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

Try zero carb breaky when fbs higher than desired. Eggs a good option if you like them.
 
The flange sounds like a very nasty illness indeed!
 
Good Morning and a not so good 6.4 today well behind in your race @jjraak which by the way was quite exhausting to read just like a real race got my adrenaline going.

Granddaughter day again so more chances to be silly and outrageous.

Will find time to read posts later, my battery is feeling a bit like me running on low power.

Have the best day you all can.

@trick60 hope that swimming gear isn't speedos

@dunelm dentust will be fine they have moved on from pieces of string and door handles.
 
Fbg 7.1

Going down again. I will have it in the 6's tomorrow.

I love this new Android phone, the Pixel 3a. It is very deaf friendly in several ways. I can individually customise the alerts (and I now have them on vibration only, and some on silent only, and important ones flash on the lock screen) in a way I couldn't with the iPhone.

Also because the iPhone traumatised me with those unexpected loud alerts, especially the phone ringing directly in my neural pathways, I cannot bear any unexpected noise now, even outside/other than the phone. It makes me jump out of my skin. I cannot identify noise anyway because I have never heard any of it in my life until I had the cochlear implant 10 years ago, and so my brain has no memory or basis to work or with.

J, my partner was to help me with this, it was to be an important part of my learning sound and identifying what noises were, because with always being profoundly deaf, I needed constant assistance to teach the brain. But he died in his sleep a few months later in the early hours of the end of May on what turned out to be a beautiful day of blue skies and amazing white clouds. He was an artist, and this his favourite subject he always painted.

So, I didn't get an important part of my training to learn about noise/sound.

This Pixel phone had something in its settings (amongst other helpful stuff) which Is called LiveTranscript (it is not a separate app, though I believe it can be installed as one). I have tried transcript apps from speech before and they have all been appalling.

This one is truly amazing. It is pretty near 100% accurate. I have been using it when I have gone somewhere for a breakfast, for example, and the waiter/waitress asks an unexpected question, and I know if I ask them to repeat it I am just not going to get it (because of their accent, lip movements etc), then I fish this phone out of my pocket (this LiveTranscript is left on the screen all the time) and I can see what they have asked me. In the diner, the lady had asked me if I wanted to sit in the sun or in the shade. So, that saved confusion for me, provided interest for the waitress who was fascinated that I fished out my phone to understand what she had said and talked with me about it, and consequently the whole thing made a lovely dining experience, and an attentive waitress. The problem is, there are many disabilities, and even with deafness there is not one 'rule/guidance' that can help us all. This LiveTranscript is a great ice breaker and gives the other person a basis on how much help I need and the type of help I need, without me trying to explain a concept they can't understand.

Anyway, the next two photos, both collages of screenshots, are something else the LiveTranscript does. It also identifies sound and noise in the environment. This was an amazing surprise. And you can click on the noise label it has just given, and it will give an explanation of that noise and maybe similar noises. The collages will show you that.

Also I couldn't find my phone. It turned out the cat, Popeye, was sitting on it. I fished it out from under him, and to my surprise it said 'Cat Sounds' and clicking on it gave me an explanation of the sound!! I think @SaskiaKC will like that very much, and others of you who have cats


 
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Morning all. Another dismal 5.7 for me which once again follows a day in the 4s and an fbg of 4.6. 16 gms carb and sub 1400 cals (73% fat, 11% carbs, 16% protein) yesterday. Hope the exercise bike, shower and tea make me a more sociable soul.
 
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Morning...a good nights sleep... so important since I have to squeeze Harry in the car for his wash & brush up at the beauty parlour later...shopping delivery last night poor driver was frozen when he arrived & struggled to get the doors of his van open...they'd jammed as a result of the cold weather...spare a thought for all those in South Yorkshire affected by the floods overnight lets hope the water recedes quickly & they are given the help & support they need...woke to a 5.3
 
I'm beginning to believe that low carb does not suit me, 6.7 this morning after less than 15g carb yesterday. Oh well, I shall go for a walk and have breakfast at the cafe, enjoy the day that is Friday
 
