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

Well that trip to town was a bit more expensive than I was planning. We noticed on arrival at the Health Centre that one of the front tyres was looking a bit soft. When Neil had a closer look, he realised that it had worn much more than he had thought so, when I got out it was heigh ho for the tyre fitters for 2 new front tyres. Can't complain - it was £186 and I had anticipated quite a lot more.

DIL has been told to get her BG under control before they will operate on her spine. She's been letting things slide recently and only taking her basal dose but not testing. That's because the Libre sensors keep falling off of her arms and she seems to have lost her fingerprick kit. Alistair came in yesterday begging my spare sensor to be replaced as soon as he can get a prescription for her own. Of course I gave it to him but he phoned later to say it had fallen off as well. So she has had to borrow my fingerprick kit. Unfortunately, my Libre is warning me that I only have 2 hours left on this existing sensor - yesterday it told me I had 2 days left but it seems to have changed its mind. I am hoping Alistair comes in with the replacement sensor this evening, otherwise I'll have no idea what my BG is. Just have to be careful until I can get the replacement.
 
ianpspurs said:
I forgot to post an interesting article I skimmed earlier- long read - and have a link to a piece which suggests Cuba started concentration camps despite a common belief it was the British wot dun it first. Recommended regime post drip is plenty of fluid and take it easy so I guess I'm compelled to drink tea and watch cricket. Tough old gig but orders is orders. :D
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cricket is good today!
 
jjraak said:
Something that was pointed out me when I was holding down a full time job & looking after mum (Alzheimer's) & dad (terminal cancer )

Felt so guilty at first taking a 'day off'....but was the best thing I ever could have done for all our sakes .

Not always practical & in some cases even desirable.

But that respite each week kept me going for the years that followed.

Hope & pray you get the help needed & due to you.

And at such a small cost.
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I have terrible guilt through anxiety, when I'm out, even though it's very rare she is left alone! I just can't help it!

It is the same thing when getting advice through counselling, the one I like is when a plane is in trouble and the oxygen makes drop, you put yours on first before the kids. It's not natural to do it, but it is the right way!
 
Annb said:
Two very interesting pieces there, Ian. None of the nations of the world have the franchise on inhumanity, it seems. Sad, but true. Also sad is the thought of no more fish and chips. Not that I am able to eat the batter or the chips any more, at least on anything like a regular basis. Wish I could. I did not so long ago, at Inverness airport waiting for a flight around lunch time. And I ate the whole thing! Delicious! Wouldn't do it often though.
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further to my travel stories, we did have a best chippy of the season with our colleagues. And from places around the country, winners were from Lincoln, Grimsby, Barrow, Fleetwood. But as a outright winner though in preseason was Chorley! No chips of course! Mostly Haddock, mmmmmm!
 
SlimLizzy said:
20.07
woke at 7.05am. Got up few minutes later, shocked to see it was 8.29am.
8.50am FBG 5.8
Posted my excess cucumbers on a local anti waste site to give away, but sadly everyone interested was too far away. Can see some of them ending up in compost, which seems a waste. Have already taken out two plants to help reduce the glut. Previous years we have had glut of courgettes, so this year reduced planting, and chose a self fertile variety which has been effective, we are just about managing to eat them as they grow. Would be nice if melons were as productive.
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Can't you pickle them?
pickled cucumber and onion is a Christmas specialty in our house!
 
dunelm said:
In North Yorkshire sits the village of Middridge:
“Anglo-Saxon Middridge lasted for five hundred years before being destroyed by the Normans during William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North. Those who survived this massacre (and the resulting disease and starvation) were enslaved by the invaders. They were forced by the Bishop of Durham to toil in the surrounding fields as serfs, and forcibly relocated to gloomy huts centred on the village green. The "serfs" eventually gained their freedom and the village green survives to this day, although the housing has improved considerably.”
An early example of a concentration camp which is still just about layed out as it was during that time.
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There are many, many, many examples of what to do with the conquered masses. Slavery, serfdom, agricultural displacement and so on. How were they kept and treated resonates with how we treat people today! It took a long time to get slavery abolished as much as it is today! But a concentration of of non combatants kept and treated in depravity in a camp is something in my opinion worse. Worked or starved to death and punishment for nothing, mass slaughter on an industrial scsle.
In the American civil war, there was POW camps run by both sides, that you were lucky to come out still living. You are expected t to die! Japanese camps, often for women and children. India, the cruelty of the traders, the company's soldiers. Black hole of Calcutta.(Kolkata) And more!
Humanity, is shocking in its cruelty. Political decisions can be just as cruel without putting people in a camp!
Just as in Ireland during Cromwells reign because of religion!
 
Lamont D said:
There are many, many, many examples of what to do with the conquered masses. Slavery, serfdom, agricultural displacement and so on. How were they kept and treated resonates with how we treat people today! It took a long time to get slavery abolished as much as it is today! But a concentration of of non combatants kept and treated in depravity in a camp is something in my opinion worse. Worked or starved to death and punishment for nothing, mass slaughter on an industrial scsle.
In the American civil war, there was POW camps run by both sides, that you were lucky to come out still living. You are expected t to die! Japanese camps, often for women and children. India, the cruelty of the traders, the company's soldiers. Black hole of Calcutta.(Kolkata) And more!
Humanity, is shocking in its cruelty. Political decisions can be just as cruel without putting people in a camp!
Just as in Ireland during Cromwells reign because of religion!
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gennepher said:
My Fbg was sky high this morning.
Not possible with what I had eaten etc, unless something has gone badly wrong.
So it was the rooting out old meters and a new one.
All three decided on 6.7
phew

Fbg 6.7

Wildlife nighttime cameras.
Midnight has had enough of those badgers.
This went on all night.
What on Earth is the fascination with the area in front of the swing?



