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

dunelm said:
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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I don't do tourist destinations in the summer holidays @dunelm
Tourists don't understand the concept of passing places.
Or else I am the one who is out at dawn while the tourists are still abed, and I am on my way back home when the tourists are setting out for the day and they are the ones sitting in queues...

Liking the sketch. It draws you in with promises...
 
dunelm said:
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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We are up against it all the time with people driving down our roads like idiots going round bends on the wrong side of the road. Many have small trucks (farmers partners) and four wheel drives so they definitely will survive right or wrong.
D.
 
gennepher said:
I don't do tourist destinations in the summer holidays @dunelm
Tourists don't understand the concept of passing places.
Or else I am the one who is out at dawn while the tourists are still abed, and I am on my way back home when the tourists are setting out for the day and they are the ones sitting in queues...

Liking the sketch. It draws you in with promises...
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I should be compulsory, if they can't do the road to Watendlath their car should be band from Lakeland.
D.
 
Morning all from a sunny L.A. where the day's agenda will be in the hands of the Little Guy and his sister. Pugicorn has been introduced to Big Sis but Move It, Move It has a vociferous supporter keen to take back control after his cinnamon churros and milk. We have 4 types of milk - how very woke. @dunelm thanks for the sketch and apart from the tourists your journey sounds wonderful. @gennepher thank you for sharing the creative which looks wonderful to me. I gave a hug as you are tired and not satisfied with the creative. Hopefully, in time, as your mood lightens you may see the creative more favourably. I'm not sure about tourists but those unfamiliar with fen roads seem to think gigantic farm machinery, blind spots and deep fen drains pose no danger to them. Tourists in Cambridge tend to use bicycles and punts. Meanwhile, outside, it is an ongoing black bin scenario. In other news one sincerely hopes D :Ream ride again.(where's Dara?) once people like Lee Potty Mouth Anderson take their own advice. John Crace wrote a brilliant piece in yesterday's Gaurdian but it includes many Andersonism: Suella's symposium of stupidity. Have a good day y'all.
 
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gennepher said:
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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There's something looking right at me out of that creative - or am I just paranoid?
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a sunny L.A. where the day's agenda will be in the hands of the Little Guy and his sister. Pugicorn has been introduced to Big Sis but Move It, Move It has a vociferous supporter keen to take back control after his cinnamon churros and milk. We have 4 types of milk - how very woke. @dunelm thanks for the sketch and apart from the tourists your journey sounds wonderful. @gennepher thank you for sharing the creative which looks wonderful to me. I gave a hug as you are tired and not satisfied with the creative. Hopefully, in time, as your mood lightens you may see the creative more favourably. I'm not sure about tourists but those unfamiliar with fen roads seem to think gigantic farm machinery, blind spots and deep fen drains pose no danger to them. Tourists in Cambridge tend to use bicycles and punts. Meanwhile, outside, it is an ongoing black bin scenario. In other news one sincerely hopes D :Ream ride again.(where's Dara?) once people like Lee Potty Mouth Anderson take their own advice. John Crace wrote a brilliant piece in yesterday's Gaurdian but it includes many Andersonism: Suella's symposium of stupidity. Have a good day y'all.
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Thank you very much Ian, and thanks for the lyrics.
 
I didn't take the new pill last night. I was so tired that I thought I would sleep anyway, which I did. Four whole hours. But having lain there so long, I was terribly stiff and shaky when I did get up. Still am stiff, but the shakiness has gone. Walking very painful today but I have to go out to get my legs rebandaged this morning so will just have to grin and bear it.

Neil didn't manage to get the part he wanted for the dishwasher so he says he will strip it all down again and try to force water through with a pressure hose - might be a very wet and messy job. If he can get it to work, I'll put some of the dishwasher cleaner in. If not - horror of horrors, I'll have to try to get someone out to fix it, who might have access to the required parts.

BG at 4.15 am was 8.1. 2 cups of tea and some home made sausage later it is 8.5 but should drop soon under the influence of the insulin.
 
Annb said:
I didn't take the new pill last night. I was so tired that I thought I would sleep anyway, which I did. Four whole hours. But having lain there so long, I was terribly stiff and shaky when I did get up. Still am stiff, but the shakiness has gone. Walking very painful today but I have to go out to get my legs rebandaged this morning so will just have to grin and bear it.

Neil didn't manage to get the part he wanted for the dishwasher so he says he will strip it all down again and try to force water through with a pressure hose - might be a very wet and messy job. If he can get it to work, I'll put some of the dishwasher cleaner in. If not - horror of horrors, I'll have to try to get someone out to fix it, who might have access to the required parts.

BG at 4.15 am was 8.1. 2 cups of tea and some home made sausage later it is 8.5 but should drop soon under the influence of the insulin.
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Hug for the pain and hope the bandaging and operation dishwasher go well. Shalom.
 
gennepher said:
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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Hug for the dissatisfaction but a winner for the result. Have a smashing day.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a sunny L.A. where the day's agenda will be in the hands of the Little Guy and his sister. Pugicorn has been introduced to Big Sis but Move It, Move It has a vociferous supporter keen to take back control after his cinnamon churros and milk. We have 4 types of milk - how very woke. @dunelm thanks for the sketch and apart from the tourists your journey sounds wonderful. @gennepher thank you for sharing the creative which looks wonderful to me. I gave a hug as you are tired and not satisfied with the creative. Hopefully, in time, as your mood lightens you may see the creative more favourably. I'm not sure about tourists but those unfamiliar with fen roads seem to think gigantic farm machinery, blind spots and deep fen drains pose no danger to them. Tourists in Cambridge tend to use bicycles and punts. Meanwhile, outside, it is an ongoing black bin scenario. In other news one sincerely hopes D :Ream ride again.(where's Dara?) once people like Lee Potty Mouth Anderson take their own advice. John Crace wrote a brilliant piece in yesterday's Gaurdian but it includes many Andersonism: Suella's symposium of stupidity. Have a good day y'all.
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Thank’s @ianpspurs. One of my brothers who lived in Amsterdam at the time told me that the biggest threat to human life in that burg were tourists on bicycles.
 
