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

8.8, I shouldn't have bothered, really!
A really horrible day, and I won't elaborate.
Just to say Mrs L has settled in and looking forward to the roast dinner tomorrow at the home.
I didn't realise how much stuff you need to go for a week's stay.
I'm trying to relax as my first job is to get used to the silence of the absence of orders from Mrs L.
A really horrible experience. Gonna visit tomorrow afternoon.
My best wishes.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on what looks like it may be a sun shiny day here in the dark and dangerous north.
5.3 this a.m.

Breaking news last night - The Girl In The Bubble can now swim unaided! She has been spending a lot of time in the swimming pool in Spain with Mrs Miggins and her parents. They will be home on Tuesday at some point.

Conversations with my mother. She is 90 tomorrow. Going to Paris on the train for an overnight stay and to see a David Hockney exhibition with a couple of friends as a treat to herself. They have to travel first class (at no extra cost) as she will be in a wheelchair. Might be due to disabled access on their trains although normal carriages do have raised levels over where the wheels are. Very odd that SNCF.

Art bit - ink on wet paper. I mixed three different inks with some rubbing alcohol and it turned blue.

Hope your day does you well. If not, I can work with whatever room is left, but only after a mug of good koffy.
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I love these blues @dunelm
 
gennepher said:
This is from my pile of paintings I have found that I have painted in the last few years... the purple flower is knapweed, but I am not sure what the yellow one was..
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Beautiful painting. The yellow flower looks familiar but I can't think of any possible names.

10.8 today, fairly normal for me despite chinese takeaway (I ordered meat & veg but sampled others' noodles and battered items in sticky sauce). Might even risk a slice of pork pie today, living dangerously!
 
debs248 said:
Beautiful painting. The yellow flower looks familiar but I can't think of any possible names.

10.8 today, fairly normal for me despite chinese takeaway (I ordered meat & veg but sampled others' noodles and battered items in sticky sauce). Might even risk a slice of pork pie today, living dangerously!
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Thank you @debs248
 
10.6 at 04.20 today. I did experiment with a defrosted boiled potato with my oxtail stew yesterday early evening. I keep hoping, but really the concept of resistant starch doesn't work for me. I keep telling myself that, this time, it might, but I should know better by now.

Once I had my pills and a cup of coffee, BG shot up to 12.3 and is still rising slowly (12.6 a few minutes ago). It took about 4 hours for BG to go up to the 10's last evening - so I suppose that's all that resistant starch does for me - slows down the rise, but, unfortunately, it keeps it rising for hours more after that.

Just took a correction dose of insulin to get it under control.

Whatever it was that was wrong with me in the last few weeks, somehow kept my BG low, whatever I did. I stopped taking insulin with food (didn't eat much, I have to admit), drank a lot of coffee with milk, and some with cream, reduced my basal insulin, stopped taking Metformin. I came to the conclusion that the basic problem may be the low carb lentil crackers I had been eating instead of RyVita. Stopped those as well. That seemed to have helped me get over the problem and I'm feeling much better now, but now my BG is well out of control. Swings and roundabouts ...

Back onto Metformin and insulin, no starchy foods at all, watch out for carbs in other foods, and black coffee/tea. Actually, I have to use some high meat sausage meat which I took out of the freezer, so there will be some carb in that, but not much.
 
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03.08
8.55am FBG 5.4
The just a few minutes at 7am turned into an extra two hours sleep!
Day out must have tired us both out.
We went to visit the nearby city of Domfront-en-Poiraie which was hosting its annual Medieval Festival.
A good time was had by all, many people were in costume, sometimes glamorous, other times something out of
Fantasyland.
The parade was spectacular with knights on horseback, Vikings, warriors, jugglers, wood elves and many other characters.
That a were many small scenes being acted out among the stalls. A knight threatened and chased a 'theif" with his sword swinging. A scary wandering character tempted children with a plastic apple. It was strange to see the medieval damsels on their smartphones though. Many stalls selling food and drink, but almost impossible to buy water and I didn't want fruit juice or alcohol. Found some in the end though.
We bought cheese, sausage and bread then MrSlim chose a hand forged knife to cut them with. The man who made them laughed at my quip about a most expensive picnic.
lunch was vegetable curry served with two small pieces of flatbread and a samosa. We are bread, sausage and cheese, or, for me, cheese and bread when we got home.
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The day lost its shine a little when Kiki threw up on the new oak floor. No idea why, no insects this time, but if this keeps happening will be back to the vet.
 
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SlimLizzy said:
03.08
8.55am FBG 5.4
The just a few minutes at 7am turned into an extra two hours sleep!
Day out must have tired us both out.
We went to visit the nearby city of Domfront-en-Poiraie which was hosting its annual Medieval Festival.
A good time was had by all, many people were in costume, sometimes glamorous, other times something out of
Fantasyland.
The parade was spectacular with knights on horseback, Vikings, warriors, jugglers, wood elves and many other characters.
That a were many small scenes being acted out among the stalls. A knight threatened and chased a 'theif" with his sword swinging. A scary wandering character tempted children with a plastic apple. It was strange to see the medieval damsels on their smartphones though. Many stalls selling food and drink, but almost impossible to buy water and I didn't want fruit juice or alcohol. Found some in the end though.
We bought cheese, sausage and bread then MrSlim chose a hand forged knife to cut them with. The man who made them laughed at my quip about a most expensive picnic.
lunch was vegetable curry served with two small pieces of flatbread and a samosa. We are bread, sausage and cheese, or, for me, cheese and bread when we got home.
Had to screenshot some videos, so none will work.
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The day lost its shine a little when Kiki threw up on the new oak floor. No idea why, no insects this time, but if this keeps happening will be back to the vet.
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What a splendid day out despite the outrageous cost of a picnic and the Kiki incident. Looks like many a bandwaggon jumped upon using the word “medieval” but what fun!
 
