ColinUK
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
- Pronouns
- He/Him
@rebrascora I’ll accept hugs from you whenever I get the chance!
Good to have that clarified thanks even though virtual hugs are more easily ignored or "shrugged off" I would hate to think they made anyone feel uncomfortable.@rebrascora I’ll accept hugs from you whenever I get the chance!
Your garden sounds gorgeous. Real cottage garden flowers. We moved in our house September 1986 and knew absolutely nothing. Like you it’s wonderful seeing everything come through. Think the previous owner may be turning in her grave as we’ve turned most of the garden over to veggies. But we still have honeysuckle, old English roses, iris, hostas, jasmine, day lilys, phlox, stocks, lupins, daffodils, snowdrops, tulips, hyacinths, a lilac and a damson tree which were all well established all those years ago. We’ve lost a lot too, this year the cotoneaster and the heather just died. We also have lots of weeds!Morning everyone. @eggyg I spent the whole day yesterday gardening (obviously actually just weeding). I'm loving my new garden and it's been so exciting seeing what's here. The previous owners had done this house to be their home (they're in construction) but sadly needed to sell so she in particular had put her heart and soul into stocking the garden and we are really reaping the benefit. I'm really loving it but am being a bit of a bore about certain plants and how amazing they look (wisteria, honeysuckle, roses, lupins (I've never had lupins) etc, etc, etc - my husband is definitely switching off! Spent all day yesterday getting rid of Garlic Mustard which had sprouted up everywhere and creeping buttercup - oh and Ragwort! Anyway, enough of that. @ColinUK you definitely did the right thing - these things need to be nipped in the bud - well done. Have a great day everyone xxx
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A very early good morning! Was woken by call system at 3:00 am - false alarm - and now can't get back to sleep. BG 8.2. Started Wordle and stuck!
Hope you have a better day today!Morning all. 6.2 ( and a unicorn) when I woke at 5.20.
Had a rubbish night after a rubbish day. Blooming stomach again. One minute I couldn’t go to the loo and had terrible gripes, lower back pain and my stomach was unbelievably bloated all day. I actually couldn’t see my feet! I hardly ate anything all day, I felt so nauseous and fatigued. I’m assuming I had a slight blockage. Then my bowels decided they’d work at 11.30pm, 1.30 am, 3.30am and 5.30am! That’s when I got up, then back on the loo at 6am and 6.30am! Fingers crossed that’s it. I do feel hungry this morning which is good I suppose, I’ve had one slice of toast and two loperamide for breakfast! I’ve got a hair appointment at 10 and am supposed to meet youngest two daughters for lunch. I may have to cancel. You know what, the diabetes is a doddle compared with the gastric issues. But at least I can see my feet today. Every cloud and all that.
Sorry for whinging but it’s so frustrating that no one can help, “ you’re too complex” is what my GP said. So I’m left to deal with it myself. It’s not easy dealing with the fact I don’t have a pancreas and don’t produce the enzymes needed to digest my food, I i also have the delightfully named gastric dumping syndrome and I have adhesions from my surgeries which are wrapped around my small intestine making part of it permanently narrow, I also have diverticulitis, this means I should eat lots of fibre but I can’t eat lots of fibre, nuts, seeds, fruit and veg because I have a narrowed small intestine! And not forgetting of course I’ve also got diabetes! If I didn’t laugh I’d cry, which I felt like at 3.30 this morning. Ah well, today’s another day, let’s see how things go.
Have a good ‘un. 🙂