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

Went into Lakes and spent sometime in a wood at Powter Howe near Bassingthwaite Lake this am listening for singing woodland species.

There looks to be a lot of visitors to the area this year.

I am finding it very difficult walking but hope to get going again soon.
Had to have a rest this pm
D.
 
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Fbg 7.6

Wildlife nighttime video
Fox & Badger & Cats - a busy night - Midnight watches

Miss Fluffy, the baby sparrow I saw for the first time yesterday, made a heck of a racket when back in the nest yesterday. She didn't stop cheeping. Then I realised there was a second cheep, slightly out of synchronisation with the main cheep, every so often, then the cheeps synchronised again (the wonders of a cochlear implant - I'm not so good with people voices, but I can identify how many birds are in a nest demanding food!). So, Miss Fluffy must have a sibling. This morning Miss Fluffy is out and about and demanding food off her parents, who are both enjoying their new found freedom and chasing each other...

Creative is a digital painting of Sweet Cicely in my garden, you can sweeten rhubarb with that...

Time for a cuppa, a nap, then start the day.


 
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G'day all T2D Warriors

Not up yet...awake thanks to that internal body clock now back running on 'work mode' timescale.
So no fbg as yet.

An opening go on the bobsleigh run of fbg yesterday morning, had the judges awarding a derisory 8.2.

Bad, but at least I didn't crash.

A mix of a day Thursday.

Had appointment with specialist to check trajectory of recovery.

Very pleasant gent.
Knows his stuff.
Impressed at efforts made to recover.

However, he believes recovery is at an end in real terms, and in fact the leg, ankle knees combo, may be regressing...so sending me off for MRI scans.

In his dictaphone (?) Notes I heard him describes how i now meet criteria for being disabled....
( petty, but it saddened me to hear that.
So left a little down.)

Bounced back on way to gym.

Then, despite knowing the knee doesn't like having pressure applied, we did one exercise on cable machines where the leg pulls on a weight that had me wincing & for first time pulling out of an exercise.

Nagging me rest of session.

A tad tender going to bed, and was difficult to bend next morning
(Felt like knee cap was locking or sliding over a ridge )

Reluctant to miss work, I made my way in.

Seemed the movement itself helped me 'run it off'...(a euphemism for walking slowly with Distinctive limp, in this case)

As for the 8.0...?
discipline crumbled on way home, pitiful excuses made, exonerated actions, blah, blah, blah.

Stopped off, bought beers, drank beers....

lessons learned, move along folks, nothing to see here...

Yes, I know ....I even tell myself..idiot.

But done now , so spilt milk, no cry yada yada

Otherwise life is good.
Day off today, so changing tyres for new ones on Ebike...so my day's planned out, might need a little test ride after, as ya do ..hoping for the promised sunshine

Take care all .
 
Oh Genn.

What an absolute nightmare your chemists is.

I so wish I could swap you mine.
So helpful, friendly & just goes that extra bit to help everyone out.

I can't think of any better solutions, but can only offer my best wishes your determined nature helps you find a solution to this ridiculous mess they put you in.
 
Hi, I'm new here
Hi @mickeyg01 .

Welcome to our little corner of the web.

Like many others such threads, we post up our meter readings for the first one of the day...(fbg)

Which offers a guide to how well we're managing our type 2 .
To which it's common to reply by emoji if good, and a hug & a short reply sometimes if its not so good, by way of encouragement.

Do you have a meter yet, to take & tell us your reading ?
 
19.05
8.25am FBG 5.4 perfect
We usually have our French lesson on Friday but I am not sure if we will be getting one today because the other couple we share the teacher with have visitors. Teacher may not want to do lesson with class of two.
20.05
8.35am FBG 6.3 late dinner with rice so expected higher this morning. Need coffee so not waiting for it to go down.
Lesson for two was great.
Lots more earth moving to the greenhouse and various containers around the garden. Had nearly finished when some friends turned up, with their visitors. Introductions and invitations etc.
I had decided to make stuffed tomatoes, the stuffing to be chopped hard boiled egg, onions and rice. ( one of the dishes the ukranians cooked used this stuffing and i really enjoyed it. Was trying to find a way for MrSlim to like it too. ) The rice had been fridged all day so should not have been disastrous for BG. If i could be restrained. But by the time everything was cooked it was 9pm. I nowlnow if cooking stuffed tomatoes they need to be ripe enough and the filling needs to be hot. The excess stuffing is calling to me from the fridge, even now. More coffee and i am out
of here. Still lots to do in the greenhouse and garden. But am hoping to have most of the really heavy work finished today.
 
Hope you do get out for that while ride in the sunshine. If available. Always lifts the spirits.
 
I gave you a winner, you are doing great @jjraak with everything you have at your disposal.

We are all idiots! Me included. You got over that idiocy in a spectacular fashion!!!

Today is a new day!!!!
 
Additionally @jjraak it is time wasting and energy draining for me.

Oh, I'll get a solution, don't you worry about that...

Thank you x
 
had decided to make stuffed tomatoes, the stuffing to be chopped hard boiled egg, onions and rice. ( one of the dishes the ukranians cooked used this stuffing and i really enjoyed it.
Mmhh. ...must try that .
Cheers @SlimLizzy

Incidentally been trying stuffed aubergine. (BBC recipes)

Halve & scoop out aubergine 'meat'....leaving a good bit in shell to retain a firm shape .
Cover skin in olive oil, tin foil over top of aubergine & bake in oven 20 mins
Meanwhile cook mince, onions, add scraped out aubergine & spices etc

Take out aubergine, fill shell with mix, (popped grated cheese on top of ours ) put back in oven 15 mins uncovered

Serve with fresh salad, etc

Easy & very tasty

Off to Greece next week (Lesbos)
My first holiday in 3 years....so looking forward to it I couldn't wait for the taste of Greek food .haha
 
Morning all from a shorts, no socks L.A. Set like this for a few days thanks be to God. 5.3 first swipe here. Disappointing but nearly 1.5 hrs later than recent trend time for waking so excellent sleep score probably offset that. Currently rediscovering lemon tea (real not powdered).
Feedbaqck on shortbread was gratifying. Seems I haven't lost my touch. Pity I can't eat it myself any more but then, I always have baked to enjoy watching everyone else enjoying it.
Fantastic news.
This week I have discovered and my Food Fairy has made suitable Gaucamole, L/C sweet and sour sauce (7/8 year quest) and keto Moussaka. Have a great day, make your own discoveries
 
Smashing Sweet Cicely, didn’t know about the rhubarb tip - thank you.
 
Smashing Sweet Cicely, didn’t know about the rhubarb tip - thank you.
The leaves are used to sweeten rhubarb. I also eat the seeds @dunelm
Here one link

Edit : Just one thing, and I am sure you know all about this...don't pick what you think is sweet Cicely from the hedgerow, because so many flowers are similar.
I got mine initially in a seed packet from a herb place.
It self seeds easily....
 
Good morning everyone on a bright and sunny start here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.2 this morning. Didn’t post yesterday - the day just took over and on and on and on. Is it fun running (staggering) in the rain with a three year old - of course it is. Hood up, welly boots on. Mrs Miggins managed to pick up a bolt in one of the tyres on her car. Not a disaster - safely got it plugged. £30 - the fortune I could have made plugging motorcycle tyres for people. Art bit - so far, so good. Have a day of marvel (other beverages available). I shall choose koffy.


 
Seems a perfect post to match up this song to....enjoy the day.

 
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