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

[lindisfel]

Hello,
Luckily me, me’s and myself manage to keep my INR within my given range.
Unfortunately all these new anticoagulants react with my anti rejection medication. I would love to have less blood tests, the down side of less blood tests would be I would see less of the feel my bottomists, as I call them and usually we end up laughing over something or other, most of which cannot be repeated here.
Thanks for asking, stay safe.

I call them Dracula's daughters!

 

[lindisfel]

the kids just ride on the pavement!
only a few are safe enough to ride on the main roads.

Needs must.

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.7

Wildlife nighttime cameras
Cat Midnight & the Boy Badger
The Boy Badger is in my back garden a lot now, on his own. The rest of that badger family come along from time to time, but it is almost as if Boy Badger has been handed the keys to my garden for passing through his teenagehood! Which does not please Cat Midnight who now has Boy Badger sniffing the swing, as well as Pa Badger, and attempting to get on it!
2min 27secs

Creative...it began with the acrylic painting on coarse canvas paper in the garage. But it has changed as I worked into it with several other apps I have. This is a personal exploration on some of my past, and I am not talking/discussing about that. However, you are welcome to write about anything you see in this painting/creation.
I will probably be doing this for the next few days until I have worked through something...

Time for a nap.

Had my coffee.

I fancy a cuppa tea now...

Have the best day you can...

 

[Krystyna23040]

6.2 this morning. Really pleased with that number.

Have ordered my Nespresso capsules. The most important job of the day.

 

[alf_Josiah]

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those who did and didn’t. Did or didn’t I know not.

Blood sugars this morning were 6.3

Attached are some pictures of a step I renovated for a neighbour some time ago, the unpainted picture is the original. The last picture is the step installed in his garage.

Now it time for me to stand in the indoor rain cabinet, then continue life, the universe and everything, oh and plinky plonky.

Stay safe, stay unmolested by the religious zealots that populate Reading town centre.
Me, me’s and myself are thinking about dropping a shoulder and just shoulder charging into the main protagonist, ah my old rugby playing days, sadly history now, dim and distant. Also at my age and medical conditions that would be just stupid and probably illegal, get behind me thoughts.

 

[gennepher]

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those who did and didn’t. Did or didn’t I know not.

Blood sugars this morning were 6.3

Attached are some pictures of a step I renovated for a neighbour some time ago, the unpainted picture is the original. The last picture is the step installed in his garage.

Now it time for me to stand in the indoor rain cabinet, then continue life, the universe and everything, oh and plinky plonky.

Stay safe, stay unmolested by the religious zealots that populate Reading town centre.
Me, me’s and myself are thinking about dropping a shoulder and just shoulder charging into the main protagonist, ah my old rugby playing days, sadly history now, dim and distant. Also at my age and medical conditions that would be just stupid and probably illegal, get behind me thoughts.

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Those steps are amazing. I love them Alf. I would need 4 steps for me to get up that hieight!

I use square strong decking to get in my bungalow, 10 decking pieces (a tad expensive), and a longer approach (!) but it enables me get into my bungalow @alf_Josiah

Enjoy your plinky plonky!

 

[ianpspurs]

Morning all from sore Deltoid central - both jabbed yesterday for covid and flu defence, hopefully. Less busy day today with no morning school drop off and only pickup here. Still feeding two grandchildren and their parents. Of course it is a great blessing and joy to see so much of our family and to have the wherewithal to help - thanks be to God. @gennepher thanks for sharing the creative which looks like the outworking of something(s) complex. I hope and pray working through things via that process works for you. @Krystyna23040 I'm glad the central issue of the day has been tackled and @alf_Josiah I'm glad for both of you that the zealot won't be. Enjoy your day - summer wants an encore hereabouts.

 

[dunelm]

Fbg 6.7

Wildlife nighttime cameras
Cat Midnight & the Boy Badger
The Boy Badger is in my back garden a lot now, on his own. The rest of that badger family come along from time to time, but it is almost as if Boy Badger has been handed the keys to my garden for passing through his teenagehood! Which does not please Cat Midnight who now has Boy Badger sniffing the swing, as well as Pa Badger, and attempting to get on it!
2min 27secs

Creative...it began with the acrylic painting on coarse canvas paper in the garage. But it has changed as I worked into it with several other apps I have. This is a personal exploration on some of my past, and I am not talking/discussing about that. However, you are welcome to write about anything you see in this painting/creation.
I will probably be doing this for the next few days until I have worked through something...

