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

[dunelm]

So pleased to see your sister is being so well assisted in her wishes.

May she & all have the merriest of Christmas's.


I See your picture as a staging for royalty or world leaders to draw up in their carriages to be greeted by bowing footman & butlers .
Nice .

Thank you @jjraak. Staging for royalty or world leaders? Do I need to build in an oubliette?

 

[dunelm]

Hi Ian,
Driving with two eyes is far better than one.
Carlisle which we had to cross was almost grid locked. When we got to the clinic which is at Harraby (where they hung the invading Scots for all to see) a space appeared as a car pulled out in front of us.
The clinic seemed to be over loaded with patients and we went in 40mins after our time and we saw a more junior medic who mumbled and didn't know Marjorie's case, so she asked to see the Prof who came in briefly.
The histology clearly said no cancer found but it looks like circulation in lower legs is cause the changes to the skin ....Stasis dermatitis.
To clear it she has use a steroid cream for two weeks and go back and see if there an improvement. His junior colleage would not answer any questions as how could we mitigate the problems and just mumbled rapidly.
It was a very unsatisfactory consultation.

The fish and chips were good and we picked up the prescription in Wigton ok and the Christmas lights were very cheery.

We spoke on the phone last night to Abigail at York and she bent my ear about doing more exercise.
Atb.
Derek

Junior medic - why not a consultant? Shoddy work but well done to Marjorie for taking charge. Glad the fish and chips tipped the balance in your favours.

 

[dunelm]

5.4 this morning. Yesterday did lots of admin. Am also catching up with throwing out and shredding stuff that I haven't had time to read as I am usuallyg

On Monday I sent a 6 page lesson plan of exercises for class members to practice over the break - if they have any spare time over Christmas.

Yesterday my Professional Body sent me a link to 6 training videos for me study - if I have any spare time over Christmas.

The phrase 'great minds think alike' immediately sprung to mind

Actually I am really pleased that they have done this as two of the videos are by my absolutely favourite teachers.

Don’t forget to enjoy yourself and recharge your batteries.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning all. My Lat flow test was negative so off into a small town in The Fens for my immunotherapy. Thanks be to God and those administering His love despite being pilloried by those who should be administering justice. Remarkable how the causes of those riots seem so current. @dunelm thanks for sharing your art, do enjoy the Aldi experience - this will liven up your sprouts if you don't eat it first (sorry JKP) . I'm glad your sister's wish to be home has been granted but hug for you and your family at this time. @gennepher thanks for sharing the video, creative and all the words of your life - carry on. Your life often seems to echo Simon and Garfunkel's Keep the customer satisfied. Have a rest and set up camp in that bed. @lindisfel good news on the parking space, joy from the lights and fish and chips, less so on the sub-optimal junior doctor.
@jjraak full explanation of McGarret is much appreciated. Today's Advent poem and art here. Isaiah 56.1-8 seems a better idea to me than sending them to Rwanda or putting them on modern day hulks. As with the Littleport Martyrs there may be no justice shown by those God allows and expects to lead his people righteously but alcohol fuelled riots aren't the answer. Nor are all my links and silly nicknames* Thought for the day Pierre Teilhard de Chardin says, ‘ We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience’ I saw that on SPOTY with Doddie Weir, Rob Burrow, Kevin Sinfiield and Mike Alden. #inspired #humbled #*flawedinsomanyways #Carpenter from Nazareth seeks apprentice (shamelessly pinched from the back of a hoodie) .

Thank you for your kind thoughts @ianpspurs and for the tip for sprucing up my sprouts but I would surely gobble that down in Aldi car park. Advent art, splendid. Concur with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - it’s always human experience and we do have to take joy in each day as it plays out - we are but players but do try and be a good one and hold the hands of those who wait in the wings for the merest of a chorus line.

 

[dunelm]

Am so pleased that your sister has got her wish to spend her last Christmas at home. Just one ray of sunshine at this very sad time for you all.

Thank you @Krystyna23040 - we talk each day. Her medical care has given her nearly two extra years and she has not wasted that time. To most people I would say, do not waste your days, they are more precious than you think.

