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

[Krystyna23040]

Morning all from a grey and distinctly still not spring L.A. Alas and alack I wot not my fbg - does that make me a bad person? @dunelm and @gennepher thank you both for sharing your amazing artistic talents. @JohnEGreen I hope you are being well cared for - can Judith or Mel visit with secret LC food parcels? - and soon discharged with the problem solved. @dogslife hug for the bg issues and understandable desire to ensure the final act of love is the best you can organise. @Krystyna23040 how typically thoughtful of you to warm the hall well first. @Annb did you get the antibiotics yesterday or must you wait for today? I've rediscovered this : having tried a few brands I do like this best. Tea O'clock here so ttfn - is J Y still on the safe list? - diabetic posse, go well

Thank you @ianpspurs

 

[jjraak]

Morning team.

An ok 7.1 this morning.
A very stressful day yesterday.

First time seeing a shrink
Nice guy, tried to put me at my ease but anxiety ...yeah, anxiety my closest friend...never far away

Related all info asked, had to take a break or two, ( still quite upsetting )


And nearly jumped out of my skin at one point

Certain sounds really, no I mean REALLY affect me.

I put it down to those moments under van, unconscious, but still recording in my head the sound of that engine revving as it tried driving over me ...is my interpretation of it.

workman outside by window of office I'm in, starts up and uses what sounds like a Chainsaw...

nearly broke my neck, I got up outta that seat and swivelling that fast to look for the danger...

Damp & sweaty for a good few minutes after .. ( glad I wore corduroy trousers ... )

Anyway, seems I might be getting extra help with the PTSD, some psychological therapy, trauma therapy & medications.

All I can hope is it will speed up the recovery and have me seeing the world once again like I used too .<prayers>

Enjoy your day all in whatever way you can.

Chainsaw free is all I ask for here, today.

 

[Annb]

Here. To me the images of plates and portions claimed to be large and filling on the menus thread are what I see as very rigorous diets. I don't see portion size included- weight - or calories. I'm not big man - 6 feet tall, still need large to x-large tops, 32 waist trousers, 11 and half stone - but those meals are by and large starters imho. If I'm wrong please put me right I don't want to do anyone a disservice.

Thanks for that Ian. I'll try again with one of those.

I think you are right about portion sizes - some of the diets I have seen in the past are just not sufficient. That's why I am trying to eat just one meal a day - it's generally a fairly well covered medium sized plate. If I tried to divide that amount up into 3 meals, I'd feel very deprived and uncomfortable but having it just the once I can switch off the eating urge. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.

 

[Lamont D]

Good score @JohnEGreen .

And fingers crossed.

Do badger them come Thursday .
I found with mum & dad releases over weekend really hard, as no one seemed to be in or able to authorise discharge them.

Good job our health issues are always between 9-5 on a weekday!

 

[Lamont D]

Standards have slipped! At our hospital, the sheets are so short and narrow that it is impossible to tuck them in more than and inch at sides, top and bottom. If the nurses can get them to stay put at all, they are doing well. Counterpanes are a bit bigger (not much), but they only tuck them in at the bottom and leave the sides hanging down. Doesn't look so neat but is actually more comfortable for the patients.

Counterpane????
A window on a bed?
A linen sheet and a duvet is as posh as it gets here.

 

[Lamont D]

Thank you @ianpspurs - interesting yoghurt but only available in Ye posh southern shoppe. I do read the labels but it’s all Greek to me. Should we have a t shirt?

I want one of those!

 

[JohnEGreen]

Morning team.

An ok 7.1 this morning.
A very stressful day yesterday.

First time seeing a shrink
Nice guy, tried to put me at my ease but anxiety ...yeah, anxiety my closest friend...never far away

Related all info asked, had to take a break or two, ( still quite upsetting )


And nearly jumped out of my skin at one point

Certain sounds really, no I mean REALLY affect me.

I put it down to those moments under van, unconscious, but still recording in my head the sound of that engine revving as it tried driving over me ...is my interpretation of it.

workman outside by window of office I'm in, starts up and uses what sounds like a Chainsaw...

nearly broke my neck, I got up outta that seat and swivelling that fast to look for the danger...

Damp & sweaty for a good few minutes after .. ( glad I wore corduroy trousers ... )

Anyway, seems I might be getting extra help with the PTSD, some psychological therapy, trauma therapy & medications.

