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

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.8

I can see Foxy hovering in the undergrowth as I am locking up, and setting the trail cams. Midnight comes in for supper. And by the time he comes back out, I can see Foxy has cleared all the extra food I have put out just for Foxy. Trail cams confirms this morning that Foxy got that food. So I am glad Foxy is polishing it off the moment I put it out.

But I had a bit of a mishap setting up the trail cam. Somehow I must have knocked off the video recording, so only still shots last night. But even so a good few hundred of them. However easier to flick through than watch a few hundred videos .

Creative is a collage of the early part of last night.
What the heck was Midnight snarling at? He turned into a wild ferocious cat. I certainly wouldn't like to face an angry Midnight. It was out of frame, and must have slunk away because the next shot didn't show anything.

I have to dash. Late. Will pop back in a bit...
Take care.

 

[alf_Josiah]

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those with Neanderthal heritage.
A solid 5.5 this morning on that meter, nuff said.

Well here it’s another day, another medical thingy, diabetic eye appointment, the usual, it’s just the inconvenience of it all and dilated iris’s for hours and years afterwards. I’m moaning but our wonderful NHS have kept me alive and I am grateful otherwise I would be dead, reminds me of that pop group the Grateful Dead, but I’m not familiar with their music.
Mrs J is up, about and talking to herself, which put me on edge, just because I married her does that mean I have to listen, sometimes Mrs J imparts controversial information, hence me being on edge.

Now I must depart and get into trouble else where.
Stay safe all.

 

[ianpspurs]

Hi to everyone on the slippery slope to autumn (should it be Fall here?) in Omnishamblia. Schools are back and Thursday is meteorological autumn. The Meedja has upgraded this to an Omnicrisis - why not Custerwhatsit?. Are they talking us down or up? Vote now. Calls cost £2 plus usual network charges. All profits go somewhere offshore/Singapore. I'd vote Kirby @dunelm Just like that no children here which along with autumn and Radon Liz for PM won’t improve my humour one iota. Miss the 1 yo grandson massively. Suddenly Gordon Brown/ Corbynomics pees all over Trussenomics (which The Markets have already decided is pure fantasy) not what the <1% voted for. Freeze prices not people sounds much more catchy come next GE. Who knew? Nonetheless, insight No 2 Alf: this plays (2nd) each morning before MHB - very much along the lines of your sentiments IMHO. Numbers 1 and 4 on my morning playlist are more overtly hymns (see attached.) Wonderful art @dunelm, thank you. @gennepher good to see you back, thanks for the images and a special thanks on behalf of that fox. Do feed yourself properly today - can that be done on LC? @Krystyna23040 I hope your ice cream tasted gorgeous and forget about that fbg it was a dodgy strip/ check the batteries in the meter. Tea making? I've noticed no discernible taste drop off with kettle set from 70 to 100 degrees C but I don't drink much tea

 

[gennepher]

Hi to everyone on the slippery slope to autumn (should it be Fall here?) in Omnishamblia. Schools are back and Thursday is meteorological autumn The Meedja has upgraded this to an Omnicrisis - why not Custerwhatsit?. Are they talking us down or up? Vote now. Calls cost £2 plus usual network charges. All profits go somewhere offshore/Singapore. I'd vote Kirby @dunelm Just like that no children here which along with autumn and Radon Liz for PM won’t improve my humour one iota. Miss the 1 yo grandson massively. Suddenly Gordon Brown/ Corbynnomics pees all over Trussenomics (which The Markets have already decided is pure fantasy) not what the <1% voted for. Freeze prices not people sounds much more catchy come next GE. Who knew? Nonetheless, insight No 2 Alf: this plays (2nd) each morning before MHB - very much along the lines of your sentiments IMHO. Numbers 1 and 4 on my morning playlist are more overtly hymns (see attached.) Wonderful art @dunelm, thank you. @gennepher good to see you back, thanks for the images and a special thanks on behalf of that fox. Do feed yourself properly today - can that be done on LC? @Krystyna23040 I hope your ice cream tasted gorgeous and forget about that fbg it was a dodgy strip/ check the batteries in the meter. Tea making? I've noticed no discernible taste drop off with kettle set from 70 to 100 degrees C but I don't drink much tea

Thanks Ian.
I will. Had some prawns - very low carb. The naughty but nice thing I am eating now has no label on it as regards carbs, so I am assuming there are no carbs in it. So, healthy eating...

