters and gamers here today is an unknown at the moment. Mrs J is on about making a kite, me and me's are wondering if it's an obscure reference to wind, it would be a very brave person to enquire.

In the extremely unlikely event you are wondering about the word claggy it's a term from the hang gliding days in the late 70's to early 80's to describe cold, misty damp days, such as this morning. Such wonderful days, sometimes tragic and in such beautiful landscape

Have a great day, stay safe, stay well and don't run out of stay's.

 

[ianpspurs]

Thank you for that link.
Passed on to lads, a most worthy read

In the light of that, let me add this for interest if nothing else.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004e2.htm?s_cid=mm7004e2_w

NFL in depth data of players/teams interactions re covid infections.

Silly but while it had occurred to me that sn enclosed society would be a great place to monitor & test out covid protocols etc, I'd totally over looked the fact, sports reliant on playing, would have and SPEND the funds to operate this at the highest levels I must have that all wrong.

Bottom line
it's airborne.
Players competently monitored contracted / infected without spending any recordable time with others or within 6ft of possible contact

Perhaps such sporting gods, might be a useful tool, certainly US side to convince a few more to mask up in enclosed spaces.

@jjraak I just skimmed that article having read this earlier. Remarkable similarities in takeaways re proximity and time of exposure IMHO. Also came as a complete shock to me that athletes paid multi-million dollars annually are monitored more closely than those we are (cynically if by u know who) asked to clap for whilst denying them proper PPE and salary. I must have misunderstood something there.

 

[mojo37]

Mixture of high readings over the last few days 8.4 9.3 ..slightly better 7.6 yesterday then up again today to 8.8 though that was last night's rice

 

[ianpspurs]

Mixture of high readings over the last few days 8.4 9.3 ..slightly better 7.6 yesterday then up again today to 8.8 though that was last night's rice

Shame about high readings but outstanding effort to keep testing, pinpointing the issues whilst still working on the front line. I've never met you but what a trouper. Have a virtual hug from a creepy old man.

 

[Mrs T 123]

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Agree - woof woof!

 

[Mrs T 123]

5.9 for me today

 

[gennepher]

Fbg (in the early hours as usual) 6.7

This painting...well I started it yesterday, in Procreate, as a cherry tree to do cherry blossom falling in the light of the full moon.

What happened? Today happened. Nothing bad, and just my thoughts and feelings from only having exactly 2 hours sleep last night. Cat woke me at 2:30 am. He needed feeding (he is 28 years old, and had a bad year last year, so for him to be alive now is a miracle, and I will feed him when he asks, he has always been a slim cat). I was too awake by now, so it was doing the next batch of writing postcards. Getting to the post office in the next village for when it opened early, to post and get the new pictorial stamps he had ordered for me, and doing my weekly shop there as well. I had fancied a sandwich, but none there. The postmaster saw me looking and asked if I wanted a sandwich. So, I said yes, and told him I had bought one before and it was delicious. I make them fresh he said. So he reeled off what he could do. So I said egg. Then he comes out from the back a moment later rather sheepish, and says, I forgot to say that I make them from fresh. It's going to be 10-15 minutes. I have just put the eggs on to boil! Crikey, that fresh? So, I said fine, I will look in the churchyard next door, and I will be back in a bit.

Churchyard was damp and slippery, and green moss. Then I had a conversation with a lady that appeared from nowhere. I would have gone in the church, it was open, but it was dependent on you scanning that Covid app or else the door wouldn't open. Blimey, this is a new different age. So, I left it, and took photos of gravestones, and snowdrops. And then a man appeared from nowhere, walking towards me. He appeared to have a dog lead looped in his hand, but no dog in sight. I thought it was time I left. And so I did.

Collected my ever so fresh egg sandwich, and I forgot to mention 2 fresh cream cakes....

An important letter waiting for me when I got home. An email. And I got back in bed with the cat who was keeping my place warm for me. Fell asleep. Cat woke me up after an hour (ugh!). The sun was out and he wanted to sit in his special place in the potting shed. So put harness and lead on him. We did 3 circuits of the garden, then I unlocked the potting shed for him. This was 2 hours ago. I have been in the front room, by a fully open window (with 2 dressing gowns on to keep warm). And my parcel still hasn't arrived.

And doing this digital painting, which changed and evolved this afternoon from a pretty cherry blossom tree to this. I saw the dawn this morning. There was a flaming red sky, then beautiful blue skies, then the shining gold disc of the sun as it rose behind the ancient oak tree...

So, that is as much as an explanation I can give why the pretty cherry blossom tree changed into an old oak tree. Maybe the spooky graveyard was to blame...

 

[jjraak]

Late reporting

Fbg going down...Ish.

7.2..

Maybe I'm clearing the meds out if me slowly.

Operation mobile going smoothly.
Gentle walking exercise, trying to replicate normal walk going well.

Intention is to boot up and take a slow walk to shops today..( only a few longish blocks)
Then if ok, day off tomorrow
And Saturday a walk in nearby Cemetery with daughter and little dog I walked

I'll be staying on paved walkway, while they'll be on the grassy parts I suspect
Be nice anyway.