All I can hope is it will speed up the recovery and have me seeing the world once again like I used too .<prayers>

Enjoy your day all in whatever way you can.

Chainsaw free is all I ask for here, today.

Understand perfectly about the anxiety see it with my son Adrian ever since he was hit by a drunken driver from behind doing about fourty mph or more while walking home from a club in Bristol luckily he just ended up with a fractured leg an a heap of cuts and bruises but the mental trauma has persisted long after the physical injuries have healed.

 

[Annb]

Neil just told me he has to insulate the front wall inside the porch (that's what we call it, but it's part of the building, just an initial entrance before the main door). The builders, when they come in mid April will be installing some of the electrical works on that wall and the insulation on it is 48 year old fibre glass and has slipped downwards so needs replacing. First, my pot plants have to be fond a home, then my little sideboard which holds indoor gardening things has to move (where to?), then he has to dismantle the meter cupboard and take off the window and door frames. Only then can he remove the plaster board and the old insulation and replace it all. I didn't know that had to be done as well. He's just brought in a load of pot plants for me to rehome and now is taking the cupboard apart. So far, the sideboard is still in place and he's working in the small space beside it. I was thinking he might leave it until the charity shop van comes to collect all the furniture and things we are giving them. That won't be until a couple of weeks yet.

Too much for him to do in the time between now and April 15th when the buldiers say they will come to do the job.

 

[Annb]

Neil just told me he has to insulate the front wall inside the porch (that's what we call it, but it's part of the building, just an initial entrance before the main door). The builders, when they come in mid April, will be installing some of the electrical works on that wall and the insulation on it is 48 year old fibre glass and has slipped downwards so needs replacing. First, my pot plants have to be found a home, then my little sideboard which holds indoor gardening things has to move (where to?), then he has to dismantle the meter cupboard and take off the window and door frames. Only then can he remove the plaster board and the old insulation and replace it all. I didn't know that had to be done as well. He's just brought in a load of pot plants for me to rehome and now is taking the cupboard apart. So far, the sideboard is still in place and he's working in the small space beside it. I was thinking he might leave it until the charity shop van comes to collect all the furniture and things we are giving them. That won't be until a couple of weeks yet.

Too much for him to do in the time between now and April 15th when the buldiers say they will come to do the job.

 

[Lamont D]

Fortunately so far I've avoided insulin and LC food has zero chance of tempting me to eat too much - very much the opposite. I do wonder if many people actually feel this way but claim it is satiating and delicious hence the % saying how much weight they lose on LC/keto. I'm struggling to see any other explanation but what do I know? I do know many have what I consider plenty of alcohol which is calorific. The t shirt is a real doozy.

I am not going or trying to persuade you about keto.
but when diagnosed, I had a big decision.
to go as low carb as possible or suffer continuous hypoglycaemia.
one would bring back my health, the other would be a space where I am occupying would be empty.
I had Hobson's choice.
my condition means that I actually describe it as being carb intolerant.
And if it was classed as an allergy instead, it would help with trying for people and doctors to understand it more.
I chose keto/LC.
And for the past decade, except for some periods of extreme stress, I have stuck to a satisfying dietary regime which is neither boring or lacking in enjoyment. I have a balanced diet designed by me over this past decade.
It may not be from the chippy but I assure you my food is freshly cooked, even the salad. and is what is best for me.

6.9 a repeat performance.

Mrs L has had a bad day, falling over a couple of times. She didn't hurt herself, but it is so upsetting to see her try and need help.
Just go. Time to start kitchen duties. A pork chop and some toms for us tonight.

My best wishes to you all as always!

 

[ianpspurs]

I am not going or trying to persuade you about keto.
but when diagnosed, I had a big decision.
to go as low carb as possible or suffer continuous hypoglycaemia.
one would bring back my health, the other would be a space where I am occupying would be empty.
I had Hobson's choice.
my condition means that I actually describe it as being carb intolerant.
And if it was classed as an allergy instead, it would help with trying for people and doctors to understand it more.
I chose keto/LC.
And for the past decade, except for some periods of extreme stress, I have stuck to a satisfying dietary regime which is neither boring or lacking in enjoyment. I have a balanced diet designed by me over this past decade.
It may not be from the chippy but I assure you my food is freshly cooked, even the salad. and is what is best for me.

