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

I know only too well how stressful that situation must be @Lamont D. I gave up work to become my mother's full-time carer in her declining years. We were terrified that in her confusion she would set fire to her kitchen.

Tuesday's FBG, 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
 
How distressing @SlimLizzy. What a dreadful shock for your daughter and her husband. I hope he's recovered now from the smoke inhalation.

Thank goodness nobody was seriously injured. At least you know that they have somewhere to stay and they're being supported by their local community,

Tuesday's FBG, 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
 
I've encountered that nurse here in London @gennepher. Yes, they're short-staffed and the heavy workload relentless, but you wonder how somebody so mean and uncaring ever decided on a career in nursing!

Tuesday's FBG, 4.4 mmol on waking at 6.00 am.
 
Good morning everyone on a sunny and breezy start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.0 this a.m. Left shoulder and elbow continue to hold their unofficial action so mediation pills have been deployed. Lower back is sitting on the fence for now. Packed and ready, sailing this evening from Port of Tyne. Dundee first and then over to Norway. Art bit - looks like Timothy Leary did it. Hope your day goes in your favour. I need some Koffy and then do a bit of tidying up and putting away.
 

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I love the tree @dunelm
 
Fbg 6.7

Nighttime wildlife videos
Badgers & Cat drinking water...

Creative...a kaleidoscope in Laboscope.

Have a good day...

Arthritis in my right hand and fingers giving me gyp....
Why? Arthritis go away and leave me alone...
Left knee joining the Sharp Pains party...
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I need that basket of mystery potions....


 
BG 7.5 at 03.30 today. Not great, but considering that it was 15 when I went to bed, I can't really complain. Rising now, on the strength of 2 cups of tea.

Today I have to have a US scan of my bladder for some reason. Don't know who ordered it or why. Maybe something to do with that last blood test, but there's no information available, apparently. Not even an indication of who referred me for the scan. It's going to be a busy few days - tomorrow is leg rewrapping day and an appointment later in the day with the opthalmologist. I thought they'd forgotten me, but out of the blue came an appointment. Next week, it's another eye appointment at the hospital and my diabetic eye screening on another day and a podiatry appointment. Busy, busy.
 
Sentimentally attached to nasturtiums. My dad used to grow lots of them and we'd love the leaves in salads way back in the 1940's and 50's. My brother and myself used to just go out into the garden and chomp our way through several leaves at a time - loving the peppery taste. Never used the flowers, but I think you can. Can't grow them here - too wet I suppose.
 
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We had the same worry when Mr K 's dad came to live with us. Luckily he didn't attempt to cook anything.

One day I went up to his room. The wardrobe doors were open and all his clothes were gone. He had also disappeared.

We eventually found him. He said that he could only wear one set of clothes so all he needed were the clothes he was wearing and he had taken the rest to a charity shop.

Thank goodness we were able to retrieve the clothes.
 
5.6 this morning.
Had a really good day yesterday, reading and relaxing and drinking coffee.

It was so lovely to go through the training video really slowly and take it in properly. There is so much information on it. Am now a quarter of the way through it.

Did our weekly Aldi shop. They had refilled the shelf with the special EVO - so I bought one more bottle to go into my store cupboard. Obviously the out of stock sticker was incorrect.
 
Morning all - nearly over - from L.A. where a breezy, ergo sub-optimal, start to the day has given way to sunshine and Test cricket. Breeze probably good for drying washing but I don't need polo shirts and towels to exfoliate me, especially whilst my skin is healing, thanks. @dunelm hug for the pains but thank you for sharing your art. Enjoy the cruise. @gennepher thank you for sharing the kaleidoscope. Some sinister looking figures in the outer circle of the bulls eye: indicative of your mood following the close encounter of the wrong kind with the asthma nurse from hell? I would quite like to make a kaleidoscope of one of these which JKP grows. No success with the fruit being edible. I do like some flowers when in the right mood.



@Annb hug for the high bg and busy medical schedule. Here's an interesting piece that caught my eye and a new word that may explain some of the reasons behind how we got here: Torschlusspanik. Doesn't mention fish or peanut butter but surely implicates bacon and gammon. Enjoy your day and be especially loving if you have youngsters awaiting GCSE results tomorrow.
 
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Well, it is a fact. Time is running out for all of us, one way or another; sooner or later. No point worrying about that. It's just a matter of when and how and since we can't really control it, no point worrying about that either. What will be, will be. It's not in our hands. On a personal level, that's OK by me, but when it comes to my loved ones, I find acceptance more difficult. For example, prayed so hard for my brother's survival after heart surgery, although it seemed unlikely at times. Either my prayers were answered, or he would have recovered anyway. Probably helped me though.

I heard about that research implicating processed and red meat in T2 amongst other things. I wonder if there are any independent studies being done into the effects of carbs on general health and T2. Maybe the meat effect isn't so great without the interaction of carbohydrates.
 
I think that you should have been appointed Head of Research at Cambridge University @Annb.
 
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