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

Morning all from a far too cool and autumnal L.A. for my liking. Sticking with the Grumpy Old Man theme, fbg of 5.7 failed to float my boat but in the context of the elephant in the room all is good. @SlimLizzy hug for the stress over driving but winner for the recipe. I may try to persuade the Food Fairy to have a go using keto risini when in stock. I hope the driving issues are resolved promptly. @dunelm hug for your grandson and thanks for sharing the photo. @gennepher hug for the ongoing speed limit issues but winner for the amazing creative. On a brighter note, we have been moving things around - not Feng Shui - a new chair arrived and have "found" bottles of wine from some very aspirational London stores - Christmas presents from BIL. Do your best with the circumstances at hand this day.

5.9 this morning. Yesterday I had my usual meal in the pub across the road from my Norwich classes. The chef had made me a lovely salad with rather a lot of sugar snap peas and delicious cherry tomatoes. A bit more than my strict 15g a day carb allowance would allow.

I went ahead and ate it all and was very pleased that it looks as though I may be able to have 20g carbs from time to time.

dunelm said:

As far as I can tell, one of the reasons for 20MPH in Wales is to cut down pollution. I don’t think so. My very personal view is that the masses are punished for the sins of the few. People are on time or they are late, there is no in between. Same with speeding, littering, antisocial behaviour. We now have a shoplifting pandemic and all because the rules are skewed in favour of the protagonists.

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In lockdown, the pollution dropped dramatically around this area, due to the reduction of all manner of traffic!
my youngest and others with asthma described it as being more in line with being abroad in a coastal setting. Don't forget I live no more than five miles away from the Irish sea coast.

ianpspurs said:

Morning all from a far too cool and autumnal L.A. for my liking. Sticking with the Grumpy Old Man theme, fbg of 5.7 failed to float my boat but in the context of the elephant in the room all is good. @SlimLizzy hug for the stress over driving but winner for the recipe. I may try to persuade the Food Fairy to have a go using keto risini when in stock. I hope the driving issues are resolved promptly. @dunelm hug for your grandson and thanks for sharing the photo. @gennepher hug for the ongoing speed limit issues but winner for the amazing creative. On a brighter note, we have been moving things around - not Feng Shui - a new chair arrived and have "found" bottles of wine from some very aspirational London stores - Christmas presents from BIL. Do your best with the circumstances at hand this day.

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Thanks Ian

6.6 (deja vu) this breezy, wet, more rain, really windy, cloudy, cool day! Already, it is autumnal in my front garden, the foliage count is high and stacking up against the bins!

Phone call from roofers around 6pm. Have been at 8.30 am this morning. A better flat roof is required, found flaws in the gutter work and have temporary used a sealant to ensure that we don't have a recurrence of dampness within. I fear that the front will be scaffolded for the repairs when it happens!

Chores half done as I'm cooking this afternoon, some roasted ham. Some steak pies and such for the wife and an apple crumble for afters. I might have a spoonful for a treat!
No gardening again!
So I'm catching up with tv and reading today!

Have a non tumultuous Tuesday.

My best wishes to you all as always!

BG in the 10's and above much of today. Not sure why - just carrying on from yesterday, I suppose.

Lots of dish washing to do because I was doing some baking and I always end up with trays and implements that are too big for our dishwasher, or are made from a material that can't go in the dishwasher. Neil filled the dishwasher for me with the things that can go in it but now I have the remainder to do. Wish me luck, I'm going in ....

dunelm said:

I was once taken off my motorcycle by a driver coming over a hump back bridge. All because she turned round to scold the children in the back. I have ROSPA and IAM riding qualifications and have rode with Police observers and also ridden blood bikes. No matter your skills, patience, observation and road rules - you can’t account for fools.

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Hi @dunelm. Did you have any dealings with forces medics?
D.

Lamont D said:

In lockdown, the pollution dropped dramatically around this area, due to the reduction of all manner of traffic!
my youngest and others with asthma described it as being more in line with being abroad in a coastal setting. Don't forget I live no more than five miles away from the Irish sea coast.

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I experienced the same and being classed as vulnerable by the NHS didn’t leave my house or garden for over a year. However reduced traffic is not the same as lots of road users all traveling at 20mph, coughing out pollutants with barely warm engines and doing it for longer - I read long queues of belching vehicles like a slow moving traffic jam and possibly an increase in vehicle breakdowns. We are told to go electric, but although corporate sales may be on the increase due to incentives, sales to private citizens are falling. I read today that the online protest to reverse the 20mph speed limit has now reached over 200, 000 and will now be considered in the Welsh Assembly. These things all sound fine - like cheap electricity from wind farms, but I don’t think that wind farm electricity will ever be cheap, certainly not in my lifetime.