Good morning, just, on a rainy morning here in the dark and dangerous north.
5.6 this a.m.
Not a lot going on here in Chicken Town today but I do need to wander into town and collect prescriptions from the pharmacy - it opens at 1200 so a pre or maybe a post lunch walk.
Art bit - not exactly what was planned but there we are.
Hope your Sunday is as cool as you like it. Wonder if I can squeeze in another koffy?
 

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SlimLizzy said:
03.08
8.55am FBG 5.4
The just a few minutes at 7am turned into an extra two hours sleep!
Day out must have tired us both out.
We went to visit the nearby city of Domfront-en-Poiraie which was hosting its annual Medieval Festival.
A good time was had by all, many people were in costume, sometimes glamorous, other times something out of
Fantasyland.
The parade was spectacular with knights on horseback, Vikings, warriors, jugglers, wood elves and many other characters.
That a were many small scenes being acted out among the stalls. A knight threatened and chased a 'theif" with his sword swinging. A scary wandering character tempted children with a plastic apple. It was strange to see the medieval damsels on their smartphones though. Many stalls selling food and drink, but almost impossible to buy water and I didn't want fruit juice or alcohol. Found some in the end though.
We bought cheese, sausage and bread then MrSlim chose a hand forged knife to cut them with. The man who made them laughed at my quip about a most expensive picnic.
lunch was vegetable curry served with two small pieces of flatbread and a samosa. We are bread, sausage and cheese, or, for me, cheese and bread when we got home.
Had to screenshot some videos, so none will work.
View attachment 73414
View attachment 73409View attachment 73405View attachment 73411
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The day lost its shine a little when Kiki threw up on the new oak floor. No idea why, no insects this time, but if this keeps happening will be back to the vet.
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This all looks amazing @SlimLizzy
 
5.4 this morning. The first day of my 4 week break.
Had a lovely walk around Gooderstone Water Gardens. Then of course coffee in the Tea Room and a sausage roll for Mr K.

Then, back home and relaxing and reading. Then sent an email to all Monday class members to remind them of no classes for 4 weeks. Then updating some exercise sheets with important new stuff I have discovered about how the body works.

So a really good day. Am continuing with the Nordic Walking poles even though my leg is ok now. .I read some info that stated that you use 90% of the muscles in your body and anything between 20% and 40% more calories when you walk with them - and it does feel like that. So I am off to the paper shop shortly (with my poles) to pay for our daily papers.
 
Not long day down and thought to myself, I must bring you lot up to date.
No FBG.
Yesterday was horrible.
And Mrs L didn't have a good night, not much sleep. Uncomfortable. Wanted to come home.
By this morning, and got looked after breakfast, my son and DiL went to settle Mrs L into the main room for the inmates. The head cook a friend of the other DiL, got Mrs L to help in the kitchen and chat to other staff. This put her at ease and by the time Sunday lunch was served, quite hungry.
Cleared her plate, except for the broccoli. Don't blame her.
By the time I arrived and had a cuppa with her. And as the weather had brightened up, a good half hour in the lovely gardens.
Left shortly after as the home was getting ready for the tea, and lots of cake for Mrs L.
A cuddle, a couple of snogs, and a wave and a smile, I am now as calm as I could be.
Still heartbroken to leave Mrs L there, but deep down, I know Mrs L needs this.
She is confused, forgetful, not in the real world, but aware of other things,
The home can give Mrs L more than I can, and Mrs L knows she is safe.
The staff are great, and my family are fabulous in so many ways. I love them all so much.
Early to bed, things to do and get tomorrow morning, before going back to the home tomorrow afternoon.
I think I'm good.
Hope you are having a better Sunday.
Best wishes my friends.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning, just, on a rainy morning here in the dark and dangerous north.
5.6 this a.m.
Not a lot going on here in Chicken Town today but I do need to wander into town and collect prescriptions from the pharmacy - it opens at 1200 so a pre or maybe a post lunch walk.
Art bit - not exactly what was planned but there we are.
Hope your Sunday is as cool as you like it. Wonder if I can squeeze in another koffy?
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Pharmacy open on a Sunday?
Interesting painting @dunelm
 
Fbg 6.7 for Sunday...

A page from my sketchbook...
I was playing with bright felt pens...and spraying water... and then a little bit of drawing on it....

A bit of a strange day... it was very windy this morning. The wind nearly blew me over. And as I drove home the postman, was delivering to peoples doors,.... and I thought that was strange because it was a Sunday. Then when I got home, my parcel which was to be delivered by Royal mail tomorrow was sitting waiting amongst my mint plant.... so I wondered if they were delivering today instead of tomorrow when the windy storm is supposed to be at its height.

Night night

Sweet dreams

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gennepher said:
Fbg 6.7 for Sunday...

A page from my sketchbook...
I was playing with bright felt pens...and spraying water... and then a little bit of drawing on it....

A bit of a strange day... it was very windy this morning. The wind nearly blew me over. And as I drove home the postman, was delivering to peoples doors,.... and I thought that was strange because it was a Sunday. Then when I got home, my parcel which was to be delivered by Royal mail tomorrow was sitting waiting amongst my mint plant.... so I wondered if they were delivering today instead of tomorrow when the windy storm is supposed to be at its height.

Night night

Sweet dreams

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Smashing, the lighthouse at Alexandria.
 
Good morning everyone on a dull, overcast and rainy start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north.
5.4 this a.m.
Mrs Miggins and other family members are due back from Spain today. I wonder if the forecasted strong winds will cause any delays? The trees are already begining to dance.
Art bit - a couple of trees
Hope your day is not too blustery. Best make some koffy.
 

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