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

dunelm said:
how’s the h/r this am?
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Stats seems good this morning with heartrate at 85 bp 128/80 and SpO2 at 95. I think it may be an infection as I have quite a sharp sinus pain and earache, whilst breathing in is tight but not wheezy. I'll see what he has to say today when he calls.

FBG this morning is 6.3 but it was a restless night.

All in all, I am relatively fine and dandy. Enjoy the day :)
 
Sorry been AWOL again, after I thought all the stress of the bathroom was over with the toilet sprung a leak so yet more people in my home :( 3 plumbers and the gaffer decided to turn up, they are nice lads but given the current situation I think they could've managed with less!

Anyways 6.8 for me this morning
xx
 
Fbg ...do I choose the 2:50 am number (cat was hungry and woke me...) or do I choose the later number (after I had convinced car to radiator hug and leave me in peace)
Later number at 6 am is 6.7 (earlier 2:50 am number was higher). It has gone down since 6 am

In between the mithering cat adding purple paw pads to this iPastel painting and me drinking coffee, I had to put this painting into Procreate to resurrect it...sigh. iPastel appears to have a limited amount of undo functions, unless cat is resetting the settings function. Cat is very fond of purple. I don't know how he does it.

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Cat appears to have reduced the file size too. 357 kb and jpeg now. It was png and a few mb. I cannot be bothered to go back and find what he has done...
 
Thanks all for kind words and even though I hit the sensor, I can't even be bothered to post that.
Having no job is not a fad, not a passing phase, not a 'oh something will come along in a minute' deal. It is a gnawing anxiety that leaves me too exhausted to even go through the quite frankly futile motions updating my professional portfolio just because it isn't up to date with latest stuff.

I am going through the motions with my own site but I really have no idea why I am bothering. It cost me more than it makes.

I only have what I am getting in rent, but having been in the position where that dries up it is not a guaranteed income. And it is barely enough to cover expenses. The rent from my late mother's bungalow has not been at full strength since the tenants moved in and is consistently short and was again this month because of incoming bills and £300 short might not sound like much but it is massive when you factor in bills, food bills, repairing things in the house...

I owe a friend £900 for bailing me out when someone I let the room out to caused more financial damage than I received in rent. I owe £700 for a deferred tax bill and my buffer for emergencies would not cover a major expense like a boiler needing replacing for example.

This is not me having a bit of a mood. This is a crippling sense of anxiety that I have NO JOB, NO FUTURE, AND NO IDEA WHAT TO DO NEXT.

I know your words and hugs have come from a place of concern. All they have done is make me feel even more of a failure for apparently not bucking up my ideas and doing something else or just believing things will get better eventually. I can't eat air. I will get to a stage where I can't afford basics. So telling me better days will come is not in the least bit helpful to me. I said as much to depressed friend's mate who HAS a job so of course she can sit on her plump backside and tell me once this year is over things will get better. SHE GETS PAID EVERY MONTH. Even depressed friend who is whining about how her insurance is reducing her proportion of salary as she has been off sick for almost two years is being paid a percentage of a large salary. Every month.

So thanks all, but until I can even muster up the motivation to go through the motions for things I no longer have any self-belief in, then I am no good to anyone. Least of all any of you,
 
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Good morning folks, a bit more relaxed start to this morning. Another drop in FBG 5.9, lowest so far :happy: Better get a wiggle on and eat breakfast, got a zoom physio appointment at 10, was supposed to be yesterday but I forgot and had to get it rescheduled to today :facepalm: I hope everyone has a great day! :angelic:
 
RFSMarch said:
Thanks all for kind words and even though I hit the sensor, I can't even be bothered to post that.
Having no job is not a fad, not a passing phase, not a 'oh something will come along in a minute' deal. It is a gnawing anxiety that leaves me too exhausted to even go through the quite frankly futile motions updating my professional portfolio just because it isn't up to date with latest stuff.

I am going through the motions with my own site but I really have no idea why I am bothering. It cost me more than it makes.

I only have what I am getting in rent, but having been in the position where that dries up it is not a guaranteed income. And it is barely enough to cover expenses. The rent from my late mother's bungalow has not been at full strength since the tenants moved in and is consistently short and was again this month because of incoming bills and £300 short might not sound like much but it is massive when you factor in bills, food bills, repairing things in the house...

I owe a friend £900 for bailing me out when someone I let the room out to caused more financial damage than I received in rent. I owe £700 for a deferred tax bill and my buffer for emergencies would not cover a major expense like a boiler needing replacing for example.

This is not me having a bit of a mood. This is a crippling sense of anxiety that I have NO JOB, NO FUTURE, AND NO IDEA WHAT TO DO NEXT.

I know your words and hugs have come from a place of concern. All they have done is make me feel even more of a failure for not bucking up my ideas and doing something else or just believing things will get better eventually. I can't eat air. I will get to a stage where I can't afford basics. So telling me better days will come is not in the least bit helpful to me. I said as much to depressed friend's mate who HAS a job so of course she can sit on her plump backside and tell me once this year is over things will get better. SHE GETS PAID EVERY MONTH. Even depressed friend who is whining about how her insurance is reducing her proportion of salary as she has been off sick for almost two years is being paid a percentage of a large salary. Every month.

So thanks all, but until I can even muster up the motivation to go through the motions for things I no longer have any self-belief in, then I am no good to anyone. Least of all any of you,
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I won't say a word, except stay on this thread and keep posting (or lurk on here, but stay) @RFSMarch
 
Greetings all. Swipey came up with 4.7 and I slept until 6.19 so one winner. Hugs for @RFSMarch, @Muddy Cyclist @Alien Aspie and anyone I missed due to typing this while watching a performance of dancing to Let it go by two granddaughters. Sauteed sprouts with chorizo on the menu here today @alf_Josiah and @dunelm. @lindisfel I hope you navigate Lidl safely and Christmas zoom fest sounds like a technical nightmare. Talking of which, I hope our oven ready Norfolk Black is a better class of oven ready than Gump's definition of OR. Toodle Pip. IanP childcare inc has clients.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg ...do I choose the 2:50 am number (cat was hungry and woke me...) or do I choose the later number (after I had convinced car to radiator hug and leave me in peace)
Later number at 6 am is 6.7 (earlier 2:50 am number was higher). It has gone down since 6 am

In between the mithering cat adding purple paw pads to this iPastel painting and me drinking coffee, I had to put this painting into Procreate to resurrect it...sigh. iPastel appears to have a limited amount of undo functions, unless cat is resetting the settings function. Cat is very fond of purple. I don't know how he does it.

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Cat appears to have reduced the file size too. 357 kb and jpeg now. It was png and a few mb. I cannot be bothered to go back and find what he has done...
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Gennepher,
I bet the Larig Ghru looks like that at sunrise!
D.
 
10.12.2020

7.00am FBG 5.7 am astonished after yesterday's indulgences.

Really hungry at lunch time, decided to have two slices of toast, got it cooked, then thought better do BG. Eek it's 6.4. Why is that? Had almost zero carbs today. Slightly stressed though, out of gas AGAIN. Got lost in the country lanes on the way back as well. Would that push BG up?

Errant came back home soaked and filthy yesterday afternoon, no idea where he had been but he had black stuff all over his paws, legs, and chest. Thought it was motor oil, but seemed to be more akin to coal dust or charcoal. Anyway, wrapped him up in the pink towel, which he seemed quite happy with, then spent considerable time cleaning off the worst with a damp micrfibre cloth. Was amazed at his patience and apparent enjoyment of this treatment. He is not usually keen on me touching his feet.

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