May your day be a good one...

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone from a mainly damp start here in the dark and dangerous north. Red sky last night but the jury is out for now. Wonderful for thinking of your visitors @gennepher - a real host but as has been said, who cares for the carer. SIL birthday yesterday and the weather did her proud but it’s a staying in and wait day at present - things being delivered - a big box to house briquettes for the fire, some fancy push openers and a new power band from the planet Lithium. Bliss this morning, a brand new pack of koffy - ah, the aroma.
Have we all bought in to the new game that is all the rage; cheapest way to make a mug of tea? No special kit needed, just a pan with a lid, a kettle (new or otherwise) and a microwave. Your fuel bills will go nuts as you play but hey. I bet Chris Whitty and Van Tam are are refusing to play. As Chris famously said, “we don’t know much yet but what we do know is all bad.” Thanks Chris.
I am torn between ignoring news of Harry The Thick and Meghan The Mardy deigning to fly commercial or the nail biting non event of announcing either Dumb or Dumber at around noon. Nothing to be done so I will slurp koffy. Art bit - not as finished as I would have liked but never mind. Onwards and upwards. Hope you all have a pleasing day.



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Liking the picture very much.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Have your best day.

 

[gennepher]

I had a bad day on Saturday.
Went to collect my meds.
Many people waiting a long time.
I waited an hour and a half.
Many people had missing meds.
They were told not available anywhere and unobtainable.
Finally guy in front of me. His turn. He opens the tiny paper bag he is given. Where's my meds he says. Unavailable and unobtainable, there are none anywhere, he is told. But I need them, I need them now, I haven't got any left he says. Nothing I can do about it says the counter assistant. Next, she says (which is me). I stay where I am because the customer is fuming. A right ding dong ensues. I can't escape. Customer asks for prescription back. No can do says counter assistant. More ding dongs. Customer is enraged, slings something at the counter assistant, shouting "You sort it". And storms out.

Pharmacist hands me my paper bag, and I know immediately there are things missing. Open the bag please, I tell the pharmacist. Where's my eye drops I ask? Not available anywhere, unobtainable I am told. And where's my Januvia (diabetic med), and two more things. Unobtainable, he says. My eyes flash at this point, my brain trying to work out the feasibility of grabbing him by the lapels. I tell my brain to shut up. But it is the powerlessness in this situation of the individual. Come back next week and see if there is anything in, the pharmacist says.

I definitely feel like I live on the wrong side of the track.

I email a friend when I get home. Start a revolution, she says, get a campaign going, hand out cards secretively into people's hands inside and outside the chemist's, to join your campaign. And then she send another email (well thought out) of a 12 point campaign for me. If I hand out cards secretively into people's hand's round here with those security cameras every hundred metres or oftener, I would find myself in the local clink behind bars, with a bucket for bathroom facilities. This is a very high druggie area.

Obviously she wants to do a revolution and is quite happy to incite others.

I went to bed depressed when I got home and to sleep feeling very frail.

This morning, Monday, I drove to a sleepy Welsh village which has a pharmacy. And a nice village shop. I told the pharmacist about my regular chemist and my experiences on Saturday. I know, it is terrible there said the counter assistant. And a customer behind me explained she used to go to my regular pharmacy, but it was not good and had a bad reputation. But now she drives to this village pharmacist to get her meds.That was just about at flashpoint on Saturday I said. Anything could have happened.