Annb said:
I didn't take the new pill last night. I was so tired that I thought I would sleep anyway, which I did. Four whole hours. But having lain there so long, I was terribly stiff and shaky when I did get up. Still am stiff, but the shakiness has gone. Walking very painful today but I have to go out to get my legs rebandaged this morning so will just have to grin and bear it.

Neil didn't manage to get the part he wanted for the dishwasher so he says he will strip it all down again and try to force water through with a pressure hose - might be a very wet and messy job. If he can get it to work, I'll put some of the dishwasher cleaner in. If not - horror of horrors, I'll have to try to get someone out to fix it, who might have access to the required parts.

BG at 4.15 am was 8.1. 2 cups of tea and some home made sausage later it is 8.5 but should drop soon under the influence of the insulin.
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Hug for the pain and stiffness and hope that the bandaging helps. All the best with dishwashergate.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all from a sunny L.A. where the day's agenda will be in the hands of the Little Guy and his sister. Pugicorn has been introduced to Big Sis but Move It, Move It has a vociferous supporter keen to take back control after his cinnamon churros and milk. We have 4 types of milk - how very woke. @dunelm thanks for the sketch and apart from the tourists your journey sounds wonderful. @gennepher thank you for sharing the creative which looks wonderful to me. I gave a hug as you are tired and not satisfied with the creative. Hopefully, in time, as your mood lightens you may see the creative more favourably. I'm not sure about tourists but those unfamiliar with fen roads seem to think gigantic farm machinery, blind spots and deep fen drains pose no danger to them. Tourists in Cambridge tend to use bicycles and punts. Meanwhile, outside, it is an ongoing black bin scenario. In other news one sincerely hopes D :Ream ride again.(where's Dara?) once people like Lee Potty Mouth Anderson take their own advice. John Crace wrote a brilliant piece in yesterday's Gaurdian but it includes many Andersonism: Suella's symposium of stupidity. Have a good day y'all.
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I had rather a disappointing attitude from some right wing Christians the other day. I couldn't help reminding them that Jesus parents were refugees and they had to take Jesus to Egypt until they no longer were persecuted by Herod. I don't think the Egyptians said to his parents get back from where you came from!

That stopped them in their tracks but I doubt they have changed their attitude.

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Fbg this morning was 6.5

Several years ago I used to suffer from extreme migraines and was prescribed amitriptyline took it regularly for four years you had to be careful with the dosage but did not seem to do me any long term harm. was prescribed them again a few weeks back for neuropathic pain but did not seem to work so have stopped taking them.

I remember when a child traveling on the ferry across to Birkenhead with my father I became very curious as to what lay within the seats come life rafts that where situated on the deck lifting the lid on one enough to look inside and foolishly sticking my hand inside to explore just as someone decided to sit on it. a very painful lesson to learn about not sticking your nose or any other part of your body in somewhere it does not belong one I never forgot.

Have got an appointment at the doctors tomorrow to have the blood flow checked in my legs and feet not the normal doppler but one wher the calculated blood flow is determined. Hope they decide I can keep my feet where they are on the ends of my legs.

As to the power of prayer I believe in it when I had covid and was at my lowest ebb lying there feeling so sorry for myself I felt as if a hand lifted me up out of that into the sun and returned a lightness of spirit to me and I am certain that is was due to the prayers of my son and his brothers in the capuchin community of England and Ireland who were praying for my recovery on mass.

And thank you to the artists among us who bring so much joy into our lives.

Hugs for all going through trials and tribulations.
 
I forgot to mention the night sky last night !
I was mesmerised by the brightness of the stars.
Gonna have another look tonight.
It has always been something I have been enthralled with!
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?
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Thanks, I wasn't aware of that!

5.8 this morning!
Yay! Yippee! Yowser! And many more Y's!
I'm back!
just need to Keep going to get my hba1c levels down back to normal!
quick post, in the garden, chores done for visit, shopping done, cold salad later!

Have a tremendous Thursday! I'm nearly giddy at that reading and I did it again, same result! Yes! Get in!
 
Annb said:
I didn't take the new pill last night. I was so tired that I thought I would sleep anyway, which I did. Four whole hours. But having lain there so long, I was terribly stiff and shaky when I did get up. Still am stiff, but the shakiness has gone. Walking very painful today but I have to go out to get my legs rebandaged this morning so will just have to grin and bear it.

Neil didn't manage to get the part he wanted for the dishwasher so he says he will strip it all down again and try to force water through with a pressure hose - might be a very wet and messy job. If he can get it to work, I'll put some of the dishwasher cleaner in. If not - horror of horrors, I'll have to try to get someone out to fix it, who might have access to the required parts.

BG at 4.15 am was 8.1. 2 cups of tea and some home made sausage later it is 8.5 but should drop soon under the influence of the insulin.
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Every morning, I sit on the side of the bed, till the really horrible shaking stops, right through my core to the outer extremities. It takes about five minutes to subside and after three years doing the same, I have got used to it. For some reason I don't have to visit the toilet, then when i stop shaking, I need to go! That's me weird!
That according to my neurologist is my essential tremor disorder. Waking up with me.
He told me it is all linked to my breakdown and the severe anxiety I encountered.
After a cuppa and a walk downstairs or see to Mrs L. It seems to take a backseat until the anxiety should pop its nose in again!
Best wishes. Hope you get sorted today.
 
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