Annb said:

BG in the 10's and above much of today. Not sure why - just carrying on from yesterday, I suppose.

Lots of dish washing to do because I was doing some baking and I always end up with trays and implements that are too big for our dishwasher, or are made from a material that can't go in the dishwasher. Neil filled the dishwasher for me with the things that can go in it but now I have the remainder to do. Wish me luck, I'm going in ....

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It is in Mrs L's cooking description to use or misuse every kitchen utensil, every machine, every counter top, every dish and every ingredient, that is to hand!
It has always been my chore to put it all back clean and tidy!

lindisfel said:

Hi @dunelm. Did you have any dealings with forces medics?
D.

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Hi @lindisfel - I met Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly on The Canberra on our way south in 1982. He saved many lives, improved upon triage and many of my friends are eternally grateful for his and his teams efforts. For me though, only when they were treating me for various injuries in the field. My list included torn ligaments, ruptures in lower back, some interesting suturing and on one occasion stuffing a hole in my gums with a temporary filling that looked like blue two pack glue. It stayed in place for nearly 5 years. We have lots of forces medics at The James Cook hospital In Middlesbrough. It’s a large teaching hospital so a lot of staff are forces nurses and doctors doing training and rotations. I would say that forces medics are very good at treating trauma and triage.

That is such a nightmare. I really do hope that you can get it sorted @SlimLizzy

dunelm said:

I experienced the same and being classed as vulnerable by the NHS didn’t leave my house or garden for over a year. However reduced traffic is not the same as lots of road users all traveling at 20mph, coughing out pollutants with barely warm engines and doing it for longer - I read long queues of belching vehicles like a slow moving traffic jam and possibly an increase in vehicle breakdowns. We are told to go electric, but although corporate sales may be on the increase due to incentives, sales to private citizens are falling. I read today that the online protest to reverse the 20mph speed limit has now reached over 200, 000 and will now be considered in the Welsh Assembly. These things all sound fine - like cheap electricity from wind farms, but I don’t think that wind farm electricity will ever be cheap, certainly not in my lifetime.

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There will never again be cheap energy! The reason?
The markets and 'Those' that benefit from higher bills, have the final say! And the government get more VAT from it!
It was disclosed that certain members of the watchdog organisations, have a vested interest, in the energy and industrial companies! No surprise there!

dunelm said:

Hi @lindisfel - I met Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly on The Canberra on our way south in 1982. He saved many lives, improved upon triage and many of my friends are eternally grateful for his and his teams efforts. For me though, only when they were treating me for various injuries in the field. My list included torn ligaments, ruptures in lower back, some interesting suturing and on one occasion stuffing a hole in my gums with a temporary filling that looked like blue two pack glue. It stayed in place for nearly 5 years. We have lots of forces medics at The James Cook hospital In Middlesbrough. It’s a large teaching hospital so a lot of staff are forces nurses and doctors doing training and rotations. I would say that forces medics are very good at treating trauma and triage.

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During my research in my interest of the U.S.civil war, I came across the techniques used back in mid nineteenth casualty and hospital surgery, nursing and aftercare!
One of main protagonists in developing better outcomes was a guy named Slaughter!
it was the nurses that reduced hospital casualties after surgery.
Surprisingly, the southern hospitals did better, despite lack of everything that were required in those days!
A few women became prominent because of the war, and established humanitarian assistance and care still around today!

@dunelm , I'm sure I saw you on M.A.S.H!

Lamont D said:

During my research in my interest of the U.S.civil war, I came across the techniques used back in mid nineteenth casualty and hospital surgery, nursing and aftercare!
One of main protagonists in developing better outcomes was a guy named Slaughter!
it was the nurses that reduced hospital casualties after surgery.
Surprisingly, the southern hospitals did better, despite lack of everything that were required in those days!
A few women became prominent because of the war, and established humanitarian assistance and care still around today!

@dunelm , I'm sure I saw you on M.A.S.H!

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Probably did but I don’t play golf any more

FBG 6.3
This is not a stress reaction, it's down to last night's cake. Which was a stress reaction.

ianpspurs said:

Morning all from a far too cool and autumnal L.A. for my liking. Sticking with the Grumpy Old Man theme, fbg of 5.7 failed to float my boat but in the context of the elephant in the room all is good. @SlimLizzy hug for the stress over driving but winner for the recipe. I may try to persuade the Food Fairy to have a go using keto risini when in stock. I hope the driving issues are resolved promptly. @dunelm hug for your grandson and thanks for sharing the photo. @gennepher hug for the ongoing speed limit issues but winner for the amazing creative. On a brighter note, we have been moving things around - not Feng Shui - a new chair arrived and have "found" bottles of wine from some very aspirational London stores - Christmas presents from BIL. Do your best with the circumstances at hand this day.

