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

alf_Josiah said:
Good Morening Ladies and Gentleman and lonely backpackers on mountainous trails and a special hug for @gennepher, Friday will soon arrive.

Blood sugars this morning were 7.5 and then straight after 7.6, these readings are stress induced from high levels of knee pain.
Sympathy is not require this is all self induced from leading a sporty youth, then years of being rather portly and lastly over doing things in the garden the other day.

@ianpspurs yes you correct Friday is a significant day and 31 years. More importantly Thursday is a day when me, me’s and myself to remember the brave choice a family made which enabled myself to have these 31 years. Given a fair crack of the whip I shall write more on Thursday. Thank you for remembering.

Now I have to prepare for a visit to the doctors then later plinky plonky lessons, a dash into the indoor rain cabinet, covid test, breakfast and medications. Life is fun, fun does exist, sometimes it’s hard to find, but easier if you avoid the media.

Stay safe and try to avoid things that will get you a mention in the Darwin awards.
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Thanks @alf_Josiah
 
dunelm said:
Hugs for modern day frustrations. Idiots were at one time rationed, only one per village. Nowadays, they seem to churn them out. It’s always good to take your frustration out through some brush strokes and the second one is very dark, pleasantly so. I have a thing about self serving checkouts and I think that yesterday, many other customers at the supermarket also did. Only two people on the real checkouts so we queued and queued and eventually two more members of staff came and opened up - small victory for the patience of pensioners.
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Thanks @dunelm
I agree wholeheartedly about the self serving checkouts...
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a sunny and warm L.A. where we are promised even more mildness tomorrow - except no one is actually promised tomorrow. @Annb winner on winning the Drs Appointment Lottery twice in one day. @gennepher winner for the stupendous creatives but hugs for the maladministration of your medications. @dunelm as usual the finished artwork is glorious, thank you. Your garden centre and automated checkout riff remind me to look on Dave for Grumpy Old Men. No doubt Mrs Miggins feels the same about whisky, wine and (previously?) motor bikes and eqpt. @alf_Josiah although we may have different perspectives on some things I admired and respected a post of yours thanking the family of that young man so put a recurring reminder in my google diary. Latest scan results came in as stable with slight reduction in size of primary so thanks be to God and his gift of modern medicine, especially Cambridge University Hospital, aspirational steak and red wine are in order. Keto and immunology seem to be working despite the keto being more difficult for me. Have a good day.
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Thanks @ianpspurs
Good news on your latest scan results x
 
Lamont D said:
Do you mean black, white with a bit of red!
If you Google Mersey ferry, you will see what I mean!
Oh yeah, type faces, hmmm! What can I say! The trays were stacked high on shelving, all labled up, and the lads didn't like sorting after a run, and you could here the language when a rogue letter was found!
In my first printers, there was ten of us, we were in three unions, mine was S.O.G.A.T. With the bookbinders, lithography and guillotine operator. One man who ran the machine, a gestetner, was father of the chapel, a lone member of the print union. The typesetter, was in another one.
And, yes, a woman couldn't be a member of that union not in my other printing firm allowed anywhere near the typesetters place. Other than bookbinding, there was only two women in my second firm who ran the small gestetners, and only a couple in the office.
I was terrified of having to go into the bookbinding department, for a seventeen years old, it was scary to be told that I had to go in there! I was lucky to come out in one piece! I kid you not!
I never did do screen printing, or use a computer to get work done. A lot of copying and pasting with ____ gum! I just can't remember the name of it! Was it cow gum? Fiddly stuff, with small printed cut out letters, couldn't do it now with my arthritis!
However, I learnt a lot of what life is all about from those few years. I was more aware of how political it all was and the absurdity of how things were done.
But it was fun!
Thanks for letting me have a good old remembering!
In 1971, I was discovering night clubs in and about the North West, going to places, to here artists, discos, all nighters and having a good time with the scene! Not The Beatles, but Northern soul!
Which is very deep within me! It gets your toes tapping!

Oh yeah, nearly forgot.
6.3, I think it's working????