 

[dunelm]

Happy national bin day afternoon ladies and gentlemen and all who delight in the laughter and sheer joy of life found in children who don’t read and watch the out pouring of the news media.

This mornings blood sugars were 5.1 .

Here in Tilehurst Towers towers Christmas officially starts today, we have our grandchildren all day, we always have a BBQ at lunch time this time of year, but eat inside and for their early evening meal they will be having a Chinese takeaway, a special treat.
Activities today include substituting the chocolate in the Ferrereo Rocher with sprouts as a little gift for their parents, while eating the chocolates as a snack, don’t panic it is a small box.
Wrapping gifts from them for Mrs J, then hiding said gifts, but leaving location clues. Hanging sweets on the Christmas trees, yes Mrs J has two trees. Finally just enjoying themselves.

After a month of medical appointments today feels like it’s time to relax and start to enter into the festive spirit, no not alcohol spirits, but maybe a glass of Merlot later tonight.

Well it’s time for me, me’s and myself to go and lead the grandchildren astray while receiving yet another telling off, totally unjustified of course.

Stay safe, stay warm while avoiding as many tasks as possible.

The best of days

 

[lindisfel]

Thank you @jjraak. Staging for royalty or world leaders? Do I need to build in an oubliette?

Perhaps a place for tumbrils to roll though overseen by Madame Guillotine who was never satisfied?

 

[Annb]

Some bits and pieces of stuff have been dropped onto the floor of the larder over a week or so, and haven't been swept up so today I thought I would just get it done. My cleaner hasn't been able to get here this week - another bug going the rounds, apparently. It's just a small floor area - 4ft x 4ft, so easy enough to do, or so I thought. I didn't sweep, I got the small "Henry" vacuum cleaner out and made a start. Got about half of it done but had to stop for a rest - legs and back in agony. After about an hour I got back to it and got the other half done. Dropped everything at that point and had to rest again. It's still there, waiting to be put away and it needs boxes from the floor to be put back in place (big plastic boxes for carrying food to events). I can't do it yet and I'm hoping Neil will notice it and just do it but I won't ask him, I'll try to do it myself before I go to bed.

BG was a bit high this morning, but dropped quite low after breakfast (smoked haddock and leeks) and then rose again this afternoon, despite no more food. Currently 12.9. I want to go to bed, but if I do I'll be back up by 2 am, so I'll put it off for a bit.

 

[Krystyna23040]

Don’t forget to enjoy yourself and recharge your batteries.

Actually you are right @dunelm. Thank you for reminding me that it is important that we enjoy ourselves and recharge our batteries.

 

[gennepher]

Some bits and pieces of stuff have been dropped onto the floor of the larder over a week or so, and haven't been swept up so today I thought I would just get it done. My cleaner hasn't been able to get here this week - another bug going the rounds, apparently. It's just a small floor area - 4ft x 4ft, so easy enough to do, or so I thought. I didn't sweep, I got the small "Henry" vacuum cleaner out and made a start. Got about half of it done but had to stop for a rest - legs and back in agony. After about an hour I got back to it and got the other half done. Dropped everything at that point and had to rest again. It's still there, waiting to be put away and it needs boxes from the floor to be put back in place (big plastic boxes for carrying food to events). I can't do it yet and I'm hoping Neil will notice it and just do it but I won't ask him, I'll try to do it myself before I go to bed.

BG was a bit high this morning, but dropped quite low after breakfast (smoked haddock and leeks) and then rose again this afternoon, despite no more food. Currently 12.9. I want to go to bed, but if I do I'll be back up by 2 am, so I'll put it off for a bit.

Hugs @Annb

You describe exactly as I am for cleaning, the mammoth effort, the pain, etc

I cannot use a vacuum cleaner. But try to explain to someone why I can't, and that mammoth effort and pain it causes, they look at me as though I am stupid, and I feel so inadequate.

I can sweep the floors with a long handled broom, I have wooden floors. But I can't bend down to pick stuff up. I use a grabber a lot, one in each room.

It is the same for washing up, I'm in agony after a couple of minutes at the sink. I used to have a dishwasher a long time ago but it broke down and I never got another one. Now I use disposable stuff a lot - cardboard plates, cardboard cups to cook in the microwave.

