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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)
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Krystyna23040
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- Diet only
5.8 this morning.
A very early morning dog walk before it got too hot.
Then the weekly shop at ALDI. Daughter and family coming up this weekend - so a bit bigger shop than normal.
Just waiting for my sister to arrive we can tackle the admin this afternoon.
Actually, she will be doing the end of year accounts and I will be going through interesting training videos from.my Professional Body. Must find the headphones first or sister won't be able to concentrate on the accounts.I
Then off to Tesco to buy some more bits and pieces.
So an enjoyable and busy day. Perfect.
A very early morning dog walk before it got too hot.
Then the weekly shop at ALDI. Daughter and family coming up this weekend - so a bit bigger shop than normal.
Just waiting for my sister to arrive we can tackle the admin this afternoon.
Actually, she will be doing the end of year accounts and I will be going through interesting training videos from.my Professional Body. Must find the headphones first or sister won't be able to concentrate on the accounts.I
Then off to Tesco to buy some more bits and pieces.
So an enjoyable and busy day. Perfect.
SlimLizzy
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- football, both the game and the culture.
We will be going again next year
debs248
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- Hypocrisy, mornings
12.1 today, down to 11.5 after a slice of pork pie. Not the most sensible snack but it's what hubby was eating/ offering!
Now the rain's stopped he's off to Sainsbury's so there'll be more diabetic-friendly foods available soon.
Think I'm going to say yes to Mounjaro. I can't continue with BGs like these every day and eggy burps, diarrhoea or constipation seem a small price to pay. Vomiting might be a bit too much though if it happens.
In more cheerful news, hubby and I have not only managed to find an NHS dentist, it's on our side of the river (this matters a lot in Southampton) and it's just over the road from Lidl. I'm stunned!
Now the rain's stopped he's off to Sainsbury's so there'll be more diabetic-friendly foods available soon.
Think I'm going to say yes to Mounjaro. I can't continue with BGs like these every day and eggy burps, diarrhoea or constipation seem a small price to pay. Vomiting might be a bit too much though if it happens.
In more cheerful news, hubby and I have not only managed to find an NHS dentist, it's on our side of the river (this matters a lot in Southampton) and it's just over the road from Lidl. I'm stunned!
Annb
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I don't know why it came to mind, but I thought about the hymn "To be a pilgrim" (I always did like Vaughan Williams' version) and it has stuck in my head. I needed to find out more about it. I had always thought it was inspired by John Bunyon's "Pilgrim's Progress" but have only - after all these years - discovered that he wrote the original version. Now I can't get it out of my head.
Annb
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If you do decide to go ahead with Mounjaro, could you let us know how it goes? I'm swithering about it. I don't want to refuse because the last time I did refuse some offered treatment, for arthritis, the doctors just told me to get on with it by myself then and I have had no contact with them ever since - just a prescription for pain killers from my GP. Even had to buy my own wheelchair, while others are given them by the NHS. Same happened with Carpel Tunnel syndrome - I didn't want surgery so the consultant washed his hands of me. All the same, I am wary of accepting the Mounjaro.
debs248
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- Hypocrisy, mornings
Earworms seem to be a familial trait. My mum is particularly vulnerable to aural triggers - I remember hours of entertainment on a caravan holiday where hubby and I would sing or play tunes in our bedroom and listen for my mum to start singing it. She never realised we were doing it on purpose
My daughter and I are more likely to be triggered by reading the lyrics of a song.To be a Pilgrim is a fantastic hymn (I'm not religious but I disagree that the devil has the best tunes). I like the scene in Clockwise where John Cleese sings it in the bath. I'll have to check whether that's the V-W version, he did write a lot of tunes that have become standard.
At school we did a show (musical?) called Pilgrim which used a different tune which is also pretty good.
(See you in a few hours when I've climbed out of another Google/ YouTube rabbit hole....)
I was just talking to a friend of mine about Mounjaro this morning. In one year, she has lost 5 stone, feels so much better, fitter and happier. She tells me she had bouts of sulphurous burps, a couple of instances of light diarrhoea, but all in all, only slight issues and she is 100% happy to be on it. She had been paying for it privately, but her gp put her on it a little while ago. I'm considering asking about it, I seem to meet most of the criteria, though my BMI is a bit lower than the score required. However, I have had Cancer, a heart attack, diabetes, i have sleep apnoea and mobility issues (( super-exhausted during short walks, and need a new knee and maybe hip).I know 2 other people who are new to Mounjaro and so far, both are very happy on it.( they have each lost 3stone) There's a chap in our village who is pretty unrecognisable due to his weight loss and he's on it too. Only you can decide.............I had Carpal Tunnel syndrome about 20 years ago and after various physio things, they offered me the steroid injection into the wrist, which I accepted. Not had any trouble with it since
debs248
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- Hypocrisy, mornings
Of course. On this forum you're going to struggle to shut me up as it's my main outlet when family get fed up of me banging on about diabetes again.
Rude. Don't they want you to take responsibility for your own health? I have always maintained that a good health professional welcomes intelligent discussion. Same applies to teachers, which is probably why some of them not-so-secretly hated me.
Same story, different ailments. I was just told "you won't get one on the NHS" by my GP and waited until I got a backpayment of benefits, then bought the cheapest powerchair I could find new. It's very uncomfortable but a decent one would be over £3k and I can't justify that when I go out so rarely. Better for the family for the money to go towards keeping our elderly car on the road. It needs a new rear axle before the next MOT eeek.
My mum refused surgery for her shoulder (torn rotator cuff). I don't know if there was a problem with the consultant, I know she had physio but but that may have been started before the referral for surgery. Were steroid injections not appropriate? I'm no expert so ignore me if that's a rubbish comment.
Me too, but I've read more accounts of gradual and even spectacular success than horror stories. No near-death complications unlike the 'flozins at any rate. If it doesn't work for me it's likely to be just a week or two of gastric upset with no long-term consequences and then a search for another medication. Your situation may be more complicated as you're already on insulin, but they wouldn't be likely to suggest MJ if they thought it was likely to go badly wrong I would have thought? It's so expensive they don't just dole it out like Metformin. Best of luck whatever you decide.
