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Group 7-day waking average?

Morning all. 7.6 with a bit of a rise between midnight and 3am (probably because of the two small hyos i had earlier). Strange thing though, the alarm didn't go off and when i checked, wifi and bluetooth were turned off and flight mode turned on. I'd never have done that so a glitch in my phone or am i doing things in my sleep :confused:.
 
Good morning. 6.3

Had Covid booster yesterday. Injection site quite painful which is a surprise as I rarely react to vaccines. Can't sleep readily on right as flare concentrated on rt leg so not a very restful night. No matter. I am hopefully defended against the lurgy for another 6 months and the flare is showing signs that it might die down. Fingers crossed.

Looks like a day of sunshine and showers, no breeze, quite chilly as yet. Hope everyone doing well.
 
Good morning everyone. 5'4 today.

A not very exciting but productive day yesterday. Started with one of my refresher driving lessons. We went on the dual carriageway for the first time! A bit intimidating but the instructor said I managed very well. He asked what places I would like to go once I'm driving on my own so we can practice in some of those routes, I thought about the hospital for future appointments (tho hopefully is not going to be a frequent destination!) and he even showed me a place nearby where I can park for free. I'm afraid I don't remember the route that well but he told me the name of the street so I can use Google maps to plan ahead. Next time I should ask to go to Lidl 😛

After I did the dreaded laundry and went to Asda for a few bits of food and more importantly, to check if they had any kitchen knives. I'm struggling to buy them, in the past I had from Wilko, which is now closed, and Tk-maxx, where they don't have any. No luck in Asda either, they had a set but was out of stock. So when I got back home I looked online and found out there's a home store I didn't know about...5 minutes away from Asda. Yeah, if only I had checked BEFORE going home 🙄 It is a 30 minutes walk from my house. We also have The Range but is even further away. So I will check a different day. Might even go to my friend's city before that and buy it there, but I'd rather have them soon as peeling veg with a tiny pen-knife is not the most comfortable :rofl:
 
Morning

5.9 today, braved the scales yesterday, so onwards and downwards again, going to try not to get too stressed if I am slow losing the weight or if I have a week where I don’t lose anything,

Plans for today are work, going to mums to deal with the water heater engineer as her water heater has stopped working, we think it will need replacing as it is over 20 years old, but hubby told me to call an engineer to confirm it is terminal. If I am home in times from mums I will meet up with the running group.

My youngest granddaughter fell over at the weekend and has broken her little finger by the joint, so her mum is having fun trying to stop her using it as she doesn’t have an appointment with the fracture clinic until tomorrow, strapping A&E put on it was off minutes after getting home. Middle granddaughter is doing her SATs this week and my nephew has just announced him and his partner are expecting a baby boy.
 
Update:

I heard nothing from my wife all night or this morning so I decided to ring her this morning (I didn't ring her earlier just in case she was sleeping). She sounded very poorly, could hardly speak. So sad.

I decided to sing some songs that she likes and she did try to join in but it was obvious it was hard for her. So sad.

I don't know if her downturn is the meds or her illness flaring up, or just miserable depression at her situation. So sad.

The call left me devastated, unhappy, in tears. If there was something I could do... so sad.

I HATE her illness. So sad
 
A 5.5 for me this morning. 🙂 We have a Tesco delivery this morning. I wonder what interesting substitutions they'll offer? Last time instead of salmon fillets they tried to fob me off with mussels in white wine. 🙄

Dez
 
Robin said:
Morning all, 6.3 here, off to the recycling centre with a load of assorted junk, finally persuaded my kids to sort out some of the stuff they left in their cupboards when they moved out several years ago.
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Mum and dad tried the tactic of just announcing that any item we’d left behind they’d be taking to the dump.
Tried.
They’d forgotten that it’s either me or my brother that does trips to the dump for them!
 
5.5 for me on this fine and dry Berkshire morning, and forecast to stay that way. Hope so as I have washing to put out on the line and the grass needs cutting again. Also need to fit in a trip into town to Waterstones as a friend is having a knee replacement today and might appreciate something to read while they're at home recovering.

@Gwynn - really sorry to hear how tough things are for you right now and I hope things get resolved soon

@Robin - we could do with a trip to the recycling centre, too - several in fact - as we have more stuff in our garage, loft and summer house than we have in the house itself. Car boot pencilled-in for the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend.

Have a good day, all.
 
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Good morning everyone. 5'4 today.

