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

Very self satisfied - can't spell smug. Just cut and weighed 7 gms from JKP's cake and 5 gms from MIL's so I can say I've had some. Definitely enough for the way my taste buds have changed. I never believed people saying that when I first joined. !00% sure I'd have eaten a whole sausage roll, especially the caramelised onion one.
 
lindisfel said:
May the day go well for your better half and yourself Ian and you both have true shalom.
You seem to lead A very busy life Ian may you keep well and have a lasting remission.
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Thanks Derek. Too sedentary for me but I'm comparing myself to my father and grandfather. Especially my father post heart attack shinning up trees and pruning with a hand saw at 80.
 
ianpspurs said:
Thanks Derek. Too sedentary for me but I'm comparing myself to my father and grandfather. Especially my father post heart attack shinning up trees and pruning with a hand saw at 80.
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Sounds like my brother - 81 in November, major heart surgery last April and back to gardening, DIY, shopping, walking and next month taking a cruise to these Northern places. Puts me to shame.
 
Good afternoon everyone from a bright and sunny afternoon here in the dark and dangerous north. Happy Birthday to JKP and a happy mug of tea for Mrs Miggins and I. Ought to be back to whatever normal is by tomorrow but first the washing machine needs feeding and the gardening and recycling bins need putting out. Art bit on the plane, have a boat.


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dunelm said:
Good afternoon everyone from a bright and sunny afternoon here in the dark and dangerous north. Happy Birthday to JKP and a happy mug of tea for Mrs Miggins and I. Ought to be back to whatever normal is by tomorrow but first the washing machine needs feeding and the gardening and recycling bins need putting out. Art bit on the plane, have a boat.


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Thanks for the good wishes for JKP and good washes for you. Thanks for sharing the art. Is that a sampan? - samplan for moi was an entirely different song I think.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a chilly L.A. on JKP's birthday. A day to say it with flowers, cake and cards - one of which is my comfort zone. MIL to look after - she has a chest infection - school run and feeding later so exploring what this town has to offer has been interesting and revealing. Thanks for the good wishes yesterday. The scan went well but the results are the thing. @gennepher thanks for sharing the latest creative. @jjraak I assume that masterpiece is in the style of Attenborough. I'm noticing the one day delay from Monday which yesterday's low cal day - logistical nightmare. Not helped by taking grandson swimming at short notice - I come over all prickly if I have to eat after 6.00 pm (another reason why I really, really, really need to lean on The Lord when the Wales thing happens) Enjoy your day and a prayer that I've judged how to negotiate the day as well as I/we can for JKP. Apparently, you can't just (only) throw money at some things. Who knew? Lyrics _ very much my comfort zone
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Thank you Ian, and Happy Birthday to JKP!
 
dunelm said:
Good afternoon everyone from a bright and sunny afternoon here in the dark and dangerous north. Happy Birthday to JKP and a happy mug of tea for Mrs Miggins and I. Ought to be back to whatever normal is by tomorrow but first the washing machine needs feeding and the gardening and recycling bins need putting out. Art bit on the plane, have a boat.


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Brilliant art...glad you got back safely!
 
jjraak said:
Sounds like you know the real nature of a canal side ramble.

It was on the flat mostly.

But i have to admit, I fiddled with the bikes gear linkage a few days before and didn't get it right, so in my rush to be out, I didn't have a reliable change in the lower gears, so the BIG climbs defeated me.

The bridges don't seem much to look at, but it looked liked seasoned commuters took the climbs as a real challenge, and they left many red faced with the effort, so I didn't feel so bad.

The ride was however, most enjoyable none the less .
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Really love the British canal system. Am hoping and planning to live there again.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a chilly L.A. on JKP's birthday. A day to say it with flowers, cake and cards - one of which is my comfort zone. MIL to look after - she has a chest infection - school run and feeding later so exploring what this town has to offer has been interesting and revealing. Thanks for the good wishes yesterday. The scan went well but the results are the thing. @gennepher thanks for sharing the latest creative. @jjraak I assume that masterpiece is in the style of Attenborough. I'm noticing the one day delay from Monday which yesterday's low cal day - logistical nightmare. Not helped by taking grandson swimming at short notice - I come over all prickly if I have to eat after 6.00 pm (another reason why I really, really, really need to lean on The Lord when the Wales thing happens) Enjoy your day and a prayer that I've judged how to negotiate the day as well as I/we can for JKP. Apparently, you can't just (only) throw money at some things. Who knew? Lyrics _ very much my comfort zone
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Happy birthday to your lord and master Mrs Ian P
 
Horrid day today. Lots to be done but not much managed. Baked some choc chip cookies and a tray of brownies. Made my bed but didn't get any of the washing put away. Tomorrow I must do that and I must make a lemon cake and do prep for some dainty sandwiches for the Friday afternoon tea that I've let myself in for. Legs and back ridiculously painful so I had to keep on resting between more of the shoulder squaring.

