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Group 7-day waking average?

Good afternoon everyone. My laptop webcam packed up and the laptop had to be taken away to be repaired. Turned out that the cost of replacing it was very high and the suggestion was that I install an external camera. Pablo has just delivered it and my laptop back to me but I have not tried it yet. I need the camera because the only contact that I have with my family and friends is via Zoom, I could see them but they could not see me -frustrating.
Inane chatter? no it is not I enjoy reading the posts, the only things I skip are anything to do with sport or Wordle, neitther of which I have any interest in.
My readings have been normal, lowest was 3.3 and the highest 8.1. I had two 5.1's and a 5.3.
Well there we are, back on track.
 
ColinUK said:
My folks are starting to age more rapidly. They’re 80 and 82 so it’s understandable that they’re aging of course.
They both have heart issues and various bits of arthritis, dodgy knees etc.
As they’ve got loving children we’ve always said they’d never go in to a home. Not willingly anyway. We’d just take them to the top landing and grease up a tea tray and leave the rest to nature.
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No one is in a position to take her in. She can’t do stairs or steps anymore. And as awful as it sounds I’m not sure I’d want to be looking after grandchildren and an elderly relative. The sandwich generation is very real these days I’m afraid. I think a care home will be much more suitable as she’ll get the care and company she needs. Living with relatives is fraught with resentment. I definitely wouldn’t saddle my children with that burden, they have their own lives to live. I’m all for going to Switzerland if that time came.
















 
Michael12421 said:
Good afternoon everyone. My laptop webcam packed up and the laptop had to be taken away to be repaired. Turned out that the cost of replacing it was very high and the suggestion was that I install an external camera. Pablo has just delivered it and my laptop back to me but I have not tried it yet. I need the camera because the only contact that I have with my family and friends is via Zoom, I could see them but they could not see me -frustrating.
Inane chatter? no it is not I enjoy reading the posts, the only things I skip are anything to do with sport or Wordle, neitther of which I have any interest in.
My readings have been normal, lowest was 3.3 and the highest 8.1. I had two 5.1's and a 5.3.
Well there we are, back on track.
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Glad to see you back Michael.
 
eggyg said:
No one is in a position to take her in. She can’t do stairs or steps anymore. And as awful as it sounds I’m not sure I’d want to be looking after grandchildren and an elderly relative. The sandwich generation is very real these days I’m afraid. I think a care home will be much more suitable as she’ll get the care and company she needs. Living with relatives is fraught with resentment. I definitely wouldn’t saddle my children with that burden, they have their own lives to live. I’m all for going to Switzerland if that time came.
















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Our kids threaten us with a one way ticket to Switzerland when the time comes, and I’m all for it!
I think you’ve got to do whatever will preserve your health, life and sanity, @eggyg, I ended up doing more and more for my mother, when I’d got young children, and although she had carers in, we lurched from crisis to crisis, I can remember getting my son ready for school, taking both kids with me round to my mother's house, plonking them in front of the telly and telling the 5 yr old to call me if the 2 yr old got up to mischief, then going upstairs to sort my mother out, when she’d had a fall, or got bronchitis etc. And she was an expert at unpicking any care package we put in place. Eventually she had a fall and broke a femur, and then fell and broke the other while she was in a rehabilitation place, and we decided she had to go into a home. I could never have coped with her living with us. I felt such an overwhelming sense of relief, that my burden had been lifted, but of course, I also felt guilty for feeling that way.
 