Have a wonderful Wednesday. Keep on trucking!
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Yes @Lamont D it was Cow Gum...amazing stuff!!!
 
Annb said:
Well. I am amazed. I didn't phone the GP's yesterday because Neil has been having problems with his blood pressure and needed to talk to a GP about it. So he made the 8.30 call and I didn't bother even trying, also the pains I have been having have produced no spots and have spread to the other side as well, so it isn't shingles after all. He was advised to speak to a pharmacist and will be called later in the week.

Anyway, I decided to start trying to get through to the surgery at 8.25 this morning and found that I was already in a queue. Not much chance then of getting a phone call today but I hung on - you never know. When I got through the receptionist said, "Do you want a phone consultation or face to face?" You could have blown me down with a feather! Obviously face to face but I had to say that I didn't think they were doing that any more unless the GP said it was necessary. "Oh no, we've gone back to the old system now." Silly me. Should have known that by some sort of telepathy. I was offered an appointment at 9.30 today. Unfortunately, I can't get there by that time, so was offered 3.45 today. Wow!

BG at 2.30 am was 10.4. 3.30 am - 9.5 (that was when I gave in and got up). Have to think about breakfast now and get myself organised. Neil has just come through and confirmed that 3.45 is fine, so it's all systems go.
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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a sunny and warm L.A. where we are promised even more mildness tomorrow - except no one is actually promised tomorrow. @Annb winner on winning the Drs Appointment Lottery twice in one day. @gennepher winner for the stupendous creatives but hugs for the maladministration of your medications. @dunelm as usual the finished artwork is glorious, thank you. Your garden centre and automated checkout riff remind me to look on Dave for Grumpy Old Men. No doubt Mrs Miggins feels the same about whisky, wine and (previously?) motor bikes and eqpt. @alf_Josiah although we may have different perspectives on some things I admired and respected a post of yours thanking the family of that young man so put a recurring reminder in my google diary. Latest scan results came in as stable with slight reduction in size of primary so thanks be to God and his gift of modern medicine, especially Cambridge University Hospital, aspirational steak and red wine are in order. Keto and immunology seem to be working despite the keto being more difficult for me. Have a good day.
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Thank you @ianpspurs and glad for you that your latest scans are positive. Steak and wine - what a tonic.
 
Back from seeing a GP. For some reason my walking was even worse than usual - took about 5 minutes to cover the 40 feet from the door, down the ramp to the car. I made it though and fell into the car, so relieved to get there. Neil would bring the wheelchair to the door and wheel me down, but I don't want him to. Pride, pride, tut.

At the surgery, I got Neil to push me inside and then sent him off to look for a part for the dishwasher (part of the pumping system looks as though it needs replacing) and was called through fairly quickly. Then realised just how difficult it can be to push a wheelchair on carpet. At least the doctor held the doors open for me but it was absolutely exhausting.

Doctor thinks all my blood results are OK and for the exhaustion he has prescribed Amytriptilene - apparently a relaxant - to help me sleep for longer during the night. Just read the leaflet that comes with the tablets and it is quite daunting. Not at all sure that I should be taking it. Don't suppose one tonight will do any harm to see what happens.

Got in, with some difficulty (I had sent Neil ahead to take some stuff in) and just collapsed into the chair in the kitchen. Slept for about an hour and now finding it very difficult to move at all, but I have managed to crab my way across the kitchen to make a cup of tea and to take some pain killers, so things should be looking up soon. When they do, I'll think about some food. BG is in the 5's just now.
 
dunelm said:
Thank you @ianpspurs and glad for you that your latest scans are positive. Steak and wine - what a tonic.
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Thank you. The S and RW will be either Saturday while watching rugby or Sunday while watching Angeball. The Little Guy ™ is here for the next two days and everyone knows Friday is SSS day.
 
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Annb said:
Back from seeing a GP. For some reason my walking was even worse than usual - took about 5 minutes to cover the 40 feet from the door, down the ramp to the car. I made it though and fell into the car, so relieved to get there. Neil would bring the wheelchair to the door and wheel me down, but I don't want him to. Pride, pride, tut.