A not very exciting but productive day yesterday. Started with one of my refresher driving lessons. We went on the dual carriageway for the first time! A bit intimidating but the instructor said I managed very well. He asked what places I would like to go once I'm driving on my own so we can practice in some of those routes, I thought about the hospital for future appointments (tho hopefully is not going to be a frequent destination!) and he even showed me a place nearby where I can park for free. I'm afraid I don't remember the route that well but he told me the name of the street so I can use Google maps to plan ahead. Next time I should ask to go to Lidl 😛

After I did the dreaded laundry and went to Asda for a few bits of food and more importantly, to check if they had any kitchen knives. I'm struggling to buy them, in the past I had from Wilko, which is now closed, and Tk-maxx, where they don't have any. No luck in Asda either, they had a set but was out of stock. So when I got back home I looked online and found out there's a home store I didn't know about...5 minutes away from Asda. Yeah, if only I had checked BEFORE going home 🙄 It is a 30 minutes walk from my house. We also have The Range but is even further away. So I will check a different day. Might even go to my friend's city before that and buy it there, but I'd rather have them soon as peeling veg with a tiny pen-knife is not the most comfortable :rofl:
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Do you have an IKEA near by as they have some really good kitchen stuff including knives. Worth a trip for all sorts of goodies.
 
Morning everyone

A happy 5.4 for me today on a very grey day.

Have a great day everyone.
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It was a 5.4 for me this morning.Just recovering from a 2.9 hypo
. Forgot to put jbs in pocket.So staff in tea room gave me a can of pepsi..It seems to be doing the trick . Congratulations @ Pam 133 on another hs and have a good day folks
 
9.3 this morning, so going to go to the orange/red postprandial, dropping now after a couple of jaunts down the road. Starting to rain just now - typical. Bloods' behaving just recently, with a seven-day average of 93% in the green (must be all the exercise and portion control).
 
Afternoon all - weather is unsettled. Sunny spells interspersed with rain.

7.9 this morning, an hour after the alarm had woken me as I was 4.1, so a dextrose and a bit of biscuit and fell asleep again.

Forgot to say yesterday, whilst having lunch I got a phone call to give me an appointment for a pre-op assessment for the cataract surgery. Have appointment next Weds and then it'll be approx 4 weeks for the op. Very quick (unlike the arthritic knee where it's a 62 week wait just to see the consultant!!!). But since we are booked on a Rhine cruise I think I will put it off until we come home. I don't want to be going on a cruise with a dressing on my face and no make up allowed!

Then this morning I get a letter with an appointment at the local hospital to have a 72 hour heart monitor on. I vaguely recall months and months ago someone saying they'd recommended me to have this, but I don't recall who. I'm totally unaware that there's anything wrong with my heart and I've recently had an ecg and another scan thingie which were both just fine. I'm heartily sick of all these medical appointments, especially when half what's wrong is side effects of blooming prescription pills. The Rosacea rash is back - side effect of one of the BP pills and I've not long finished 6 weeks of Doxycyline, which interfered with my insulin effectiveness to get rid of the last outbreak of Rosacea.. It's one thing after another.

Was going for a walk but it's raining again.... maybe later.

Congrats yet again @Pam123.

Have a good day all.
 
5.6 this morning for me.

Late posting as we went over to my wife’s sister first thing to check up on her recovery after her foot operation. She’s doing amazingly well and after just 2 weeks has progressed to wearing a boot rather than totally non-weight bearing and using a zimmer and crutches to hop around. We then met up with my wife’s ex boss who lives close to her sister, so that was good, although a shame that she is suffering from a fibromyalgia flare up.

By the time we got home it was evening, but still managed to cut the lawn and gave directions to my wife on pruning and weeding of the front garden (as it’s still uncomfortable for me to bend/kneel). Quick tidy up but it looks better. Looking forward to getting sorted and back to normal as there’s loads that needs doing around the house and garden.

Had the request to pay for next Monday’s treatment today, so paid that. Bit more than I was expecting, but I just need to get this sorted quickly so I can be normal once more!

@Gwynn - so sorry to hear of the pain you are going through, sending positive thoughts for both you and your wife.

Take care everyone.
 
Good morning! After a restless night with weird dreams (but not the amputation, locked in, trapped, etc. PTSD ones) I woke up with a jolt of pain where the wounds had been cleaned up yesterday morning. Then phantom pain came in on other side until I decided I need a painkiller. BG 6.5

Not sure what the dreams meant. It involved an actress with someone bumping into me as I made coffee (instant) spilling damp instant down my shirt. It was suggested I go out back to rinse my shirt but I emerged through the next-door neighbours back door. Then I was running free through St Albans market to emerge on the road out of Hatfield Market. So what does this mean?

Physio cancelled due to short staff again!

Dark but looks foggy and damp!
 
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