Creative is acrylic inks and a Hake brush...

Have a good day.

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So sorry not to have said earlier how stunning this is @gennepher. I took the tea drinking and cricket watching very seriously.
 
Annb said:
Well that trip to town was a bit more expensive than I was planning. We noticed on arrival at the Health Centre that one of the front tyres was looking a bit soft. When Neil had a closer look, he realised that it had worn much more than he had thought so, when I got out it was heigh ho for the tyre fitters for 2 new front tyres. Can't complain - it was £186 and I had anticipated quite a lot more.

DIL has been told to get her BG under control before they will operate on her spine. She's been letting things slide recently and only taking her basal dose but not testing. That's because the Libre sensors keep falling off of her arms and she seems to have lost her fingerprick kit. Alistair came in yesterday begging my spare sensor to be replaced as soon as he can get a prescription for her own. Of course I gave it to him but he phoned later to say it had fallen off as well. So she has had to borrow my fingerprick kit. Unfortunately, my Libre is warning me that I only have 2 hours left on this existing sensor - yesterday it told me I had 2 days left but it seems to have changed its mind. I am hoping Alistair comes in with the replacement sensor this evening, otherwise I'll have no idea what my BG is. Just have to be careful until I can get the replacement.
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Alistair didn't come in. He didn't manage to get replacement Libre sensors. And my one has run out. After being out, and doing my Zoom exercise class, I just flaked out and slept until 6.45 - too late to take a final reading. Can hardly move now and didn't manage to cook - just had a small peanut butter sandwich. Not wise without any means of measuring BG but I took a relatively small dose of insulin to try to cover it. The only thing I can tell is if BG runs too low not if it is much too high. Hope he can get it tomorrow.
 
dunelm said:
In North Yorkshire sits the village of Middridge:
“Anglo-Saxon Middridge lasted for five hundred years before being destroyed by the Normans during William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North. Those who survived this massacre (and the resulting disease and starvation) were enslaved by the invaders. They were forced by the Bishop of Durham to toil in the surrounding fields as serfs, and forcibly relocated to gloomy huts centred on the village green. The "serfs" eventually gained their freedom and the village green survives to this day, although the housing has improved considerably.”
An early example of a concentration camp which is still just about layed out as it was during that time.
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I believe, ironically, it was the Black Death that reduced the population so much that led to the end of the feudal system and a man's work being more appreciated.
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Good morning everyone on an up and at em start this morning. 5.1 on the scale of doom. Sad day today and a happy one at the same time. A celebration of life for a dear friend recently departed. She will live on in our memories. Art bit, the finished piece from yesterday. Have a smashing day today. I shall drink koffy and then head off to Bristol.


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Lamont D said:
Can't you pickle them?
pickled cucumber and onion is a Christmas specialty in our house!
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Already have six jars of pickles.
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And many more cucumbers.
Not a fan myself, so six jars probably enough for a year.
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Annb said:
Well that trip to town was a bit more expensive than I was planning. We noticed on arrival at the Health Centre that one of the front tyres was looking a bit soft. When Neil had a closer look, he realised that it had worn much more than he had thought so, when I got out it was heigh ho for the tyre fitters for 2 new front tyres. Can't complain - it was £186 and I had anticipated quite a lot more.

DIL has been told to get her BG under control before they will operate on her spine. She's been letting things slide recently and only taking her basal dose but not testing. That's because the Libre sensors keep falling off of her arms and she seems to have lost her fingerprick kit. Alistair came in yesterday begging my spare sensor to be replaced as soon as he can get a prescription for her own. Of course I gave it to him but he phoned later to say it had fallen off as well. So she has had to borrow my fingerprick kit. Unfortunately, my Libre is warning me that I only have 2 hours left on this existing sensor - yesterday it told me I had 2 days left but it seems to have changed its mind. I am hoping Alistair comes in with the replacement sensor this evening, otherwise I'll have no idea what my BG is. Just have to be careful until I can get the replacement.
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These sensors seem to be a blooming nightmare @Annb to stay on...
 
gennepher said:
These sensors seem to be a blooming nightmare @Annb to stay on...
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I used to have a problem with them, but the last few months they have stuck (literally) like glue and have been hard to pull off when done with. Don't know if the glue has changed or if my skin has changed. Didn't help matters that I had to shorten the life of my previous one because it had to come off for the MRI scan. Otherwise my one that just finished would have been still in use for another week.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on an up and at em start this morning. 5.1 on the scale of doom. Sad day today and a happy one at the same time. A celebration of life for a dear friend recently departed. She will live on in our memories. Art bit, the finished piece from yesterday. Have a smashing day today. I shall drink koffy and then head off to Bristol.


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Colourful trees. Different for you @dunelm I like it.
 
7.6 this morning. Relaxing with a coffee. Has been a really busy week and I am so pleased that there isn't too much admin today so I can relax a bit longer with a coffee in the conservatory in my comfy recliner chair.

Dog walk in the park went well. I stayed in charge of the door key - so no climbing through an upstairs window today.

Archie dog is now back to two walks a day. The collagen piwder has worked wonders for his joints, muscles and even more importantly it has healed his gut lining that was damaged by the virus he caught before Christmas.

Collagen for dogs is so expensive so I am giving him collagen for humans which is exactly the same as collagen for dogs.
 
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