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

5.6 this morning. Off across country to see grandchildren. Got a time for my colonoscopy. They want me on Wednesday but I can’t make it. I’ll phone today for another appointment. However, I am impressed. I sent my poo sample last Monday. A week later the result came back, and they give me an appointment for a week after that.
 
Thanks for the wallet emptying hug Ian. Smashing fbg readings.
 
Welcome to the show @JonathanDenmark
 
What a palaver @gennepher. Why have a huge retail park if you can’t be leisurely about your visit - I thought that was the idea. Smashing autumnal tree though.
 
Well spotted Mr K - My father was quite stubborn about having help but eventually caved in - made life so much better all round.
 
Good morning everyone on another gusty morning here in the dark and dangerous north.

5.4 this am

My circadian rhythms are in protest about fiddling about with clocks so it was a 6am start today. And that after a good thirty minutes of pointless arguing about it like in a badly written re-play of a Monty Python sketch.

Sailed into town and back yesterday in some blustery squall. We did well with our tacking and jibbing. It was like being in the Isle of Wight round the island race. What a way to improve your step count and no chance at all to practice this all new fangled re-packaged interval walking thrust upon us by those cunning Japanese geriatric fitness fanatics.

Mrs Miggins had organised for the canopy over the lower drive to be cleaned and have a lick of paint. That completed yesterday. Next on her list is soffits and gutters and then the drive cleaned and some new kiln-dried sand brushed about. My wallet is losing weight faster than an over enthusiastic visitor to Weight Watchers!

Hope your day is kind to you. I have chosen one which includes the drinking of koffy and keeping an eye upon a chicken carcass slowly bubbling away for stock.
 
Morning all from a soggy bottom start here in L.A. Fbg today was 4.6 at 6.50 which is o.k. Last evening's trial for my system was swede, "pointy" cabbage and some premium butchers sausages with gravy. The idea was to blend in with the natives whilst adding some vits and nutes at budget friendly prices in these straitened times. No boiler @dunelm but I did buy a (new) new car this month. Not sure of what it is a hybrid but it is sleekly black, silent as the grave and somewhat disconcertingly driverless adjacent. Parks itself with the key for tight spaces, party tricks include fussily/ helpfully reminding one the vehicle ahead in the queue has moved - what jolly japes. That meal peaked at 6 but settled to low 5s and my fbg is reasonable so with tweaking could appear again. Next up will be oxtail (two day affair, twice cooked is the only way apparently) with similar vegetables. JKP's hip is still painful but Drs helpfully said make an appointment with the physio service - the ones whose advice may be implicated in this. @Krystyna23040 good news on your board feeling the NHS referrals were too much and Mr K feeling better. Oh no, I've said too much, I haven't said enough (but I'm not LMR) Have as good a Wednesday as possible - other Addams are available and ubiquitous this time of year.
 
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Methinks the man doth protest too much over Mrs Miggins' ending of austerity way, way up there beyond the ice wall. A sagacious chap such as your good self will be well aware that investment without maintenance is just decay. Embrace the fartlek walking, it is the new normal. Swede month here in L.A.
 
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Bar charts @dogslife - nice visual for the short appointment.
 
Thank you for the suggestion@dunelm. I think there are too many categories involved on this occasion eg times, types of food, test results etc. I have written it all down in list form and colour coded each category to make it easier to see at a glance. Fingers crossed. xx

fbs this morning was 9.6 followed by 10.5 two hours after breakfast. Am planning to go on my first 2 mile walk today-the first since starting my blood monitoring due to nasty cold virus. Best wishes to everyone.
 
8.1 at 05.00 today. Didn't get to sleep until about 02.00 for one reason or another. Had insulin and breakfast, so well see how it goes.

Neil has gone to give the young man from yesterday another chance to drive and try to improve before his driving test. Turns out his test is tomorrow! To be honest - he shouldn't pass; nowhere near ready. Doesn't use the handbrake properly (sometimes doesn't use it at all), doesn't balance the clutch and accelerator properly, doesn't always get into the right gear, too hesitant and has a habit on country roads of following the contours of the road, into passing places and out again. These things I noticed but Neil says he also doesn't always remember to indicate. If he passes his test, I shall wonder about the standard required to pass these days.

I was telling Neil that, when I started to learn to drive, before I was allowed into the driving seat, my brother made me sit and practice working the foot pedals and gear changing on a dining chair. That was back in the days of "double de-clutching". The car I was learning on was a 1953 model Jowett Javelin - lovely old car - huge, heavy, no power steering (of course), column gear change and hand brake beside the driver's door rather than on her left hand side. I loved that old car.
 
dunelm said:
What a palaver @gennepher. Why have a huge retail park if you can’t be leisurely about your visit - I thought that was the idea. Smashing autumnal tree though.
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Thank you for the painting compliment.

I agree, I thought that was the point of a retail park to spend time there, obviously I have that wrong...
 
Neil's back from the driving "lesson" and says that, actually, if the lad holds his nerve for long enough and does, for as long as the test lasts, some of the better spells of today's lesson, he might pass the test. Last chance early tomorrow - Neil will take him out again and try to iron out some of the remaining issues - that's being a bit hopeful I think, but he might be able to reinforce those slightly better points.
 
What an amazing act of kindness from Neil for that asylum seeker but not surprising given your parenting. Complete opposite to the toxicity certain people wish to spread with nonsense such as the racial profile of people in adverts making them angry. It would be fitting if he - the young man- passed his test tomorrow.
 
Neil was just taking over from my Persian friend who has a network of immigrants and asylum seekers around Stornoway who need help with dealing with culture quite different to theirs, especially education and official things. She helped his elder sister to gain her driving license last year, and has helped others. Without a driving license, people find it difficult to get jobs and so no longer be dependent on the state - especially here where everything is far away and public transport isn't always available. It helps that she is able to speak Farsi, Arabic, English and some smatterings of European languages. She does an admirable job.

Neil is another of those people who love to be able to help people (and has quite a fan club as a result). Ethnicity is nothing to him. He sees a person who needs assistance. He's there.
 
Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen.

Today has been a landmark day for me.
Not only have I been able to wear ordinary trousers, instead of tracksuit bottoms, but I found a pair of shoes that I have been able to wear instead of carpet slippers. It’s been about 6 months since I was able to wear ordinary shoes and trousers.

I have been out most of the day and unfortunately only skimmed through today’s posts, but I wish you all well and good luck where needed.
 
dunelm said:
Well spotted Mr K - My father was quite stubborn about having help but eventually caved in - made life so much better all round.
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Yes, it will make his life so much easier. He had insisted that he was chauffeuring me to classes to make life easier for me but it made life much harder for him, especially as we have a rather energetic puppy.

I did try to persuade him that we needed a cleaner but he stubbornly insisted that he could do it all. I think that having our temporary cleaner for the last 3 weeks has made him realise that it would make things much easier, even when he has fully recovered from the op in December. I was so happy when he told me that he wanted a permanent cleaner.
 
7.0 this am.
As it was quite a clear day, and Mrs L was busy with her carer. I spent time in the front garden and cleared the accumulation of foliage dumped there by the strong wind in the last few days.
More phone calls and sorting stuff out.
Usual stuff.

Kitchen duties await.
Best wishes.
 
Thank you @ianpspurs. I do.hope JKP can get some respite from the hip pain.
 
Really good news @alf_Josiah, congratulations.
 
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