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

Morning all from a sunny and still L.A. where the heating was triggered despite being set parsimoniously low - in some people's opinion. Libre sensor fitted and bedding in. 3.6 at 7.10 - probably due to laying on my right arm which is unusual. Then settled at 4.7 by 9.11 and now -10.00 am - at 4.9. That's o.k. if not wonderful but bearing in mind my backstory and lack of steps a good away point in Europe kind of effort. @gennepher thank you for sharing the splendid art. @Annb hug for the pain, friends passing away and Alistair having that news. Next week is half term in the strange world of West Suffolk and the more closely aligned with normal world of East Cambs so we have grandchildren . Two to sleep over for two nights and the other two here in the day at least one of those days. JKP has organised a van load (other metrics are available) of snacks because who needs money or seats?
 
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Thank you for the compliment @ianpspurs
 
Neil's just back from his GP appointment. The GP turned out to be a physio. She wasn't able to diagnose anything but suggested some exercises which might help. Seems odd to me - surely the order should be 1 diagnosis 2 refferal to whatever special help is needed and 3 treatment? What we seem to have here is 1 treatment, 2 see if it works and 3 go away and leave us alone.

Yet again, yesterday, the nurse had no instructions to take blood. She went to try to find out about it for me and it turns out that the GP I saw who was to send through the request, has gone on holiday without doing anything about it. Why someone else can't do it, I don't know. It's not as if she knew anything more about me than any of the other doctors - never having met me before. Maybe next week. Who knows?

I wish there were some (or even one) private practice on the islands. There actually is something called "Hebridean Aesthetics" in Stornoway but I can't find out what service they offer. It looks like an individual but no qualifications are shown on the website. If I want to see a doctor, I want to see a doctor, not some kind of less or non qualified therapist. Nearest private clinic I can see is in Dundee. Others in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
 
@Annb
I was called in, a couple of weeks ago, to see the receptionist via a no reply text, to see something important that had been added to my 'journal'.
When I went in, the receptionist had no idea what it was and in any case she said she did not have the authority to show me. And she did not have the authority to make me an appointment, because there was nothing on my notes...sorry not patient notes...my journal', there was nothing in my 'journal' to say I needed an appointment, so the receptionist cannot make it
I really don't get it... I had to verbally ask her to make an appointment and she said oh I can do that, but only with the last person you saw... and there are no appointments available until end of November. So this urgent message to come in, I have no idea what it was about.... and it is wasting my time making an appointment with the last person I saw, because I need an appointment with the next person in the system...
 
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That would make a lovely Christmas card, Gennepher.
 
It is so frustrating, Gennepher. Enough to make you ill even if you aren't at the start. There's a lot of talk about at the moment about mental health (or lack of it) and I wonder how much can be put down to the frustrations of trying to cope with badly designed systems and protocols, along with people who are working in caring roles when they don't really care. I'm not talking here about the good work done by doctors and nurses and other health professionals, just some of them.
 
Quick update on Mrs L.
Will still be in hospital till Monday but I would not be surprised that it will be longer.
Just home after another long day.
I won't say what it is, but Mrs L is on strong anti biotics and is getting her other diabetic and pain meds sorted and that is just one of the reasons for staying in.
Mrs L is improving every day. And the care is brilliant. But some of the patients, OMG!
There will be another team coming to look at our house to see if they can are to the adaptations.
We will see.
I just wonder if they can fix the bay window!
Yes, it needs repairing again! OMG!
Garden is full of debris from the high winds, plenty of rain and windy. Been rather cold first thing or maybe second or third! Have no clue what day it is?
I had to cancel my counselling. I couldn't be objective with Mrs L in hospital. Aaaaagghhhh!
But I'm okay. I haven't followed the thread. I'm sorry. And I would like to thank everyone who has sent or posted their best wishes. And I have mentioned it to Mrs L, but Mrs L, is not totally with us, most of the time. And the other most of the time, is asleep and been asked to be in the ward when not!
I less one of the family is there.
Zzzz,zzzz!
Goodnight, God bless etc.
Best wishes.
 
