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

[dunelm]

I spent a couple of weeks in Antwerp, working. We tried a different restaurant every other night.
And of course, we had to do taste tests of the different cuisine.
Snails are very rubbery chicken, but you do need the sauce.
The best was the Argentine steaks.
And of course Belgian chocolate, just out of the oven.
We happened upon a Chinese eat what you want restaurant. Now that was a taste experience.
But you can't beat a good pan of Scouse, on a a winter's evening.

We had Scouse inside the Liver Building, Sheltering from the rain. Very nice.

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everybody. I have a code in by doze and someone has taken a rasp to my throat.
5.9 this a.m.
Newcastle today. Lunch on the way. Mrs Miggins participates in a longitudinal health study and today is the day for poking, prodding, cognitive tests and a comprehensive full body scan - it’s every two years. I shall busy myself walking down the river path to the Pitcher & Piano opposite the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art which alas is closed today - boo! Still, there is always The Laing if I can negotiate the climb into the city - see how I feel when I get there.
Art bit yesterday was a disaaaaaster dharlings - wobbly hands. Oh well.
Hope your day avoids any rocks along the shoreline. I simply must finish this koffy.

 

[Krystyna23040]

6.9 this morning.
I did 7K steps yesterday. I did wonder if it was too many last night but luckily leg was really good this morning.
Yesterday l watched the video from the manufacturers on how to put the calf support on correctly. It definitely helped support the calf even better when put on correctly.

I hadn't noticed the video initially. It was much better than the written instructions which were not that clear.

The Nordic walking poles have been a huge help also as they, together with the calf support, are allowing me to move safely.

I did end up doing an impromptu nordic walking lesson after one of the classes for a class member who had the poles but wasn't quite sure how to use them.

 

[dogslife]

Good morning all. fbs today was 10.6. I managed my second 2+ mile walk yesterday. My foot was actually OK as the new cream seems to be working at last but I struggled with my back and thigh muscles. It is amazing how unfit one can get after several weeks with no proper exercise. Best wishes to you all.

 

[Lamont D]

FBG is 7.1 today.
Window man is coming this afternoon, did forget.
Still can't get it straight in my head, about Mrs L having a minor stroke.
And I would love to have a word in the ear of our former GP, who has over medicated her for so long.

Up at five this morning. Mrs L wouldn't let me sleep, thinking it was teatime.
Oh well, hope to get an early night.

There was a cafe/restaurant close to the Pier Head. Best bowl full of Scouse ever. Served with red cabbage, chunks of succulent beef and a thick reduced gravy, including spuds and veg, you wouldn't know was there! But that was about forty years ago. And there was queues for it. Doorstep served with it.

 

[Annb]

8.3 today at 04.00. Still in the 8's that's after insulin and breakfast.

The day is bright but quite breezy, so the temperature feels very low. We are pretty exposed here, especially when the wind comes from a westerly direction and it's a wonder that our trees keep any leaves on them, never mind blossoms or fruits. At least they are pretty big, so there's enough food in the soil for them to grow. The trees (various pines) we planted as a shelter belt to protect the rest of the garden have been ravaged by the weather and half of them are gone now, felled by the wind, so the protection is minimal now. All the same there are some wild pear trees that actually spread like wildfire, trying to fill in the gaps. We also have lots of blackthorn bushes which have invaded the area at the front of the house - just outside the fence but, strong growers as they are, they never flower or fruit. Only four shrubs manage to hang on to their flowers - New Zealand holly (it does have a posh name, but I can't remember it), rosa rugosa, dwarf willow and fuchsia. We do have some Spanish bluebells, which flower briefly and lots of montbretia - the wild one, not the cultivated one. Mostly, though, our garden is pretty well various shades of green. Not to be sneezed at (especially since there are no flowers and no pollen to upset pollen allergies) but it would be nice to have some variety of colour.

 

[gennepher]

FBG is 7.1 today.
Window man is coming this afternoon, did forget.
Still can't get it straight in my head, about Mrs L having a minor stroke.
And I would love to have a word in the ear of our former GP, who has over medicated her for so long.

Up at five this morning. Mrs L wouldn't let me sleep, thinking it was teatime.
Oh well, hope to get an early night.

There was a cafe/restaurant close to the Pier Head. Best bowl full of Scouse ever. Served with red cabbage, chunks of succulent beef and a thick reduced gravy, including spuds and veg, you wouldn't know was there! But that was about forty years ago. And there was queues for it. Doorstep served with it.

I would want more than a word in the ear of your former GP for overmedicating Mrs. L for so long @Lamont D

 

[Annb]

8.3 today at 04.00. Still in the 8's that's after insulin and breakfast.