@SlimLizzy ..how goes the day ?
Mr S feeling any better

@Muddy Cyclist .
Hope all goes we on the zoom for MiL.

Stay well all.

Ps.
Older nephew postie
Cleaner in his office showed up on sky news weekend just gone
Early last week took time off, wife was sick
https://news.sky.com/video/share-12203902

News report puts him in hospital covid, on Oxy.
.
Wife passed away last week, heart attack/covid.
40 yr old son in law also in ICU, intubated.

Younger nephew just texted me, cleaner at his work infected
Nephew's been sent home to isolate and work from home .

What do they about *stuff* getting real .

Take care all

 

[ianpspurs]

Late reporting

Fbg going down...Ish.

7.2..

Maybe I'm clearing the meds out if me slowly.

Operation mobile going smoothly.
Gentle walking exercise, trying to replicate normal walk going well.

Intention is to boot up and take a slow walk to shops today..( only a few longish blocks)
Then if ok, day off tomorrow
And Saturday a walk in nearby Cemetery with daughter and little dog I walked

I'll be staying on paved walkway, while they'll be on the grassy parts I suspect
Be nice anyway.

@SlimLizzy ..how goes the day ?
Mr S feeling any better

@Muddy Cyclist .
Hope all goes we on the zoom for MiL.

Stay well all.

Ps.
Older nephew postie
Cleaner in his office showed up on sky news weekend just gone
Early last week took time off, wife was sick
https://news.sky.com/video/share-12203902

News report puts him in a coma, covid, tubed.
Wife passed away Tuesday heart attack/covid.
40 yr old brother in law also in ICU

Younger nephew just texted me, cleaner at his work infected
Nephew's been sent home to isolate and work from home .

What do they about *stuff* getting real .

Take care all

Winner for mobility going well and bs going downish. The hug is for nephew and the cleaner's family.

 

[jjraak]

Winner for mobility going well and bs going downish. The hug is for nephew and the cleaner's family.

Yes Ian, dreadful for him & them.
Lads at work all praying he pulls through
Awful just awful

 

[gennepher]

Late reporting

Fbg going down...Ish.

7.2..

Maybe I'm clearing the meds out if me slowly.

Operation mobile going smoothly.
Gentle walking exercise, trying to replicate normal walk going well.

Intention is to boot up and take a slow walk to shops today..( only a few longish blocks)
Then if ok, day off tomorrow
And Saturday a walk in nearby Cemetery with daughter and little dog I walked

I'll be staying on paved walkway, while they'll be on the grassy parts I suspect
Be nice anyway.

@SlimLizzy ..how goes the day ?
Mr S feeling any better

@Muddy Cyclist .
Hope all goes we on the zoom for MiL.

Stay well all.

Ps.
Older nephew postie
Cleaner in his office showed up on sky news weekend just gone
Early last week took time off, wife was sick
https://news.sky.com/video/share-12203902

News report puts him in a coma, covid, tubed.
Wife passed away Tuesday heart attack/covid.
40 yr old brother in law also in ICU

Younger nephew just texted me, cleaner at his work infected
Nephew's been sent home to isolate and work from home .

What do they about *stuff* getting real .

Take care all

You are doing well with operation mobility. Having a day off sounds good @jjraak
Then walking again on Saturday.

Hugs for all the Covid that is going on around you.
Tears from me for all others' suffering. A powerful sky news clip.
Take care x

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Fbg (in the early hours as usual) 6.7

This painting...well I started it yesterday, in Procreate, as a cherry tree to do cherry blossom falling in the light of the full moon.

What happened? Today happened. Nothing bad, and just my thoughts and feelings from only having exactly 2 hours sleep last night. Cat woke me at 2:30 am. He needed feeding (he is 28 years old, and had a bad year last year, so for him to be alive now is a miracle, and I will feed him when he asks, he has always been a slim cat). I was too awake by now, so it was doing the next batch of writing postcards. Getting to the post office in the next village for when it opened early, to post and get the new pictorial stamps he had ordered for me, and doing my weekly shop there as well. I had fancied a sandwich, but none there. The postmaster saw me looking and asked if I wanted a sandwich. So, I said yes, and told him I had bought one before and it was delicious. I make them fresh he said. So he reeled off what he could do. So I said egg. Then he comes out from the back a moment later rather sheepish, and says, I forgot to say that I make them from fresh. It's going to be 10-15 minutes. I have just put the eggs on to boil! Crikey, that fresh? So, I said fine, I will look in the churchyard next door, and I will be back in a bit.

Churchyard was damp and slippery, and green moss. Then I had a conversation with a lady that appeared from nowhere. I would have gone in the church, it was open, but it was dependent on you scanning that Covid app or else the door wouldn't open. Blimey, this is a new different age. So, I left it, and took photos of gravestones, and snowdrops. And then a man appeared from nowhere, walking towards me. He appeared to have a dog lead looped in his hand, but no dog in sight. I thought it was time I left. And so I did.

Collected my ever so fresh egg sandwich, and I forgot to mention 2 fresh cream cakes....