You come here, says the other customer. The pharmacist says to me, bring in your paper prescription, write a letter of authorisation for the pharmacy to be changed to us. Bring it in 10 days before you need the meds, and we will sort it out for you.

And they have a different meds supplier to my regular pharmacy. I will just have to see what happens.

Much more positive this morning.

Hence the naughty but nice thing which has no nutrition label, so therefore it is carb free!

P.S. The other very local pharmacies round here all have queues coming out of the shops, just like my regular pharmacy has....

 

[ianpspurs]

I had a bad day on Saturday.
Went to collect my meds.
Many people waiting a long time.
I waited an hour and a half.
Many people had missing meds.
They were told not available anywhere and unobtainable.
Finally guy in front of me. His turn. He opens the tiny paper bag he is given. Where's my meds he says. Unavailable and unobtainable, there are none anywhere, he is told. But I need them, I need them now, I haven't got any left he says. Nothing I can do about it says the counter assistant. Next, she says (which is me). I stay where I am because the customer is fuming. A right ding dong ensues. I can't escape. Customer asks for prescription back. No can do says counter assistant. More ding dongs. Customer is enraged, slings something at the counter assistant, shouting "You sort it". And storms out.

Pharmacist hands me my paper bag, and I know immediately there are things missing. Open the bag please, I tell the pharmacist. Where's my eye drops I ask? Not available anywhere, unobtainable I am told. And where's my Januvia (diabetic med), and two more things. Unobtainable, he says. My eyes flash at this point, my brain trying to work out the feasibility of grabbing him by the lapels. I tell my brain to shut up. But it is the powerlessness in this situation of the individual. Come back next week and see if there is anything in, the pharmacist says.

I definitely feel like I live on the wrong side of the track.

I email a friend when I get home. Start a revolution, she says, get a campaign going, hand out cards secretively into people's hands inside and outside the chemist's, to join your campaign. And then she send another email (well thought out) of a 12 point campaign for me. If I hand out cards secretively into people's hand's round here with those security cameras every hundred metres or oftener, I would find myself in the local clink behind bars, with a bucket for bathroom facilities. This is a very high druggie area.

Obviously she wants to do a revolution and is quite happy to incite others.

I went to bed depressed when I got home and to sleep feeling very frail.

This morning, Monday, I drove to a sleepy Welsh village which has a pharmacy. And a nice village shop. I told the pharmacist about my regular chemist and my experiences on Saturday. I know, it is terrible there said the counter assistant. And a customer behind me explained she used to go to my regular pharmacy, but it was not good and had a bad reputation. But now she drives to this village pharmacist to get her meds.That was just about at flashpoint on Saturday I said. Anything could have happened.

You come here, says the other customer. The pharmacist says to me, bring in your paper prescription, write a letter of authorisation for the pharmacy to be changed to us. Bring it in 10 days before you need the meds, and we will sort it out for you.

And they have a different meds supplier to my regular pharmacy. I will just have to see what happens.

Much more positive this morning.

Hence the naughty but nice thing which has no nutrition label, so therefore it is carb free!

P.S. The other very local pharmacies round here all have queues coming out of the shops, just like my regular pharmacy has....

Sorry to hear about Saturday but good that you are more positive today. Hopefully the different pharmacy will make life so much easier for you. The assistant sounds far more user friendly so here's hoping on your behalf. Enjoy the naughty but nice.

 

[gennepher]

Sorry to hear about Saturday but good that you are more positive today. Hopefully the different pharmacy will make life so much easier for you. The assistant sounds far more user friendly so here's hoping on your behalf. Enjoy the naughty but nice.

Thank you very much Ian.
Just had a sleep after the naughty but nice!

And the bonus was, the village shop there, packed my bag for me, and carried my bag back to the car.

It was a refreshing experience. How life should be...

 

[Krystyna23040]

I hope your ice cream tasted gorgeous and forget about that fbg it was a dodgy strip/ check the batteries in the meter.

The ice cream was gorgeous. Yes, you are right. It was obviously a dodgy strip or battery.