The day is bright but quite breezy, so the temperature feels very low. We are pretty exposed here, especially when the wind comes from a westerly direction and it's a wonder that our trees keep any leaves on them, never mind blossoms or fruits. At least they are pretty big, so there's enough food in the soil for them to grow. The trees (various pines) we planted as a shelter belt to protect the rest of the garden have been ravaged by the weather and half of them are gone now, felled by the wind, so the protection is minimal now. All the same there are some wild pear trees that actually spread like wildfire, trying to fill in the gaps. We also have lots of blackthorn bushes which have invaded the area at the front of the house - just outside the fence but, strong growers as they are, they never flower or fruit. Only four shrubs manage to hang on to their flowers - New Zealand holly (it does have a posh name, but I can't remember it), rosa rugosa, dwarf willow and fuchsia. We do have some Spanish bluebells, which flower briefly and lots of montbretia - the wild one, not the cultivated one. Mostly, though, our garden is pretty well various shades of green. Not to be sneezed at (especially since there are no flowers and no pollen to upset pollen allergies) but it would be nice to have some variety of colour.

Olearia Macrodonta = New Zealand holly

 

[Lamont D]

I would want more than a word in the ear of your former GP for overmedicating Mrs. L for so long @Lamont D

I was being polite @gennepher.
If I thought he was still a gp, I would report him to the GMC.

The sun is out and it's a great drying on the line day. However that wind is still cool and not slowly dying yet. Have had a bit of a tidy up back garden but front needs a mowing, still not got summer plants yet no baby sitter for Mrs L, and Mrs L can't get about much at the moment. Asleep on the couch and still fell off. It was quite silly but I just wasn't quick enough to stop Mrs L rolling off.

Window guy been and gone.

Kitchen duties, chicken and wedges for Mrs L.

 

[gennepher]

I could not get in earlier, the oopsie page was back..
I need some more sleep, I had a fall earlier... but strangely I managed to save myself half a way down, but I might have hurt a few more of my bits and pieces in doing so... I need another sleep and then I'll try and do the drawing for today or something... or I might just take a photograph...

 

[gennepher]

Fbg 6.9

I had a fall earlier.
I was coming up the kitchen steps, but I didn't put my left foot full on the step only the front part of it and that caused the whole foot to twist over slide and me to fall, hit my head on a round metal pipe (at least that was better than a sharp piece of metal).

I am now resting..... so many things to do and I cannot do them.

...

But I have done a creative.... a laboscope kaleidoscope of the mallow outside my window... and that is my lot.
Night night x

 

[Lamont D]

I could not get in earlier, the oopsie page was back..
I need some more sleep, I had a fall earlier... but strangely I managed to save myself half a way down, but I might have hurt a few more of my bits and pieces in doing so... I need another sleep and then I'll try and do the drawing for today or something... or I might just take a photograph...

I believe that yourself @gennepher and Mrs L have been training to be female stunt extras.
And practice makes perfect.

Cricket going well!

 

[gennepher]

I believe that yourself @gennepher and Mrs L have been training to be female stunt extras.
And practice makes perfect.

Cricket going well!

You could well be right @Lamont D

 

[Lamont D]

Wind has dropped, beautiful evening, gonna be a starry, starry night.
Red sky at night, means, riots again in the suburbs!
I wish you have a lovely nights sleep.
Cricket gone very well, a very good game.
Suppose to be a very warm day tomorrow.
Best wishes.

 

[jjraak]

I was being polite @gennepher.
If I thought he was still a gp, I would report him to the GMC.

The sun is out and it's a great drying on the line day. However that wind is still cool and not slowly dying yet. Have had a bit of a tidy up back garden but front needs a mowing, still not got summer plants yet no baby sitter for Mrs L, and Mrs L can't get about much at the moment. Asleep on the couch and still fell off. It was quite silly but I just wasn't quick enough to stop Mrs L rolling off.

Window guy been and gone.

Kitchen duties, chicken and wedges for Mrs L.

So hard, when you don't have eyes in the back of your head.

Hope the landing for Mrs L was as soft as possible.

 

[debs248]

Or dark blue, apparently has a similar effect, unlike white, yellow or other pale colours which have the opposite effect.

I remember around 1990 my brother had a fluorescent yellow t shirt, which became black with hundreds of flies every time it went on the washing line!

Edit - oops forgot BG reading: 11.1

 

[jjraak]

Morning oh blue & white theme team

Of interest to anyone ?

Personally I'm on ramipril

Common blood pressure drug slows aging and boosts lifespan, even in older animals

A drug used for high blood pressure, known as rilmenidine, may also be effective in slowing the aging process, even in older animals.

www.earth.com

 

[jjraak]

I remember around 1990 my brother had a fluorescent yellow t shirt, which became black with hundreds of flies every time it went on the washing line!

Edit - oops forgot BG reading: 11.1

Sounds yuk...

 

[dunelm]

Good morning everyone from a sun shiny start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north
5.7 this a.m.
A pleasant 8 mile wander round Newcastle yesterday while Mrs Miggins was being used for scientific research which included several MRI scans, photo’s of eyes, bone density checks and a host of strange but true cognitive function tests. She came home with a heart monitor data collecting device looking like someone who had been absorbed into the Borg Collective. She will take it off after two weeks and pop it in the post inside the specially issued box.
Art bit - still not up to much but here are a few photos taken yesterday.
Hope this sunshine is available all day in your area, I need to finish koffy and then pot out out some unknown plant that The Girl In The Bubble brought back from school.

 

[SlimLizzy]

11.06
8.05am FBG 5.8
9.10am FBG 5.8 not dropping - no idea why - gave up waiting and had coffee.