Morning all 5.4 for me today.
@jjraak I loved your racing post, I had to read it with a voice in my head like a racing commentator, getting faster and faster.
(Also loved D!ck Francis books @Saskia I think I’ve read them all but I still buy the odd one from a charity shop in the hope it’s one I haven’t read - I never remember until I’m halfway through. They are a bit like the Lee Child books in that the story is usually essentially the same each time but still enjoyable like putting on a comfy pair of slippers)
 
Morning all from a wet and windy North, IKEA gate last night, the wardrobe fitter refused to put three shelves in, as they are damaged just go and exchange them along with the lights (wrong ones and too small) simple he said. Not so simple said IKEA, over an hour to exchange some items, wrong ones brought out, lots of explanations as to what was wrong with them. Even asked if we would just go "and pick them yourselves", at this point dear reader I hid behind anything I could find! I knew from bitter experience what was about to land on the poor, unsuspecting, innocent person behind the counter, I felt sorry for them I truly did, I should have stood in solidarity with them. "If I wanted to traipse round the shop looking bewildered and lost, I wouldn't have paid for it to be picked for me so, if you wouldn't mind, could you do as I've already paid for and have them brought out, as I've already lost the will to live" or words to that effect, at this point I wandered off to have something to eat. At least we got what we wanted (hot dog, meatballs and a drink) anyway the meter of doom threw a 5 at me after fitting my own shelves, putting all the furniture and bed back in. It's only bloomin FRIDAY!! I'm going to go out and drink all weekend, not come home until Sunday with a lost phone, glasses and my clothes all ripped! or in reality, take the dogs out, clean and go shopping. oh to be a yoof again.

have a nice weekend and take care.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all. Another dismal 5.7 for me which once again follows a day in the 4s and an fbg of 4.6. 16 gms carb and sub 1400 cals (73% fat, 11% carbs, 16% protein) yesterday. Hope the exercise bike, shower and tea make me a more sociable soul.
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You body is battling with a lot of things at the moment Ian, it’s not likely to respond in the same way. Please cut yourself some slack.
 
DJC3 said:
You body is battling with a lot of things at the moment Ian, it’s not likely to respond in the same way. Please cut yourself some slack.
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Thanks for the concern @DJC3. Best HIIT session on the bike for months (6 sprints @ max hr - not silly enough to do full 8 yet) and shower (remote control showers top of list for upgrading when we move) , resting pulse back at 60 (needs to drop but on the way) - I function best when I push myself. I am not sitting around waiting for cancer, diabetes or time to eat me away - far too much of my grandfather and father in me (except I can't speak Mandarin and will use power tools) which has really come through since retiring. People always said that but I never recognised it before. Really do appreciate the sentiment but ......
 
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OldButBold said:
I'm beginning to believe that low carb does not suit me, 6.7 this morning after less than 15g carb yesterday. Oh well, I shall go for a walk and have breakfast at the cafe, enjoy the day that is Friday
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I'm with you @OldButBold I feel I'm in the same boat like you very low carbs and still my Dracula throws large numbers at me. Like @ianpspurs I strive to win the numbers never seem good enough for the effort put in. Also I am even lighter at 71 Kilo and I really can't snack anymore and maybe trying to maintain weight and keep BG down just isn't compatible.

Still on the positive side hills are a lot easier on my Mountain Bike.
 
Ouch! Not good news for me fitting my own, not from IKEA though, but still a bit worrying especially as I did my own measuring and am not the worlds best DIY person. I await my ordeal with trepidation.
 
I really do believe this is entirely an n=1 experiment - seems to take people below 5.6 fbg <50% of the time from posts on here. 71 kgs seems low. My lowest has been 72.6 - I'm 6' how tall are you?
Edit: I lied. This day last year I weighed 72 kgs for a BMI of 21.5
 
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Morning All. 6.0 this morning so not great but I expected it.
Thoughts go out to anyone affected by the floods in the northern half of the country. Unbelievable scenes and such difficult times.
@gennepher an interesting and poignant post from you again. Your J must have been so special. @DJC3 glad to see you got the 5 to my 6 today. @ianpspurs and @OldButBold sending hugs for the variants. @johnpol wow what a performance but alls well that ends well someone wrote! @HarryBeau have a great morning out with Plumpy. @jjraak you had me right there st Kempton. Very clever. @Debandez my Dia twin of course Monday is Bin Day. Have a great Friday everyone. Stay well, stay safe.
 
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