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MrSlim had a go at the tomato paella. I gave him pudding rice to use so probably my fault that the dish took much longer to cook and the result was not quite as expected. The mayonnaise stirred in added much needed richness. Tasty, yes. and enough for six to eight portions! Will be freezing some and tarting it up from its vegan roots with some added proteins. I was busy catastrophising, so totally unable to cook. Besides which he needed to be distracted from the driving worries.
Catastrophising in the form of cupboard sorting and cleaning. Just in case we are forced into selling the house. So far out in the country it would be impossible to live here if neither if us is legal to drive. Needed doing anyway.
Zoom meeting tomorrow afternoon so we will know more then.
Kiki has a wonderful time in the kitchen yesterday evening, she found the washing up. Chicken curry pan, yoghurt raita. Obviously didn't think much of the left over veg so carrots and beans scattered about, also paddled on the cloth over the cooling mousakka mix leaving paw shaped greasemarks.
Added to MrSlims jobs list.
Urgent!
Auto closer on kitchen door.

Krystyna23040 said:

That is such a nightmare. I really do hope that you can get it sorted @SlimLizzy

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Thank you. We will have more information tomorrow afternoon.

dunelm said:

Hi @lindisfel - I met Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly on The Canberra on our way south in 1982. He saved many lives, improved upon triage and many of my friends are eternally grateful for his and his teams efforts. For me though, only when they were treating me for various injuries in the field. My list included torn ligaments, ruptures in lower back, some interesting suturing and on one occasion stuffing a hole in my gums with a temporary filling that looked like blue two pack glue. It stayed in place for nearly 5 years. We have lots of forces medics at The James Cook hospital In Middlesbrough. It’s a large teaching hospital so a lot of staff are forces nurses and doctors doing training and rotations. I would say that forces medics are very good at treating trauma and triage.

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Medicine is like any profession, working at the 'coal face' gives the best experience to hone their skills.
We had a married military medical couple retire to Wigton come to the Methodist church we went to before the pandemic, he was a lay reader and gave one of best Remembrance Day Services talks I ever heard and he sported a row of a number of medals across his chest. Sadly he had a bypass op at the Freeman two years ago and had a bad stroke and was hospitalised for nearly a year until his wife got the house sorted out for him to use a wheel chair.
However he has that kind fortitude to improve his state as best he can.
D.

Another foul rain soak day ruining our reputation as a good place for holiday makers. Unfortunately we have to go out and get shopping and prepare for the duchess to go in to hospital for 8 am Friday.

I have to take her in and leave here at 0700 to get into Carlisle hospital for 8am. Then I have to go into the local station Friday am and pick up Helen to look after her Mum for a couple of days.

However she's insured to drive my car so she can pick her Mum up from Carlisle hospital Friday afternoon.(Consultants working Friday junior doctors on strike ).
What a mess this country is in.

The new tablets for angina put my blood pressure through the floor yesterday and I felt grim so I have stopped taking them so I can drive ok.
Hope you all have the best of days.
What fun it is getting old, but there's not an acceptable alternative!
D.

Morning all on a far too cool start here. Bg was 5.4 when I reset my phone about an hour after waking so not sure what fbg was. Bloods will be taken shortly so there will be an interesting comparison. @SlimLizzy thanks for the recipe review and I really hope the zoom call is very positive. @lindisfel busy day and week. I gave the winner for the humour but a hug for the grim angina tablets would have been equally deserved. Thoughts and prayers with you and Marjorie. I need to finish my tea to aid blood letting, remember all the forms and come back with two Belgian buns for the sleeping beauties. Y'all have a good day now.

Good Morening Ladies and Gentleman and those who were awol namely me, me’s and myself. Sorry but to many posts to catch up on so hugs, condolences, congratulation and best wishes where required.

Blood sugars were 7.0, 6.6 and this morning 6.2 .
Been busy working on the never ending woodworking project, but the end is in sight and possibly delivery at the weekend.

Hopefully attached is Mrs J’s latest paint by numbers artwork a trifle, ahm other puddings available, as I was trying to say psychedelic in my opinion. Mrs J did not enjoy painting this one. Hey ho never mind.

Plinky plonky day here and tomorrow the excitement of national bin day.

Stay safe all