At the surgery, I got Neil to push me inside and then sent him off to look for a part for the dishwasher (part of the pumping system looks as though it needs replacing) and was called through fairly quickly. Then realised just how difficult it can be to push a wheelchair on carpet. At least the doctor held the doors open for me but it was absolutely exhausting.

Doctor thinks all my blood results are OK and for the exhaustion he has prescribed Amytriptilene - apparently a relaxant - to help me sleep for longer during the night. Just read the leaflet that comes with the tablets and it is quite daunting. Not at all sure that I should be taking it. Don't suppose one tonight will do any harm to see what happens.

Got in, with some difficulty (I had sent Neil ahead to take some stuff in) and just collapsed into the chair in the kitchen. Slept for about an hour and now finding it very difficult to move at all, but I have managed to crab my way across the kitchen to make a cup of tea and to take some pain killers, so things should be looking up soon. When they do, I'll think about some food. BG is in the 5's just now.
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I have Amytriptiline - for helping me to sleep when my leg pain is bad - seems to work but I don’t use it all that often.
 
It's not like me, to NOT moan about the weather!
But for once, what started as a beautiful morning became a beautiful afternoon and evening, and for the first time in about seven weeks, the mercury went above 25 degrees! So a day of summer in the garden.
The only problem was the flying ants. For about an hour mid afternoon, there was hundreds of them from the football pitch next to our house and the neighbours overgrown garden. I think they know something!
The grandkids came around and I'm knackered now! So full of energy! The granddaughter has been accepted to train with a gymnastics club. So pleased for her!! But she isn't giving up on footie yet!

Have a lovely evening.

Another appointment tomorrow from the council/ housing, to see what help we need.
 
lindisfel said:
Amitriptyline is like a number of antihistamines, etc, they contain a substance that causes dementia.
If one just takes them occasionally they should have just a minor effect I guess?
D.
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I saw that in the notes that came with the pills. It was one of the things that concerned me. Others were taking opiates as well, which I do as part of my pain meds, and contra-indicated if you have liver problems, which I do and they were also onoy to be used on a doctor or pharmacist's advice if you are diabetic. The GP said I could startout with one tablet and increase to 2 if that didn't work. I certainly shan't be taking them regularly enough to do that and have yet to decide whether to take them tonight at all.
 
Annb said:
I saw that in the notes that came with the pills. It was one of the things that concerned me. Others were taking opiates as well, which I do as part of my pain meds, and contra-indicated if you have liver problems, which I do and they were also onoy to be used on a doctor or pharmacist's advice if you are diabetic. The GP said I could startout with one tablet and increase to 2 if that didn't work. I certainly shan't be taking them regularly enough to do that and have yet to decide whether to take them tonight at all.
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There is nothing wrong with your brain, Ann. I guess that is why the doctor prescribed them in your case.
Best wishes
Derek
 
Good morning everyone from an overcast yet hopeful start to bin day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.2, eyes of blue this morning. Yesterday was a drive through the Yorkshire Dales to visit a pal. Had a wonderful catch up but I wish tourists would learn how to handle very narrow winding roads with dry stone walls either side - one clue might just be where passing places are coming up. Other big hint - why are you trying to pass a tractor pulling a trailer full of hay??? Have a little patience, set out earlier, stay at home, don’t buy such a flash sporty car and take it off motorways. Anyhow, it was a good day out and I had the top down on my little Smart car and some Classic FM on until the signal got lost. Art bit, another start. Hope your day includes something that gives you a chuckle. Best make some koffy first.


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Fbg 6.9

Nighttime wild life cameras...
A night of Cats & Fox &Badgers - Pa Badger frightens himself


Creative is acrylic inks and hake brush and water.

I still have dissatisfaction with the ink paintings at the moment. It is just my personal feeling. Trying some ideas but not happy with what I am doing....

Sun is out. Still tired from yesterday. So, a quick nap...and a cuppa.

Have your best kind of day.

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