 

[Krystyna23040]

Thanks Ian.
I will. Had some prawns - very low carb. The naughty but nice thing I am eating now has no label on it as regards carbs, so I am assuming there are no carbs in it. So, healthy eating...

May your day be a good one...

Yes @gennepher it definitely does not have carbs. No label - no carbs

 

[dunelm]

lovely painting. Hope you enjoy the coffee

Thank you @Krystyna23040

 

[dunelm]

Hi to everyone on the slippery slope to autumn (should it be Fall here?) in Omnishamblia. Schools are back and Thursday is meteorological autumn. The Meedja has upgraded this to an Omnicrisis - why not Custerwhatsit?. Are they talking us down or up? Vote now. Calls cost £2 plus usual network charges. All profits go somewhere offshore/Singapore. I'd vote Kirby @dunelm Just like that no children here which along with autumn and Radon Liz for PM won’t improve my humour one iota. Miss the 1 yo grandson massively. Suddenly Gordon Brown/ Corbynomics pees all over Trussenomics (which The Markets have already decided is pure fantasy) not what the <1% voted for. Freeze prices not people sounds much more catchy come next GE. Who knew? Nonetheless, insight No 2 Alf: this plays (2nd) each morning before MHB - very much along the lines of your sentiments IMHO. Numbers 1 and 4 on my morning playlist are more overtly hymns (see attached.) Wonderful art @dunelm, thank you. @gennepher good to see you back, thanks for the images and a special thanks on behalf of that fox. Do feed yourself properly today - can that be done on LC? @Krystyna23040 I hope your ice cream tasted gorgeous and forget about that fbg it was a dodgy strip/ check the batteries in the meter. Tea making? I've noticed no discernible taste drop off with kettle set from 70 to 100 degrees C but I don't drink much tea

thank you @ianpspurs and good to know about the temperature of tea - is that at sea level?

 

[dunelm]

Liking the picture very much.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Have your best day.

thank you @gennepher

 

[dunelm]

I had a bad day on Saturday.
Went to collect my meds.
Many people waiting a long time.
I waited an hour and a half.
Many people had missing meds.
They were told not available anywhere and unobtainable.
Finally guy in front of me. His turn. He opens the tiny paper bag he is given. Where's my meds he says. Unavailable and unobtainable, there are none anywhere, he is told. But I need them, I need them now, I haven't got any left he says. Nothing I can do about it says the counter assistant. Next, she says (which is me). I stay where I am because the customer is fuming. A right ding dong ensues. I can't escape. Customer asks for prescription back. No can do says counter assistant. More ding dongs. Customer is enraged, slings something at the counter assistant, shouting "You sort it". And storms out.

Pharmacist hands me my paper bag, and I know immediately there are things missing. Open the bag please, I tell the pharmacist. Where's my eye drops I ask? Not available anywhere, unobtainable I am told. And where's my Januvia (diabetic med), and two more things. Unobtainable, he says. My eyes flash at this point, my brain trying to work out the feasibility of grabbing him by the lapels. I tell my brain to shut up. But it is the powerlessness in this situation of the individual. Come back next week and see if there is anything in, the pharmacist says.

I definitely feel like I live on the wrong side of the track.

I email a friend when I get home. Start a revolution, she says, get a campaign going, hand out cards secretively into people's hands inside and outside the chemist's, to join your campaign. And then she send another email (well thought out) of a 12 point campaign for me. If I hand out cards secretively into people's hand's round here with those security cameras every hundred metres or oftener, I would find myself in the local clink behind bars, with a bucket for bathroom facilities. This is a very high druggie area.

Obviously she wants to do a revolution and is quite happy to incite others.

I went to bed depressed when I got home and to sleep feeling very frail.