I used to have a cleaner about 20 odd years ago but the money I paid her and the actual cleaning output I got from her as regards cleaning the place did not add up for me. I tried different ones, each was as bad as the other in different ways. I sacked the cleaners and went back to doing it my own way. So a lot does not get done and I do fall behind a lot, but I'm much happier not having those darn cleaners in my house.

Yet my father at the time, paid less than I did for cleaners, and got more than 10 times the amount of effort from them. They actually did a job I would expect from a cleaner. But I lived over the water so none of them would travel that far. He got them by an ad in a newsagent's window, whereas I used an agency.

Hence I do not invite any one in.

I have thought about a cleaner a couple of times since I have lived here, but they were from an agency, and I checked what jobs they would do, and one of the main jobs I needed was my bed sheets to be changed and fresh bedding put on, and none of them from the different agencies did that. Yet my father got his bedsheets changed from his cleaner no problem.

More hugs Ann, for the huge effort to get done what you managed to do.

I feel less inadequate now reading someone else's account on how they struggle to do something.

Take care x

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.3

The night of the Fox...
This is Foxy Loxy.
He checks on Jade.
He comes to my bedroom window and checks on me.
He is very interested in everything.
The eyes are Midnight's, checking in the distance.
Under the swing is ghost cat who I think bopped Foxy on the nose....

Creative is a winter digital painting...

Time for a cuppa...

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone on a day with the promise of 8 deg of rain showers here in the dark and dangerous north. Pretty good really. My sister who lives in Arkansas tells me that they are hunting out their thermals and blankets for the cold front heading there way. My youngest sister who lives in Portland, Oregon tells me that it is “seasonally cool at -7”. So, a bit of light rain at +8 is fine and to be cherished for washing the cars. Late breakfast with the girls today - Mrs Miggins, daughter and youngest granddaughter - I get the privilege of all three, in one place - a prelude to Christmas morning but without the one day per year jumper (can’t even remember where I hid it from last year - thank goodness for being able to do a convincing “I forget”). Art bit, more detail and hope to finish it within the next couple of days. I hope that you and yours are all as well as can be. I shall drink koffy and think about when I ought to hit the garage forecourt to get that present for Miggins.

 

[jjraak]

Fbg 6.3

The night of the Fox...
This is Foxy Loxy.
He checks on Jade.
He comes to my bedroom window and checks on me.
He is very interested in everything.
The eyes are Midnight's, checking in the distance.
Under the swing is ghost cat who I think bopped Foxy on the nose....

Creative is a winter digital painting...

Time for a cuppa...

View attachment 58322

He is a very busy little fox .

I did spot his 'bop' but wonder if the interaction with ghost cat began at 1:50 ?

Something gets jade's attention...mmhh

Liking the painting....very uplifting.

 

[Krystyna23040]

6.2 this morning. Today will be a relaxing day.

We are off to spend Christmas at The Victoria at Holkham tomorrow with youngest daughter and family. We are so looking forward to this as it will be the first proper Christmas together since the start of covid.

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.3

The night of the Fox...
This is Foxy Loxy.
He checks on Jade.
He comes to my bedroom window and checks on me.
He is very interested in everything.
The eyes are Midnight's, checking in the distance.
Under the swing is ghost cat who I think bopped Foxy on the nose....

Creative is a winter digital painting...

Time for a cuppa...

View attachment 58322

Splendid art - lovely textures

 

[Annb]

Hugs @Annb

You describe exactly as I am for cleaning, the mammoth effort, the pain, etc

I cannot use a vacuum cleaner. But try to explain to someone why I can't, and that mammoth effort and pain it causes, they look at me as though I am stupid, and I feel so inadequate.

I can sweep the floors with a long handled broom, I have wooden floors. But I can't bend down to pick stuff up. I use a grabber a lot, one in each room.

It is the same for washing up, I'm in agony after a couple of minutes at the sink. I used to have a dishwasher a long time ago but it broke down and I never got another one. Now I use disposable stuff a lot - cardboard plates, cardboard cups to cook in the microwave.