Time for a nap.

Had my coffee.

I fancy a cuppa tea now...

Have the best day you can...

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So much detail, a lot of noise in it, people coming out of and disappearing into it. Sparks the imagination.

 

[dunelm]

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and those who did and didn’t. Did or didn’t I know not.

Blood sugars this morning were 6.3

Attached are some pictures of a step I renovated for a neighbour some time ago, the unpainted picture is the original. The last picture is the step installed in his garage.

Now it time for me to stand in the indoor rain cabinet, then continue life, the universe and everything, oh and plinky plonky.

Stay safe, stay unmolested by the religious zealots that populate Reading town centre.
Me, me’s and myself are thinking about dropping a shoulder and just shoulder charging into the main protagonist, ah my old rugby playing days, sadly history now, dim and distant. Also at my age and medical conditions that would be just stupid and probably illegal, get behind me thoughts.

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smashing restoration work. Some of those folk you encounter in Reading might need a bit of decking.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone from a bit of an overcast outlook this morning in the dark and dangerous north. 5.7 this am and where is this summer standing ovation we are being promised or is this more non-leveling up hype? Sun arrived nicely yesterday so a pleasant walk into town and then a walk back again as I missed the bus - drat! Still, “the sun was shining on the sea, shining with all his might”, and I was not in any hurry. Found a chicken carcass in the freezer so made a pot of chicken soup. Also some dangerous looking blueberry biscuits. No, and even the birds have turned their beaks up at them. Don’t you just love clinical trials? Just back from the supermarket, ladened down with essentials and now having a second koffy. Art bit, some colour added. Hope your day is going smooth and steady. If you begin to fall asleep, revert to Black Sabbath or Metallica. Best finish my koffy.

 

[ianpspurs]

Good morning everyone from a bit of an overcast outlook this morning in the dark and dangerous north. 5.7 this am and where is this summer standing ovation we are being promised or is this more non-leveling up hype? Sun arrived nicely yesterday so a pleasant walk into town and then a walk back again as I missed the bus - drat! Still, “the sun was shining on the sea, shining with all his might”, and I was not in any hurry. Found a chicken carcass in the freezer so made a pot of chicken soup. Also some dangerous looking blueberry biscuits. No, and even the birds have turned their beaks up at them. Don’t you just love clinical trials? Just back from the supermarket, ladened down with essentials and now having a second koffy. Art bit, some colour added. Hope your day is going smooth and steady. If you begin to fall asleep, revert to Black Sabbath or Metallica. Best finish my koffy.


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Thank you for sharing the art. I like those reds - very much a category error for a Spurs fan - and birds. Blueberry biscuits a tad bland even for the birds? This is a long read with some dubious Penguin Psychology included but since we have had two sets of two canines for about two decades I'm on the writer's side. @gennepher if you ever get the time to read it you may vehemently disagree. Attached is my idea of a cat person. I imagine her stroking one on her lap and cackling soon my precious, soon. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA via The Guardian.
Edit:~ those not that reds

 

[lindisfel]

Been to the Nat Health physio at the Cottage Hospital in Wigton this am. She has given me three exercises to do to get extra strength in my legs, movement and flexibility in the lower spine.
It apparently is stenosis in my lower spine left hand side.
D.

 

[ianpspurs]

Been to the Nat Health physio at the Cottage Hospital in Wigton this am. She has given me three exercises to do to get extra strength in my legs, movement and flexibility in the lower spine.
It apparently is stenosis in my lower spine left hand side.
D.

Hope the exercises work for you.

 

[Annb]

BG 13.9 at 3.30 am. Still in double figures.

Had 2 lots of painkillers so far today and the legs are still too sore to take any weight. Ah well. Some days you win, some days you don't.

Neil's still under the weather so no shopping today either.

