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  • Shropshire
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smudge had her breakfast sleeping on the radiator shelf
18 hours ago
rain stopped fingers crossed for a bit of sun
18 hours ago
good morning all from sunny shropshire blood glucose reading 7.7 blood sugars settling down after cold
18 hours ago
time for breakfast not really hungry but need to take insulin
yesterday
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yesterday
what a turn up for the books the sun is shinning whooooopppppeeeee
yesterday
still raining here in fact chucking it down in bucket fulls
yesterday
taken morning pills as well as a amoxicillin tablet blood reading 9.1 getting back to normal after a bad cold/flu
yesterday
smudge sleeping on radiator shelf warming herself ok for some
yesterday
Still raining here in sunny shropshire
yesterday
raymond slater added 2 blog posts
yesterday
Sending you warm hugs...I do wish you will feel better Raymond...maybe some hot soup broth? warm tea? lots and lots of fluids and rest. Funny, youre the 3rd person i have talked today with the flu, colds and cough..Must be the weather =( And I lov...
on Wednesday
doctor issued antibiotics and an inhaler for my croaking chest
on Wednesday
blood 14.4 taken another 20 units of insulin
on Wednesday
have to try and go back to sleep not feeling too good bye for now
November 20
surprised euro lottery cost £4 with new weekly millionaire game
November 20

Profile Information

Hometown (where you come from):
Telford
Do you have diabetes?
Yes
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Date diagnosed
May 19, 1996
Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
8.1
What glucose meter do you use?
accu-chek nano
Type of treatment you use
Shots
What do you expect from TuDiabetes?
friends
How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
stumbled upon you
What do you do for a living?
unemployed

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On the mend

Woke up this morning feeling better than I have in over a week, the antibiotics have kicked in I still have a cough but not the pain and soreness in my chest when I cough, on the other hand it might be the inhaler I was given that is helping me breath more easily who knows who cares something is working.

Cat sat on the back door step for half an hour atching the rain pour down finally deciding she could not wait anymore she went out gave me a meow as if to say get a cat litter box for days like… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

raymond slater

Day 9 0f the dreaded lurgee

My cold/flu is still hanging about had to visit the doctors yesterday as I was having difficulty breathing without some discomfort, the doctor examined me and issed antibiotics amoxicillian and an inhaler to help free some of the gunk form my lungs.

Still trying to work out how the inhaler works the chemist should show you I am crap with instructions, sniverling a bit but headache going get dizzy when I cough so make sure I am sitting down before I fall down.

Have to go back to the surgery thi… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 1:30am — 1 Comment

raymond slater

Lurgee still lingering

Another restless night can still feel the cold in my nose itching and sometimes running, bit of a sore throat chest been playing up all night having to sit up in bed to try to sleep a lot of wheezzzzzing as I try to breath.

Fingers crossed the water tablets I take as medication help relieve any water on my lungs apart from feling awful everything is ok, not much you can take when you are diabetic with a heart problem if no better by Monday have to see the doctor, pair of sun glasses just fell o… Continue

Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:09pm —

raymond slater

Would you believe it

9.01am
Dear tud

Rain stopped for a while bit of a storm during the night, dog barking in someone's garden cat sleeping on the radiator shelf, at least I can sit up this morning although the cold/flu is still firmly in my system there seems to be a bit of a lull in it's activity am I tempting fate for yesterday was not a good day sweated buckets tossed and turned all day in bed could not get comfortable at all.

Now and then I would nod off and have 40 winks only waking up feeling much worse is… Continue

Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:00am —

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At 12:04pm on November 20, 2009, Marie B said…
raymond, I hope you are feeling much better today.
At 6:42pm on November 7, 2009, Mikey Irish said…
Hey Raymond and welcome to the site. And I read both the blogs you just put up. So no worries on that from lad LOL :P You get anything ya want off your chest while youre here. You're among friends
At 10:27am on October 19, 2009, Robyn said…
Hi and Welcome!
At 1:40pm on October 18, 2009, Marie B said…
Hello, Raymond, welcome here! Here is the New Member Guide in case you haven't seen it already. Please feel free to join any discussions or start one of your own, and don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
 
 

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