This morning, Monday, I drove to a sleepy Welsh village which has a pharmacy. And a nice village shop. I told the pharmacist about my regular chemist and my experiences on Saturday. I know, it is terrible there said the counter assistant. And a customer behind me explained she used to go to my regular pharmacy, but it was not good and had a bad reputation. But now she drives to this village pharmacist to get her meds.That was just about at flashpoint on Saturday I said. Anything could have happened.

You come here, says the other customer. The pharmacist says to me, bring in your paper prescription, write a letter of authorisation for the pharmacy to be changed to us. Bring it in 10 days before you need the meds, and we will sort it out for you.

And they have a different meds supplier to my regular pharmacy. I will just have to see what happens.

Much more positive this morning.

Hence the naughty but nice thing which has no nutrition label, so therefore it is carb free!

P.S. The other very local pharmacies round here all have queues coming out of the shops, just like my regular pharmacy has....

Such a bad show and yes, change your pharmacy - they may also be able to repeat prescriptions online from your phone. I actually changed my pharmacy three weeks ago by logging onto my GP practice website and changed the preferred pharmacy - worked a treat.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone from a day of mystery start here in the dark and dangerous north. Yesterday turned into a blistering hot day - even the weather isn’t working properly. Liz Truss is on her way to Surrey to meet with Brian May and get the instructions for putting together an Ikea cabinet she bought off EBay. It has no instructions and a lot of the bolts and screws are missing. Meanwhile Boris has a shed load of peerages to sell confer, are you in the queue? My sister who lives in France is not able to travel now so we are doing a virtual walking tour of Angkor Wat in Cambodia and have completed 14 km of the circuit - complete with pictures and street views - total distance will be 32km.
Art bit - a new piece - this may or may not take a bit of time. Have a wonderful Tuesday - as usual I shall make koffy.

 

[gennepher]

Such a bad show and yes, change your pharmacy - they may also be able to repeat prescriptions online from your phone. I actually changed my pharmacy three weeks ago by logging onto my GP practice website and changed the preferred pharmacy - worked a treat.

Thanks. Nice to know you changed pharmacy with no problems.
We still haven't got the online ordering for prescriptions back here, so no access online yet. So I am stuck a bit there. It should have come back a few weeks ago. So, I am glad they said they would sort it for me. Very kind of them.

 

[gennepher]

Good morning everyone from a day of mystery start here in the dark and dangerous north. Yesterday turned into a blistering hot day - even the weather isn’t working properly. Liz Truss is on her way to Surrey to meet with Brian May and get the instructions for putting together an Ikea cabinet she bought off EBay. It has no instructions and a lot of the bolts and screws are missing. Meanwhile Boris has a shed load of peerages to sell confer, are you in the queue? My sister who lives in France is not able to travel now so we are doing a virtual walking tour of Angkor Wat in Cambodia and have completed 14 km of the circuit - complete with pictures and street views - total distance will be 32km.
Art bit - a new piece - this may or may not take a bit of time. Have a wonderful Tuesday - as usual I shall make koffy.



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I love these virtual tours, excursions.
it is a winter months keeping warm experience under the bed covers for me!
Gentle hugs for your sister.
This art bit looks mysterious....

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.7

The naughty but nice yesterday was obviously low or nil carbs...

Not much time this morning. I have a recurring hospital appointment and I need to cleansify myself yet, and nice clean clothes on...

So, no time to do captions on this.

I had bought another trail cam the same as the one I already like. It is small and easy to handle. I put it on the other end of the swing the night before last. And again I ended up with still shots instead of videos. So, it is the same night as yesterday's collage. It didn't pick up the badger at all, and only picked up the fox for a couple of shots. And it didn't pick up what Midnight was snarling at. It presented what looked like a bored Midnight with hardly any nighttime activity. But I know that is not true because of all the nighttime activity from the other trail cam. So, location for the sensor to pick something up is very important. Still experimenting with the position of this second one.

There was a Granddaddy of bright intensity of lighting strikes/sheets all around me last night. It was scary. Too near. Then it went down the hill towards the river, and now I am above the lightning, feels much safer. Sometimes I go to the top of the hill, just round the corner to me to watch when it does this, because there is an amazing vista which looks incredible with the lighting strikes all around.