6.9 a repeat performance.

Mrs L has had a bad day, falling over a couple of times. She didn't hurt herself, but it is so upsetting to see her try and need help.
Just go. Time to start kitchen duties. A pork chop and some toms for us tonight.

My best wishes to you all as always!

@Lamont D I come in peace and I'm genuinely delighted for you that you have basically designed a diet that works for you in terms of satiation and taste. Individual tastes and appetites vary widely e.g., coffee is off your list of must haves. Pork chops are on my list of food hell but tomatoes better be widely available in heaven . I don't doubt that your food and that of so many members is fresh and or made from scratch. It is just that when menus are outlined there are usually no weights or overall calorific values just carbs. The images of plates bare no relationship to anything I understand as normal for an adult. I'm neither dainty with a bmi of 20 nor a toddler - "big/hunk of" etc need quantifying imho so we all know where we stand. I read of a bread roll or doughnut I know weighs 100 gms being so big/filling it needs to be halved and kept for another day and I struggle to extrapolate to myself but I can see how so much weight can be lost. Peace be with you.

 

[Lamont D]

Some good news, have just reduced my monthly power bill by a tenner a month.
Two years ago, they wanted £250 now I have got it down to £160.
And I'm still in credit.

Just waiting for the rest of the bills to go up!

 

[Annb]

Just ordered some more kamboucha from Amazon. It looks as though making it myself wouldn't work because we don't keep the temperature high enough for it to ferment. I decided to try a different make - Biona. It looks to be made with sugar rather than sweetener but most of the sugar should have been transformed by the fermentation process. Can but try.

 

[Annb]

BG is playing silly games on me today. Started in the 8's and, after large meal and insulin, dropped to 3.6. 2 dates and a cup of tea brought it up to 5.8 and on another cup of tea 6.4. Libre has recently shouted an alarms to tell me it is now 10.9.

 

[Lamont D]

@Lamont D I come in peace and I'm genuinely delighted for you that you have basically designed a diet that works for you in terms of satiation and taste. Individual tastes and appetites vary widely e.g., coffee is off your list of must haves. Pork chops are on my list of food hell but tomatoes better be widely available in heaven . I don't doubt that your food and that of so many members is fresh and or made from scratch. It is just that when menus are outlined there are usually no weights or overall calorific values just carbs. The images of plates bare no relationship to anything I understand as normal for an adult. I'm neither dainty with a bmi of 20 nor a toddler - "big/hunk of" etc need quantifying imho so we all know where we stand. I read of a bread roll or doughnut I know weighs 100 gms being so big/filling it needs to be halved and kept for another day and I struggle to extrapolate to myself. Peace be with you.

I too come in peace. But not breaking bread!
I have many tastes that defy logic especially to a vegan etc.
I like raw carrots, salad vegetables, such as spinach, baby leaves, but I just can't put cooked veg in my gob. Big yuk! Spuds are out, no bread except when my DiL goes to Lidl for some protein rolls, very low carb and with bacon and toms. Beautiful! Unfortunately no chip butties!
No shellfish, prawns etc. It is gross!
But I do like a nice piece of fish. I had kalamari in Greece, it wasn't so bad after a couple of bites hidden in some salad but I wouldn't reorder. I have had snails in Antwerp. I have had horse in france. I'm not afraid of trying. There is a dish I tried in Kefalonia, which when told the ingredients, I disputed, but the taste cos of the tomatoes was wonderful. Sausages from Germany, You have to try. Spoonfuls of desert if I'm careful are always a treat. But no more.
I hate coffee!
It is not easy, but I enjoy my food and cooking it myself is something I'm getting used and I could say I enjoy doing it, sometimes! But only sometimes!!!!
Peace be with you, my friend.

 

[ianpspurs]

I too come in peace. But not breaking bread!
I have many tastes that defy logic especially to a vegan etc.
I like raw carrots, salad vegetables, such as spinach, baby leaves, but I just can't put cooked veg in my gob. Big yuk! Spuds are out, no bread except when my DiL goes to Lidl for some protein rolls, very low carb and with bacon and toms. Beautiful! Unfortunately no chip butties!
No shellfish, prawns etc. It is gross!
But I do like a nice piece of fish. I had kalamari in Greece, it wasn't so bad after a couple of bites hidden in some salad but I wouldn't reorder. I have had snails in Antwerp. I have had horse in france. I'm not afraid of trying. There is a dish I tried in Kefalonia, which when told the ingredients, I disputed, but the taste cos of the tomatoes was wonderful. Sausages from Germany, You have to try. Spoonfuls of desert if I'm careful are always a treat. But no more.
I hate coffee!
It is not easy, but I enjoy my food and cooking it myself is something I'm getting used and I could say I enjoy doing it, sometimes! But only sometimes!!!!
Peace be with you, my friend.