BG has stayed consistently high all day on not very much to cause it. I sometimes think just handling bad-for-me food without eating it, still makes my BG jump. I do remember that, when I stopped eating chocolate to try to avoid migraines, one night I had a very vivid dream of eating a Mars bar ... and woke up with a migraine! Just didn't seem fair.
 
Annb said:
Horrid day today. Lots to be done but not much managed. Baked some choc chip cookies and a tray of brownies. Made my bed but didn't get any of the washing put away. Tomorrow I must do that and I must make a lemon cake and do prep for some dainty sandwiches for the Friday afternoon tea that I've let myself in for. Legs and back ridiculously painful so I had to keep on resting between more of the shoulder squaring.

BG has stayed consistently high all day on not very much to cause it. I sometimes think just handling bad-for-me food without eating it, still makes my BG jump. I do remember that, when I stopped eating chocolate to try to avoid migraines, one night I had a very vivid dream of eating a Mars bar ... and woke up with a migraine! Just didn't seem fair.
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Just a thought @Annb Do you think that your higher readings could be due to your joint pain? As you know Diabetes is a multi faceted thing that not only reacts to food but to stress and many other stimuli. You have no doubt considered this ut sometimes we get tunnel vision and get fixed on food / carbs and forget that other things play a part. Your carb intake is quite low but you levels don't seem to react in tge way you would expect so nay be stress or pain are partly responsible.
To stay within the rules I have just had my breakfast of coffee with cream exactly like every other day for the last 6 years.
Edited to add Just realised this is the FBG thread not the what have you eaten thread so better post that too 4.9 AT 5.45 when I got up to walk the dogs
 
Fbg 6.7

I met my friend in England yesterday.
She was telling me the saga of her husbands meds. A similar saga to mine as regards the ordering software refusing to let them have some meds. He has been without his Tramadol for a month now, because the ordering software decided it was a few days too soon. But when she tried to order at the 'correct' time, the ordering software said it had to be ordered at the same time as the rest of his meds...so hence nearly 4weeks without the Tramadol...

I told her about the petrol garage saga of a couple of days ago, where the cashier wouldn't set my petrol pump to zero. And spent a long time arguing with me, and to put the pump in the car and press the lever despite the previous amount still being on display, and even came to the pump to tell me to do that and it would reset to zero. Why didn't he take the pump and show you that, my friend asked. He declined to, when I asked him, I told my friend, he wouldn't even touch that pump handle and lever. He was up to something my friend said. Look at you, bent double (I am bent over, but not bent double!)and on two crutches, he should have at least offered to fill your tank for you. And my friend said that whatever petrol pump she uses, it's always been reset to zero before she even gets to it and before she takes the pump out of the holder...


Wildlife nighttime cameras
Fox & Badger & Cats

The fox and badger are pootling about.

The badger keeps standing to sniff the air...




Creative...painting Lighthouse #33
I put it through that app again, to create that effect. And I like it!

Was freezing in the night, but the sun is out now.
So a cuppa and a quick nap before I start my day. I couldn't sleep last night because of Fibromyalgia pain which drove me up the wall. Midnight never left my side all night, but has just gone to find a sunny spot in the garden on the swing shelf...
I am not wasting this sunshine by catching up on sleeping.
Power Nap....

Have your best day...

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Bildad said:
Just a thought @Annb Do you think that your higher readings could be due to your joint pain? As you know Diabetes is a multi faceted thing that not only reacts to food but to stress and many other stimuli. You have no doubt considered this ut sometimes we get tunnel vision and get fixed on food / carbs and forget that other things play a part. Your carb intake is quite low but you levels don't seem to react in tge way you would expect so nay be stress or pain are partly responsible.
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Bildad said:
You could be right. Certainly the pain level has increased dramatically in the past few weeks - actually ever since I started on the "Move More" classes run by our local council. Don't know if it has anything to do with that but I don't think so, the worst of the pain isn't in the bits that have been exercised. It's a measure of the increase that I've found myself praying for strength to bear it - never did that before.. No point praying for it to go away - the damage was done years ago. BG this morning was 10.9. Had to change the sensor, so no further news on that front. I could use the fingerprick but haven't bothered. 10.9 Libre reading would be about 12 on the fingerprick test.
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Good Morening Ladies and Gentleman. Happy national bin day.

Blood sugars this morning were 4.9, calculations are now required to establish my insulin dosage. Give me quantum mechanics any time, far simpler than the vagaries of diabetes with its infinite number of unknowns.

This morning here in Tilehurst Towers the morning is spoken for, but the afternoon after our obligatory nap could be a problematic, watch any old space.

@gennepher an interest painting today.

Now stay safe all and enjoy the fact that we woke up, stretched out our arms and didn’t touch wood.
 
5.0 this morning. Yesterday was a brilliant day for blood sugars. Am definitely getting back to much more normal for me blood sugars.

Hamstring strain is slowly recovering - even though it is so hard to limit the steps now I am back working. Averaging about 14K steps a day
 
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