Catch you later...

 

[alf_Josiah]

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and all who will tell Boris the Beast to put his end of term peerages when the sun don’t shine, those who will accept, see you at the ceremony .
.
Bloods sugars this morning were a 6.3, I know why and if I told you…..you would know too.
.
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away, well nearly. There I was sitting in the waiting room waiting for my diabetic eye test, when I get informed due to illness my appointment has been cancelled and will be rescheduled, the up side of this is I managed to get lots done in the afternoon and Mrs J managed to trim my beard so my facial hair now matches my demeanour, prickly.
.
Today I am totally unsupervised for most of the day, which brings to mind another song “there may be trouble ahead”.
Talking of trouble ahead, I wonder if those isolated idiots that live in the village of Westminster will spring a snap election? My guess a few will loose their seats.

Stay safe all.
Special mention for @ianpspurs…..thank you, sorry not on playlist, neither is morning has broken, but “happy birthday” is in my loosen up the fingers routine.

 

[Krystyna23040]

I had a bad day on Saturday.
Went to collect my meds.
Many people waiting a long time.
I waited an hour and a half.
Many people had missing meds.
They were told not available anywhere and unobtainable.
Finally guy in front of me. His turn. He opens the tiny paper bag he is given. Where's my meds he says. Unavailable and unobtainable, there are none anywhere, he is told. But I need them, I need them now, I haven't got any left he says. Nothing I can do about it says the counter assistant. Next, she says (which is me). I stay where I am because the customer is fuming. A right ding dong ensues. I can't escape. Customer asks for prescription back. No can do says counter assistant. More ding dongs. Customer is enraged, slings something at the counter assistant, shouting "You sort it". And storms out.

Pharmacist hands me my paper bag, and I know immediately there are things missing. Open the bag please, I tell the pharmacist. Where's my eye drops I ask? Not available anywhere, unobtainable I am told. And where's my Januvia (diabetic med), and two more things. Unobtainable, he says. My eyes flash at this point, my brain trying to work out the feasibility of grabbing him by the lapels. I tell my brain to shut up. But it is the powerlessness in this situation of the individual. Come back next week and see if there is anything in, the pharmacist says.

I definitely feel like I live on the wrong side of the track.

I email a friend when I get home. Start a revolution, she says, get a campaign going, hand out cards secretively into people's hands inside and outside the chemist's, to join your campaign. And then she send another email (well thought out) of a 12 point campaign for me. If I hand out cards secretively into people's hand's round here with those security cameras every hundred metres or oftener, I would find myself in the local clink behind bars, with a bucket for bathroom facilities. This is a very high druggie area.

Obviously she wants to do a revolution and is quite happy to incite others.

I went to bed depressed when I got home and to sleep feeling very frail.

This morning, Monday, I drove to a sleepy Welsh village which has a pharmacy. And a nice village shop. I told the pharmacist about my regular chemist and my experiences on Saturday. I know, it is terrible there said the counter assistant. And a customer behind me explained she used to go to my regular pharmacy, but it was not good and had a bad reputation. But now she drives to this village pharmacist to get her meds.That was just about at flashpoint on Saturday I said. Anything could have happened.

You come here, says the other customer. The pharmacist says to me, bring in your paper prescription, write a letter of authorisation for the pharmacy to be changed to us. Bring it in 10 days before you need the meds, and we will sort it out for you.

And they have a different meds supplier to my regular pharmacy. I will just have to see what happens.

Much more positive this morning.

Hence the naughty but nice thing which has no nutrition label, so therefore it is carb free!

P.S. The other very local pharmacies round here all have queues coming out of the shops, just like my regular pharmacy has....

That looks really hopeful @gennepher. It sounds like a much nicer pharmacy. Worth the drive to get to it if it means that you get your meds. The shop sounds nice also.