Just as well that I have a freezer needing to be emptied. Trouble with that is that many of the labels have come off and it's a bit of a mystery tour when it comes to meal times. Just had a soup which I couldn't identify in the container and having eaten it, still can't identify it. Plenty turmeric in it and, I think, chicken stock plus a few bits and pieces of identifiable veg. May have had some lentils in it as well. There's plenty left still but I probably shan't have any more of it. Not particularly bad tasting, but not worth the energy to heat any more of it.

 

[Krystyna23040]

14.9 this morning at 2.45. Dropped slowly to 12.1 before breakfast.

Very sore today after "Move More" class yesterday. Legs not working very well. However, I must say that despite the fatigue, once I have got over that, my legs muscles are actually stronger. Now hoping that the same thing will happen to my arms and shoulders.

Really great that your leg muscles are getting stronger. I am sure that you will also find your arms and shoulders will also get stronger. Improving muscle strength is quite a slow process but does have huge benefits.

 

[lindisfel]

Hope the exercises work for you.

Thanks Ian, Will do them for 6 weeks then contact her for the next step. At least there is a plan now that seems appropriate.
Derek

 

[JohnEGreen]

So much for gravity 7.9 today.

Went to Kingsmill this morning for ultrasound bit of confusion arose as I thought it was for my leg but they wanted to repeat the previous scan for aortic stent then they realized I had also been referred for one on leg so they did both then went to the clinic next door for blood test then came home,

Phone call this afternoon and my presence is required at queens tomorrow morning to discuss the scan on leg have to be there for 9:30 am it's only 17 miles from here so no problem.

Oh yes meant to add Lobscouse was a staple for us dad used to make at least once a week.

 

[Lamont D]

I had a recipe for lobscouse in a book about the kind of food eaten on British ships during the Napoleonic Wars - it was a companion to the Patrick O'Brien novels. Also saw it on a TV programme on Scandinavian food and another one on food around Britain (Hairy Bikers I think, in Liverpool). A hearty, warming stew by the looks of it, but I've never made it.

I saw on an online site, some time ago, that the Welsh claim it as their own, having been brought to Wales by Vikings, way back when. It seems to be either the same as, or similar to, Cawl.

From my own experience and of course being nosey, there cannot be a specific recipe, regardless of where, tho irish, welsh, Vikings and every other tribe you could possibly argue, it is a derivitive from old history. Scouse comes from the pot of food, a kind of stew. Which is cooked over an open fire simmering for ever! Anything edible was put in it depending on seasons or availability and added until it was eaten or spoilt.
it wasn't particularly a meat stew, like most are, a vegan variety was used when meat was scarce, and from folklore, the irish, puts loads of spuds in.
And from memory, if there was meat used, there would be a second pot for a bone broth, a thin gruel, with added vegetables.
Everyone was told, that the marrow, wasn't only good for dogs, but beneficial for our health as well!
But I take that with a pinch of salt, which had to be added to most stews, soups, broth!

 

[Lamont D]

Fbg 6.7

Wildlife nighttime cameras
Cat Midnight & the Boy Badger
The Boy Badger is in my back garden a lot now, on his own. The rest of that badger family come along from time to time, but it is almost as if Boy Badger has been handed the keys to my garden for passing through his teenagehood! Which does not please Cat Midnight who now has Boy Badger sniffing the swing, as well as Pa Badger, and attempting to get on it!
2min 27secs

Creative...it began with the acrylic painting on coarse canvas paper in the garage. But it has changed as I worked into it with several other apps I have. This is a personal exploration on some of my past, and I am not talking/discussing about that. However, you are welcome to write about anything you see in this painting/creation.
I will probably be doing this for the next few days until I have worked through something...

Time for a nap.

Had my coffee.

I fancy a cuppa tea now...

Have the best day you can...

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Stunning!

 

[Lamont D]

Been to the Nat Health physio at the Cottage Hospital in Wigton this am. She has given me three exercises to do to get extra strength in my legs, movement and flexibility in the lower spine.
It apparently is stenosis in my lower spine left hand side.
D.

You can join me tomorrow am doing my back exercise mate! If they work, it can benefits your other issues.
Keep well!