I was led to understand that Lidl UK stopped selling those triangular protein rolls which were so tasty and worked so well for many. I did read that Lidl Eire sold them not sure if correct. Duck breast strips (about 180 gms), crunchy veg stir fry (300 gms) chicken broth Ramen ( 250 mls) and Keto Orzo (100- gms) for me tonight - as I type. Summary of the day attached for 30.4 gms carb - 7 day average 27 gms carb skewed upwards deliberately during fasting for endoscopy, 7 day cals skewed down fractionally by fasting for Sunday but about the same as today most days. May be oversharing but I have the whole day's food weighed/measured and entered into Cronometer - as I do most days - if anyone interested. I'm not asking people to do anything I don't just trying to understand how LC/Keto works for others.

 

[gennepher]

Morning team.

An ok 7.1 this morning.
A very stressful day yesterday.

First time seeing a shrink
Nice guy, tried to put me at my ease but anxiety ...yeah, anxiety my closest friend...never far away

Related all info asked, had to take a break or two, ( still quite upsetting )


And nearly jumped out of my skin at one point

Certain sounds really, no I mean REALLY affect me.

I put it down to those moments under van, unconscious, but still recording in my head the sound of that engine revving as it tried driving over me ...is my interpretation of it.

workman outside by window of office I'm in, starts up and uses what sounds like a Chainsaw...

nearly broke my neck, I got up outta that seat and swivelling that fast to look for the danger...

Damp & sweaty for a good few minutes after .. ( glad I wore corduroy trousers ... )

Anyway, seems I might be getting extra help with the PTSD, some psychological therapy, trauma therapy & medications.

All I can hope is it will speed up the recovery and have me seeing the world once again like I used too .<prayers>

Enjoy your day all in whatever way you can.

Chainsaw free is all I ask for here, today.

I fully get your issue with sounds and also certain sounds @jjraak
I am not a shrink, but the way I see it is that you need to create another association with the troublesome paralysing sounds that are associated with various aspects of your accident. Your senses were on a heightened alert awareness at that time.

I should NEVER have been offered the cochlear implant to enable me to 'hear'. I had been profoundly deaf all my life. I coped, it was all I knew.,But some bright spark high up in the medical profession in Liverpool decided it would be a good idea, and it was promoted and promoted to me. But critical to it succeeding was J spending the next few years telling me and guiding me in that multitudinous continuous world of sound. J only went and inconsiderately died a couple of months after I had the the op in 2008. So, I had no one to get through this stage. And I am still struggling very badly 15 years later. And I am considered as one of their better successes.

I have a an extreme love/hate relationship with this cochlear implant and sound. My brain comes up with ALARM!!!!! at many of the sounds I encounter in a single day. I have explained all this to the current cochlear implant team who are the not same people, as the original team. I am hitting my head against a brick wall trying to explain.

I am wearing my sound processor less and less as time as goes on. I can go a week without putting it on at all. At Xmas I filled in paperwork for the next processor model up. Or I can get another system which is not behind the ear. They won't be able to easily repair this model for much longer. I posted the paperwork the first week of January. I just received a letter this morning saying I had not returned the original paperwork to them. I always keep copies of everything I post back to someone. But I cannot find it. I went in a complete panic that I was going to have to tackle this paperwork again. And. I went in a very dark place, I had a job getting out of today. I have been in bed all afternoon asleep.

The only love I have with sound is music, which I have played and played. I never heard music at all the first 60 years of my life. I was told to give up by the hospital in the early days, but I didn't. I knew my soul wanted music. Now, with further advanced models I can stream music directly to my head. Listening to music without this direct streaming it is blurred and has no definition and not listenable for me.