24.10
7.05am FBG 5.9
Was hoping it would fall, but knowing there have been morning rises recently tested after 30 mins
7.35am FBG 6.2
So breakfast. Full fat yoghurt with mixed berries. No coffee left. Tea instead.
8.45am BG now 5.1
A dream.
I am young, and working for a pizza delivery service, the pizzas are not in boxes but attractively and colourfully displayed in an open trailer. All over the trailer. Not at all hygienic, but this is a dream so it doesn't matter. My co-worker is a young blonde girl accompanied by her pet rabbit, which has pretty dark eyes and soft white fur. Standing in the middle of the pizzas, she is operating a churro machine - which is out squirting multiple strands while the rabbit stands on its hind legs catching them in its mouth. Of course it can't catch all of them, but it remains clean and fluffy while standing on an increasingly high pile of churros. The blonde decides the rabbit has had enough and starts preparing a huge glass bowl of salad while the rabbit leaps excitedly around her...among all the tomato and cheese the rabbit is still pristine white.... at this point I was laughing so hard that I woke myself up.
 
No nèd to think about the thread atm. Just take care of Mrs L and yourself. It sounds as if you are getting some help from family, which is good. Best wishes to you and Mrs L for the difficult days ahead.
 
Glad Mrs L is getting some help. Sounds as though the hospital is the best place for her at the moment. Take care of yourself and get some rest if you can - not easy when spending lots of the day at the hospital, I know, but your nights should be peaceful at least.
 
I too have the "disappearing friends" syndrome - this year has been bad; I have been sending cards and notelets to 4 different corpses - I wish relatives would tell friends that their friend has passed on, after all, we are the ones who kept in touch, and I can't even mourn properly.
 
Morning all on the last day of DST 2025. I don't suffer from SAD but as I no longer play sport and my mobility is compromised autumn and winter "don't work for me." Which is monster ingratitude as my life is the most amazing gift of God's Grace. I just feel that gift more deeply in sunny weather, possibly because I was born almost on mid-summer's day and I associate that weather with playing cricket. Besides, I don't wish to swaddle myself in a ludicrous number of layers of clothing - I'm not an onion Moving on, my fbg was 4.9 according to Libre. I hope those feeling the stress of pain or illness from loved ones, or indeed themselves, take care of themselves. I've never understood how one can love thy neighbour as thyself if thou doesn't love thyself enough to take care of thyself. That said, make the most of today (in your own way, not per some "influencer" ) as tomorrow will bring its own worries. Now let us sing together (well, it's lamb shanks day, innit) long and slow cooked, obs - I'm not a savage
 
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5.2 this morning.

Last day the classes before half term. Am really looking forward to the break.

Boiler engineer visited this week. Boiler had been losing pressure and we wondered if we needed a new one. Luckily it was an easy fix - boiler now working perfectly.

Mr K is now in much less pain. He still has the really bad pain but much less frequently. The treatment plan is working - thank goodness.
 
How frustrating for you@gennepher! Apart from a couple of mistakes from our GP surgery we seem to do well compared to some on here. Our frustration comes from how long it takes the chemist to process prescriptions. At our old address the GP's wouldn't prescribe repeat medications until the day they were due but the chemist would prepare them right away. We soon learned that our local chemists take 3 days to have them ready so we put in our requests several days in advance. A week ago last Thursday am my GP asked me to test my sugars 4x/ day then return the results at an appointment with him in 2 weeks. (He also referred me to the hospital diabetes clinic). I only had a few test strips left so a prescription was sent to the chemist early on Thursday morning for a pot of strips.The following Monday afternoon I called into the chemists after allowing for the usual 3 day wait to be told they wouldn't be ready until the following Wednesday- almost a week later than they'd received the prescription. I explained that I'd run out of strips and showed them my empty pot. I asked if I could have the prescription so I could get my strips from another chemists. At this point another member of staff intervened and told me he remembered preparing my prescription and that the strips were actually ready. Unfortunately I would have to wait until after 3pm as the pharmacist was out to lunch and she had to sign for their release and that they would text me when I could collect my strips. They didn't -so after waiting a while we rang them to be told they were ready for collection. So after a return visit I finally got my strips but had missed 3 out of the 4 tests for that day. I understand that they are very busy but taking from Thursday am to the following Wednesday as I was originally told seems a long time to wait for a simple pot of strips.
 
It really is not good enough @dogslife either of our experiences
 
Another quick update.
Mrs L was a bit better again, but it is still early days of and when Mrs L can get home again. Been only home for about an hour, and I'm trying to balance with family how to keep Mrs L occupied through the day and someone to be there with her.
Her BG levels are up and down like a yoyo. I don't get it!
Another day in paradise you lot!
Best wishes.
 
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