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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

ianpspurs said:
[QUOTE="Granny_grump_, post: 1716087, member: 282121must have been very upsetting to see the carnage! K
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The saddest part was that 6 of them were hens rescued from a farmer who had abandoned them. We had fed and cared for them for about a month and seen their feathers regrow and start laying again then bang, gone!
The new flock have metal enclosed night time housing and coop is raised up on a secure base with 2 gates to the door. Can't do much about wide open area about 50 acres plus on 3 sides. Foxes, muntjac, badgers, scanes of geese, swans, rabbits etc freely roam about - very pretty but it does have a deadly side for some.
 
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DJC3 said:
Morning. 6.8 @7:30

Thought I’d better join this thread too when I saw @goonergal’s post yesterday - I thought ‘very low chat’ meant there weren’t many people on it at the time! I’m such an idiot.
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Don't worry - took me quite a while to realise there were 2 threads - I was just randomly posting on either one thinking my alerts were all wrong and getting all confused.
 
Good morning ...7.3 where have all the 5s gone?
Not sure what is happening here.Im using a different testing kit as my strips on prescription are finished.Feel a bit despondent about my readings at the moment.Ive got my three monthly blood test next week and had hoped the intermittent fasting would nudge things along.
The good news is it's raining here so the snow is beginning to thaw....a trip out for more knitting wool and bird food is needed!Keep warm folks.
 
ianpspurs said:
The saddest part was that 6 of them were hens rescued from a farmer who had abandoned them. We had fed and cared for them for about a month and seen their feathers regrow and start laying again then bang, gone!
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Hi ianpspurs is it a regular occurrence where you live, we live about half an hour or so outside Manchester and I've never seen I a live badger, but when I was a young girl where we live was farmland all around us,and two friends ironically both named Anne they had chicken farms,I loved collecting eggs but hated run up to Christmas because the turkeys they bought specially for Christmas would be killed. And me not being used to it they would usher me quickly through the area off the kitchen where Anne's mother would have a dolly tub full of inheards and she would be plucking the birds getting them ready for sale.
She was right to do this it was an eye opener but a part of life I was unfamiliar with, but for you too have rescued these hens and got them laying which would be a job in itself then lose them would have been upsetting to say the least. K
 
eggs11 said:
Don't worry - took me quite a while to realise there were 2 threads - I was just randomly posting on either one thinking my alerts were all wrong and getting all confused.
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Me to, think more than not have done same mistake,don't worry no harm done! K
 
Granny_grump_ said:
Hi ianpspurs is it a regular occurrence where you live, we live about half an hour or so outside Manchester and I've never seen I a live badger, K
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Yes! From my front door/gate I can see acres of land where a school friend raises pheasants for shooting. My parents built this house and lived here for 30 years and dad checked on the land and birds. He would often find a brace of pheasants by his kitchen door. I would often find him plucking and gutting them. As I said in another post the whole area is wide open for miles with fields, woods and washes (flood areas basically). The land with my house has had pigs, cockerels and chickens reared and slaughtered.
Edit: The land was my grandparents so I also know the view has not changed in 60 years - until last autumn when old age/disease caught up with it I still picked fruit from 2 trees my grandfather had!
 
ianpspurs said:
Yes! From my front door/gate I can see acres of land where a school friend raises pheasants for shooting. My parents built this house and lived here for 30 years and dad checked on the land and birds. He would often find a brace of pheasants by his kitchen door. I woulod often find him plucking and gutting them. As I said in another post the whole area is wide open for miles with fields, woods and washes (flood areas basically). The land with my house has had pigs, cockerels and chickens reared and slaughtered.
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What an idilic life sounds wonderfu!K
 
Granny_grump_ said:
What an idilic life sounds wonderfu!K
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My grandchildren are the 4th generation to have played on this land - my 5 year old grandson recently told his mum and dad he was going to drive to my house to play in our garden! I actually helped my dad clear the area my house stands on and build the house.
 
ianpspurs said:
[QUOTE="Granny_grump_, post: 1716087, member: 282121must have been very upsetting to see the carnage! K
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No carnage on my side just a few feathers in the orchard next door and no sign of the chickens. I was alerted by the sole survivor tapping on the patio door (she had never been in that part of the garden) - she had obviously hidden in a tree! It was all just a reminder that our "furry friends" may look cute but are cold killers.[/QUOTE]
Hello.ianspurs. Sorry to hear about your chickens and the ducks. I'm curious how you knew it was a badger and not the usual foxes or buzzards. I thought badgers , although omnivores, only ate earthworms, slugs and small rodents.:)
 
ianpspurs said:
My grandchildren are the 4th generation to have played on this land - my 5 year old grandson recently told his mum and dad he was going to drive to my house to play in our garden! I actually helped my dad clear the area my house stands on and build the house.
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You have what lots of people would wish for in life and you hang on and enjoy your life with your family and youngsters they are the future! Wish you well and if you work on keeping your BG on an even keel you'll still hopefully be around to see them all grown up! K
 
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eggs11 said:
Just a fleeting visit to the 5s yesterday it seems - 6.5 this morning. Have a good Monday!
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Good luck with your diet just keep at it it will come down, just a thought but some of us on here do intermittent fasting wondered if you've tried it coupled with LCHF it can help, I just don't eat just drink after my evening meal until Has long has I can following day. I usually get to 11 am or upto 1 pm but the main part of your fast is then when your asleep keep to your LCHF diet for breakfast and then test before and after, the liver dump is sometimes raised but I try not to bother about it too much BG comes down well during morning! Good luck K. There is a thread on intermittent fasting check it out!
 
@ianpspurs so sorry to read about your hens, what a horrible shock.
I love the fact that your family have been connected to the house and lands for generations, long may it continue.
 
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