EDIT: 19:37. I also meant to say I finally sorted ALL those infernal loud, blaring unnecessary alarms in my car (which no driver likes in this car). The final two blaring, penetrating noises I sorted by two different hacks. This car is now silenced to within an inch of its life. By the time I had turned the engine my whole body was on alarm alert. Now, I can get into it peacefully, without my whole body set to emergency alarm alert before I had even started driving. The visual alert icons are still functional. And I am absolutely fine with them...

 

[Lamont D]

I fully get your issue with sounds and also certain sounds @jjraak
I am not a shrink, but the way I see it is that you need to create another association with the troublesome paralysing sounds that are associated with various aspects of your accident. Your senses were on a heightened alert awareness at that time.

I should NEVER have been offered the cochlear implant to enable me to 'hear'. I had been profoundly deaf all my life. I coped, it was all I knew.,But some bright spark high up in the medical profession in Liverpool decided it would be a good idea, and it was promoted and promoted to me. But critical to it succeeding was J spending the next few years telling me and guiding me in that multitudinous continuous world of sound. J only went and inconsiderately died a couple of months after I had the the op in 2008. So, I had no one to get through this stage. And I am still struggling very badly 15 years later. And I am considered as one of their better successes.

I have a an extreme love/hate relationship with this cochlear implant and sound. My brain comes up with ALARM!!!!! at many of the sounds I encounter in a single day. I have explained all this to the current cochlear implant team who are the not same people, as the original team. I am hitting my head against a brick wall trying to explain.

I am wearing my sound processor less and less as time as goes on. I can go a week without putting it on at all. At Xmas I filled in paperwork for the next processor model up. Or I can get another system which is not behind the ear. They won't be able to easily repair this model for much longer. I posted the paperwork the first week of January. I just received a letter this morning saying I had not returned the original paperwork to them. I always keep copies of everything I post back to someone. But I cannot find it. I went in a complete panic that I was going to have to tackle this paperwork again. And. I went in a very dark place, I had a job getting out of today. I have been in bed all afternoon asleep.

The only love I have with sound is music, which I have played and played. I never heard music at all the first 60 years of my life. I was told to give up by the hospital in the early days, but I didn't. I knew my soul wanted music. Now, with further advanced models I can stream music directly to my head. Listening to music without this direct streaming it is blurred and has no definition and not listenable for me.

EDIT: 19:37. I also meant to say I finally sorted ALL those infernal loud, blaring unnecessary alarms in my car (which no driver likes in this car). The final two blaring, penetrating noises I sorted by two different hacks. This car is now silenced to within an inch of its life. By the time I had turned the engine my whole body was on alarm alert. Now, I can get into it peacefully, without my whole body set to emergency alarm alert before I had even started driving. The visual alert icons are still functional. And I am absolutely fine with them...

I would love to have my music direct into my head.
I have grown my streaming service up to 6k tunes.

Glad you got your car sorted.

 

[Lamont D]

I was led to understand that Lidl UK stopped selling those triangular protein rolls which were so tasty and worked so well for many. I did read that Lidl Eire sold them not sure if correct. Duck breast strips (about 180 gms), crunchy veg stir fry (300 gms) chicken broth Ramen ( 250 mls) and Keto Orzo (100- gms) for me tonight - as I type. Summary of the day attached for 30.4 gms carb - 7 day average 27 gms carb skewed upwards deliberately during fasting for endoscopy, 7 day cals skewed down fractionally by fasting for Sunday but about the same as today most days. May be oversharing but I have the whole day's food weighed/measured and entered into Cronometer - as I do most days - if anyone interested. I'm not asking people to do anything I don't just trying to understand how LC/Keto works for others.

My local that is not so local, started selling them again after new year, and the shape has changed to a rectangular shape.
I'm admiring the carb counting. Have always are to my glucometer and kept a food diary.
I know now which foods are alright for me, as in portion size. But I won't be obsessed with minute detail and defo no calorie counting.
We do what we have to do.
Isn't it tho?

 

[gennepher]

I would love to have my music direct into my head.
I have grown my streaming service up to 6k tunes.

Glad you got your car sorted.

It is very good, no outside noises or even voices or doorbells when the music is streamed direct to my head. All I have to do is adjust the settings in Sensitivity to achieve this @Lamont D


The only time you hear me cursing is when the remote control won't work and I am ready to chuck the whole iPad to a long walk on a short pier...it can take an hour to get it working again. The remote is an app on the iPad...not a separate independent entity....