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Robin said:
Our kids threaten us with a one way ticket to Switzerland when the time comes, and I’m all for it!
I think you’ve got to do whatever will preserve your health, life and sanity, @eggyg, I ended up doing more and more for my mother, when I’d got young children, and although she had carers in, we lurched from crisis to crisis, I can remember getting my son ready for school, taking both kids with me round to my mother's house, plonking them in front of the telly and telling the 5 yr old to call me if the 2 yr old got up to mischief, then going upstairs to sort my mother out, when she’d had a fall, or got bronchitis etc. And she was an expert at unpicking any care package we put in place. Eventually she had a fall and broke a femur, and then fell and broke the other while she was in a rehabilitation place, and we decided she had to go into a home. I could never have coped with her living with us. I felt such an overwhelming sense of relief, that my burden had been lifted, but of course, I also felt guilty for feeling that way.
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Mr Eggy always feels guilty and it puts such a strain on us at times. He has four living brothers. Two live away ( and are half brothers, his mother’s step sons), one is 72 the other almost 70. Mr Eggy the eldest of her natural sons and the only one retired so a lot of things come down to him. LPAs were sorted by him, all her finances are dealt with by him and he visits the most as he’s not working of course. She calls him first because his name begins with a B and is first on her phone menu, he jokes about changing it to “Zara’s grandad! “It’s wearing for him at times. To tell the honest truth it’s why we go away a lot, it’s the only time we can get a full break away from both child care and elderly parent care. We can’t just dash round, his brothers have to step up. Now I feel guilty for saying all that.
 
And a 5.5 for me at 8.15 this fine sunny morning.
 
Falling behind

4.9 yesterday and 5.7 today. Nurse was very happy with my blood sugars, and weight loss (over 12lb and 2 points down on BMI) which she put partly down to sugars being better (I think it's more due to vegetables containing less calories than bread/potatoes/pasta myself...)

We've agreed that I'll introduce a bit more carbs now as I'm not sure I could maintain the last 3 weeks long term, and see if in another 3 weeks sugars are still OK with what I think I will be able to maintain. I think having had that low carb (sometimes only 40-50g carbs) break will make it easier to maintain medium-ish carbs than it would have been to go straight to medium-ish carbs. If blood sugars still stay in range then she's hopeful that HbA1c will show reversal/remission in 4 months.
 
eggyg said:
Mr Eggy always feels guilty and it puts such a strain on us at times. He has four living brothers. Two live away ( and are half brothers, his mother’s step sons), one is 72 the other almost 70. Mr Eggy the eldest of her natural sons and the only one retired so a lot of things come down to him. LPAs were sorted by him, all her finances are dealt with by him and he visits the most as he’s not working of course. She calls him first because his name begins with a B and is first on her phone menu, he jokes about changing it to “Zara’s grandad! “It’s wearing for him at times. To tell the honest truth it’s why we go away a lot, it’s the only time we can get a full break away from both child care and elderly parent care. We can’t just dash round, his brothers have to step up. Now I feel guilty for saying all that.
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Don't feel guilty. I think we all have to say things aloud to get them off our chest before they fester.

I have a friend who i speak to when caring for/listening to mum (who is 83 and who is having to care for dad with dementia, blind and deaf) just gets too much. Social Services just don't want to know because dad says no to everything but mum has her own health problems and is struggling.
 
5.1 for me at 6.30 this morning after not much sleep/rest, and busy from the get go this morning.
@eggyg Unfortunately we do feel guilty when we can't provide ongoing care for loved ones, today I think it is harder than it was for the last generation, generally, people are becoming increasingly frail at a greater age, therefore children and grandchildren are older with many more commitments and less free time. Better to speak your thoughts out loud than as @freesia said letting them fester. It was known in the 1980's and 90's that an ageing population would need more help and care, than in previous years.
 
Definitely the start of a cold. Sinuses a little blocked. And those combined have helped the DF give me an 8.1 this morning.
 
Good morning everyone

BG 5.1
BP 119/79
Pulse 60

How on earth can I keep to my diet when my wife makes three (!) Cakes !!! And very nice they are too.
It looks like I will have to do a longer walk this morning to burn off all that cake 🙂

Today, except for the exercise, nothing planned.

Have a great day today whatever you are doing.
 
4.9 this morning at 6.45, Looking after my granddaughters today as Mummy and Daddy have to work and school & nursery closed today. Hope everyone has a good day
 
Good morning everyone! 5.3 this morning.
 
Morning all. 5.6 today.

We’re off out walking today, venturing into the Lake District to Brothers Water. We don’t visit in the summer months as it’s far too busy, but we reckon it may be quiet today. We’ll see, there might be others who don’t do mass grief like me. I’ll catch the highlights of the funeral on tonight’s news.

Have a good day whatever your choices are. 🙂
 
4.9 for me today. 🙂

Dez
 
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