I used to have a cleaner about 20 odd years ago but the money I paid her and the actual cleaning output I got from her as regards cleaning the place did not add up for me. I tried different ones, each was as bad as the other in different ways. I sacked the cleaners and went back to doing it my own way. So a lot does not get done and I do fall behind a lot, but I'm much happier not having those darn cleaners in my house.

Yet my father at the time, paid less than I did for cleaners, and got more than 10 times the amount of effort from them. They actually did a job I would expect from a cleaner. But I lived over the water so none of them would travel that far, and yes I would have poached one of them of him if I could. He got them by an ad in a newsagent's window, whereas I used an agency.

Hence I do not invite any one in.

I have thought about a cleaner a couple of times since I have lived here, but they were from an agency, and I checked what jobs they would do, and one of the main jobs I needed was my bed sheets to be changed and fresh bedding put on, and none of them from the different agencies did that. Yet my father got his bedsheets changed from his cleaner no problem.

More hugs Ann, for the huge effort to get done what you managed to do.

I feel less inadequate now reading someone else's account on how they struggle to do something.

Take care x

I'm very lucky to have a cleaner who does a thorough job of the floors - there's always dust and grime being trodden in from outside and I do like the thought that it is clean once in a while. She only does the floors - that's all I ask her for. I pay her what I consider to be a good hourly rate for an active job - about a quarter more than she earns as a home carer. Every so often I think I really can't afford it, but I know neither Neil nor I can manage to do the job. Neil because he can't be in an environment where there is dust in the air and me because of all the aches and pains. The rest, I try to do myself - but that's not as often as it should be. The only problem is that she isn't always able to come when we arrange a date - because of her work commitments or her children (she's a divorcee with 2 children and an ex-husband who sounds to be not only a waste of space, but unpleasant with it). She's due to come this afternoon so I'm clearing the decks again so that she can actually get to the floors. I hope she does manage to come today - I have little gifts for her and her children burning a hole in my kitchen table.

Every so often I feel inadequate too, but I just have to get over it. Whatever anyone else thinks, I know I've done my best and refuse to ask any more of myself.

FBG 13.9 but I have taken insulin and had a breakfast and hope to get a better reading in a while.

 

[lindisfel]

Our butchers just brought our fresh turkey crown.

They have been working since 4am and he was a very jolly guy.

We shall be on our own for Christmas that is not unusual, one Christmas we spent at the back end of Derwentwater near where Hugh Walpole lived, plenty of others were enjoying the mild day and eating packed food and others had brought their wine.

Life is what we make it to be I class myself as being very fortunate to have lived into my eighties.
D.

 

[gennepher]

He is a very busy little fox .

I did spot his 'bop' but wonder if the interaction with ghost cat began at 1:50 ?

Something gets jade's attention...mmhh

Liking the painting....very uplifting.

He is certainly not there for the food @jjraak
I find it intriguing, that very close proximity with the cats. None of the cats are fazed.

Yes, it might have done. The important action takes place out of sight...

Thank you very much.

 

[gennepher]

Splendid art - lovely textures

Thank you very much @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

I'm very lucky to have a cleaner who does a thorough job of the floors - there's always dust and grime being trodden in from outside and I do like the thought that it is clean once in a while. She only does the floors - that's all I ask her for. I pay her what I consider to be a good hourly rate for an active job - about a quarter more than she earns as a home carer. Every so often I think I really can't afford it, but I know neither Neil nor I can manage to do the job. Neil because he can't be in an environment where there is dust in the air and me because of all the aches and pains. The rest, I try to do myself - but that's not as often as it should be. The only problem is that she isn't always able to come when we arrange a date - because of her work commitments or her children (she's a divorcee with 2 children and an ex-husband who sounds to be not only a waste of space, but unpleasant with it). She's due to come this afternoon so I'm clearing the decks again so that she can actually get to the floors. I hope she does manage to come today - I have little gifts for her and her children burning a hole in my kitchen table.

Every so often I feel inadequate too, but I just have to get over it. Whatever anyone else thinks, I know I've done my best and refuse to ask any more of myself.

FBG 13.9 but I have taken insulin and had a breakfast and hope to get a better reading in a while.

You do amazingly brilliantly @Annb
I hope she does turn up for you today, as well as receive your gifts for her and the children.