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

11.06
7.45am FBG 5.7
Nice cool overcast start to the day. Going to be hot again later.
Our ovens have stopped working. Since they are on seperate pipes MrSlim suspects an electrical fault. So far no possibility of fixing it. Can see us eating from the bbq every night for a while now. MrSlim is totally consumed in his latest project. Not enough time to fix ovens with mystery faults. To be fair he did look online and tried two suggested remedies to no effect. Flip that, back to the project.
Meanwhile I am trying to sort out the tomato seedlings.
@jjraak am pleased that you had such a good time on your holiday.
 
Thank you for the beautiful kaleidoscope and the videos. Hug for the heat - a few more days yet but you may have some thunder to cool and clear the air according to the weather forecast.
 
Hi @alf_Josiah

I don't keep a long time record, so I cannot answer for myself.

I found this
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-and-hot-weather.html

I cannot do anything in this hot weather, I sweat by the bucket load (feels like it is pouring off me like Niagara Falls), drink iced water by the litre (with electrolytes in), I am having really bad cramps in my legs (I have not had these for a long time), and I feel very tired, no energy etc. My blood sugars have been higher during the day today, hovering around 10.1 (disappointing).
 
I don't think it's the weather here, I think it's this cold exhausting me - all the coughing and sneezing is using a lot of energy. But Oxygen saturation is still 95%, so it's not all that bad.
 
Definitely you cannot carry on like this for another 4 months @lindisfel. Actually you have done really well to stay on the second coagulant for 2 months.
 
It has been really hot here @gennepher and my blood sugar has also been disappointingly high - even though I have done almost 14K steps. Which of course made me even hotter.
 
Hello all

It’s 22:30 and way past my sleep time, but thanks to all for your informative reply’s on my temperature verse blood sugar levels, perhaps were could draw some conclusions, but not at this time of wine, whoops sorry ment to type night. I could plane preductive text.

Nite nighty
 
I make ginger and turmeric tea but use fresh ingredients. Sits in the fridge and a litre lasts about a week.
 
Thank you. I have my Tilley hat.
 
dunelm said:
I make ginger and turmeric tea but use fresh ingredients. Sits in the fridge and a litre lasts about a week.
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Not added turmeric,....mmh.

But agree with fresh .

A few slices, boiled up then simmered....lovely once poured.

I do sometimes add a slice of lemon & a dash of honey for Laurens.
 
Lovely kaleidoscope. Too hot for my liking also.
 
jjraak said:
Not added turmeric,....mmh.

But agree with fresh .

A few slices, boiled up then simmered....lovely once poured.

I do sometimes add a slice of lemon & a dash of honey for Laurens.
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My Indian friends gave me the tip to put in some black peppercorns, just slightly crushed as it helps to get the good stuff out of the turmeric and ginger roots. I put a splodge of ACV in with it when I have a drink of it.
 
Good morning everyone from the calm after the deluge here in the centre of the universe that is called Brum. Lunch out yesterday in the city centre, we delayed our arrival as son came across a heavily dressed and partly conscious bloke sleeping rough who was either drunk or drugged or both or neither - ambulance called who sorted him out and dressed a badly bruised and swollen ankle. Sad thing is we saw him later in the afternoon necking a bottle of cheep booze - sigh! Art bit - just a smidge of shade. Have your best day. I need some koffy.


 
You did your very best to help him @dunelm but very sad that he is still carrying on with his self destructive behaviour.
 
Very surprised that it was as low as 6.6 this morning as BS was higher than usual last night before I went to bed.

Am really pleased that the Norwich venue has got really good air con otherwise it would be too hot to run classes.
 
Morning Team D from an already Flaming June morning here in L.A. Do remember the 5 Ss and hydrate well. @alf_Josiah and others more posts in the hot weather and bg thread. The one from @LivingLightly seems on the money to me - thanks. @dunelm glad the trip went well and very caring of you all to see that poor man received attention. Thank you for sharing the art update. Thoughts with those taking exams in this heat, especially those who suffer badly with hay fever. English Lit this morning and Business Studies or Statistics this afternoon. for GCSE. Sports halls are notoriously airless - 3 hr ones are an ordeal. The most humane exams I took were MA ones, one could get up and help oneself to juice or water. @Krystyna23040 winners for FBG and air con in Narrich. Fortunately for about the last decade of my teaching career people had cottoned on to the need to have air con in IT suites. At one time the threat of theft meant the rooms were enclosed and became intolerable - 110c was not unusual in one room in Peterborough - no windows, 60+ computers and pupils, lights all day . JKP was up and eating a little food yesterday so good news there. Enjoy or manage your day the best you can.
 
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