An important letter waiting for me when I got home. An email. And I got back in bed with the cat who was keeping my place warm for me. Fell asleep. Cat woke me up after an hour (ugh!). The sun was out and he wanted to sit in his special place in the potting shed. So put harness and lead on him. We did 3 circuits of the garden, then I unlocked the potting shed for him. This was 2 hours ago. I have been in the front room, by a fully open window (with 2 dressing gowns on to keep warm). And my parcel still hasn't arrived.

And doing this digital painting, which changed and evolved this afternoon from a pretty cherry blossom tree to this. I saw the dawn this morning. There was a flaming red sky, then beautiful blue skies, then the shining gold disc of the sun as it rose behind the ancient oak tree...

So, that is as much as an explanation I can give why the pretty cherry blossom tree changed into an old oak tree. Maybe the spooky graveyard was to blame...

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A game of cat and mouse with spooky grave yards you certainly know how to have an adventures, result nice creative art.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Good morning everyone, quick drop in, 4.8
Hope everyone has a great day.

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And a quick exit but not without leaving the forum a little artistic treasure. Good landscape nicely detailed.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Late reporting

Fbg going down...Ish.

7.2..

Maybe I'm clearing the meds out if me slowly.

Operation mobile going smoothly.
Gentle walking exercise, trying to replicate normal walk going well.

Intention is to boot up and take a slow walk to shops today..( only a few longish blocks)
Then if ok, day off tomorrow
And Saturday a walk in nearby Cemetery with daughter and little dog I walked

I'll be staying on paved walkway, while they'll be on the grassy parts I suspect
Be nice anyway.

@SlimLizzy ..how goes the day ?
Mr S feeling any better

@Muddy Cyclist .
Hope all goes we on the zoom for MiL.

Stay well all.

Ps.
Older nephew postie
Cleaner in his office showed up on sky news weekend just gone
Early last week took time off, wife was sick
https://news.sky.com/video/share-12203902

News report puts him in hospital covid, on Oxy.
.
Wife passed away last week, heart attack/covid.
40 yr old son in law also in ICU, intubated.

Younger nephew just texted me, cleaner at his work infected
Nephew's been sent home to isolate and work from home .

What do they about *stuff* getting real .

Take care all

Winner for your good mobility progress. Sad news about Covid so close inyour life so have a hug.

 

[Muddy Cyclist]

Sorry folks no art.

MILs care home call 90 minutes but all very professional and supportive. Then the day fell apart, best laid plans and all that. Mrs MCs horse escaped, wrecked the fence, broke posts and found grass, yes the grass is always greener so spent from 11 am until it was to dark to Cary on mending fences. I have Post Knockers aches as I had to replace 6 broken fence posts and rails then repair all the electric fencing that should be protecting the post and rail fencing. I had forgotten how heavy Post knockers are. Rewards BG down, NO! 6.3 after a day of little amounts of food.

On the plus side I had a call this evening from a friend of my sons who wants to put my paintings in his shop, not open yet but he does online sales so maybe I can move some of the 200 watercolours that are cluttering up my shelf.

 

[jjraak]

Sorry folks no art.

MILs care home call 90 minutes but all very professional and supportive. Then the day fell apart, best laid plans and all that. Mrs MCs horse escaped, wrecked the fence, broke posts and found grass, yes the grass is always greener so spent from 11 am until it was to dark to Cary on mending fences. I have Post Knockers aches as I had to replace 6 broken fence posts and rails then repair all the electric fencing that should be protecting the post and rail fencing. I had forgotten how heavy Post knockers are. Rewards BG down, NO! 6.3 after a day of little amounts of food.

On the plus side I had a call this evening from a friend of my sons who wants to put my paintings in his shop, not open yet but he does online sales so maybe I can move some of the 200 watercolours that are cluttering up my shelf.

Hugs for the misfortune

Kudos for tucking in and getting job done

But a win for the online sales angle..

 

[jjraak]

Plus point.

1078 steps shop n back.
Knackered & So slow..but overjoyed at the achievement.

Sad point..but understandable.

Anyone use Google timelines ?

Mine usually has too much Info,
Looks like a huge zigzag across London and the south east ..lol.
And at times the highlights are over countries n sometimes continents...

Dec highlight was job at post office & home.

And Jan's was JUST nephew's & Hospital visits ....aagghh

But as sbove steps prove..life IS looking up.

" Dear Life .....in your face, sucker
You'll have to do better .

What don't kill me might just make me stronger,
But it definitely makes me more aware & sharper for the next curve ball you throw me.
Love JJ."


Chin up and stepping into tomorrow, today

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone, quick drop in, 4.8
Hope everyone has a great day.

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I love the gentleness and calmness of this one @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

A game of cat and mouse with spooky grave yards you certainly know how to have an adventures, result nice creative art.

Thank you @Muddy Cyclist
Little adventures are my forte...

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.2
Surprised? Me too, after my fresh egg sarnie and two extremely hugely delicious fresh cream cakes...and that was all I ate yesterday...and I really enjoyed it!

Today's painting in Procreate. The snowdrops I saw yesterday in the spooky historic graveyard...