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

[gennepher]

Good to hear that the plumber has, at least, stopped the leak. It might be complicated putting everything back to normal, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I have bought a camera and microphone for my desktop pc to try to use it for Zoom meetings. I am having a slight problem with the Zoom site though. I tried to download the app, which is limited but free, but they would only offer either a monthly or an annual package. I'm not sure that I use it enough to justify that. Apart from anything else, I need to make sure it will work before I buy anything.

Thank you very much @Annb
Yes, finally there is light at the end of the tunnel...

 

[gennepher]

Good afternoon everyone from a damp squib of a day here in the dark and dangerous north.
Back from a full on week with the grandchildren (and their parents) visiting their great granny for four generations of fun and games.
Lot’s to see and do:
Sculpture parks and quarries where walls have been carved
Gallo Roman amphitheater
Underground Gallo Roman aqueducts
Eating moules-frites in La Rochelle
Painting with granny
Swimming in the neighbours pool
Back last night no idea what my blood sugars have been

Sounds good @dunelm

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.3

In my sketchbook...
And I have absolutely no idea what I was thinking of when I was sketching these...

Tired today. A long day.
Plumber comes in the morning to sort the water stopcock, to put a new one in. The current one is well over 50 years old and is impossible for me to turn and leaks.....

I could've done without all this water in the kitchen...

Plumber said he would get my old washing machine out for me into the driveway.

I hope it is an easy, effortless, productive day tomorrow.

Good night.

Got my alarm set so I will be up before the plumber arrives at 7:30 am

Sweet dreams.....

In my sketchbook... | gennepher

In my sketchbook... And I have absolutely no idea what I was thinking of when I was sketching these... Tired today. A long day. Plumber comes in...

www.blipfoto.com

 

[debs248]

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Photos seem to be working again, hurrah!

9.3 today. I'm starting Mounjaro next week so hopefully no more double figures.

Steak dinner to celebrate the completion of an onerous, important form...

 

[jjraak]

8.2 this a.m.!
Where do I start?
Mrs L has an Infection. The antibiotics are slowly working.
However, the last couple of days, it has been absolute nightmare.
Mrs L has been talking gibberish in a dialect that no one understands or comprehends. And it is insistent, my days have been used up as a personal servant or more likely a slave.
We had the mental health practitioner here twice in two days, as Mrs L was totally unreasonable, because the infection has an impact on her memory and the mood swings.
We are waiting to see if the infection has cleared and go from there.
I have begged for more help, but it will be slow in coming, if at all.
Have a doctor's phone call yesterday for myself and have a face to face appointment in a couple of weeks concentrating on my overall health and if I have had any appointments for the mental health.
The drugs are working, my anxiety has clearly abated and I'm not as angry and frustrated as I was.
I still feel really depressed. It is horrible. I'm in tears when I finally get time for myself.
Everyone says I doing great, but it just doesn't feel that way. It's really hard, beyond hard, I have to be there for her. But I don't have much of a life, not even the cricket! Footie days are not a respite.
Even when the carers are here, I'm having to prepare and still do most chores and Mrs L wants and caring. Yes, they help, but I'm still there to ensure it gets done.
Gotta go, tea to prepare (dinner you lot)
Best wishes.
Sorry it's so negative.

No...it's good to get it out and speak...trust me

Mum, when with water infection could barely speak sentences, it was mostly some sort of tongue language none of us could understand...very frustrating for her and us

Hate to say it, but mums infections, while clearing up, did gives us clear indication of where we were headed

Mum barely made sense the last few years, more a sing sing of noise, with brief moments of clarity .


While my points won't help you now, I pray they do over time .

Those moments with Mrs L being clear & sound, I'd respectfully suggest should be grabbed with both hand.

Tell her all you think
How much you love her
How grateful you are for the children
The time you shared together

Tell her everything you would after, now

Truth is that window of her hearing you is closing.

Not what you want to hear I'm sure, and I pray I'm wrong

But, if you feel it, don't wait
Tell her today
Tell her tomorrow
Keep telling her
Don't stop until you know what I mean

Life can be short
Don't leave time for regrets of what we didn't do enough of .

I hold my head up, though I still do wish I'd done better & knew more, for mum

That's where we are at here, @Lamont D

No point sugar coating it, in your heart.. you know

Enjoy the time still available.

Look after yourself...not just for you , but so you can be there for Mrs L as much as possible.

Time your run, keep enough energy to make a difference

Major respect for how you're coping

OUr prayers and best wishes as a family to you and yours.

Love x

 

[Annb]

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I’ve just tried to key in a post (twice) and it keeps disappearing on me. It must be something I'm doing accidentally, but I don’t know what. I had keyed in quite a long message and – all of a sudden – there it wasn’t! Started again and got about a dozen words in, when it happened again.

I decided to use a word processor instead, and copy it in. At least with a word processor I can undo the last action(s).

Back to the message:

BG at 03.20 today was 8.8, then into the 9’s. This is a reversal of the last week when BG was in the 4’s and 5’s all time.

That was the beneficial effect of eating lots of walnuts. The non-beneficial effects of the walnuts was the detrimental effect they had on my inner workings.

I dealt with that by taking a fair amount of Lopiramide and stopping eating walnuts. Now BG is consistently higher than I want. I am hoping to deal with that by taking walnut oil. I will, when I can get hold of some – no-one here sells it, nor does the wholefood shop we buy from on the mainland. I will try Amazon.

Dentist this morning – just for the first step in making me a new dental plate, no problem. I had the current one repaired because it cracked but decided I’d better just go for a new one, in case the repair didn’t last. It didn’t and cracked again yesterday, so just as well I am going to get a new one which, I’m told, will take about 3 months because they don’t use the local man any more but send everything away to a dental technician on the mainland.