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Fishy tale Part 1

Duncan looked out of his bedroom window a new day awaited the Sun was shinning the birds were singing and Duncan had one thing on his mind fishing the love of his life no girls for him what girl would sit on the riverbank for 6 hours or more trying to catch a wriggly smelly fish,Duncan jumped out of bed not realizing the Sun might be shinning but at 7 am in the morning the bedroom floor was like an ice box,whoo he shouted as if to wake the house up that's cold but he soon put on his socks… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on May 19, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Longing

If I could click my my heels together and make a wish I would plump for being fit and active selfish I know when lots of things need sorting in the World, but as this is only a fantasy I am going to treat myself I miss the walks in the countryside especially the 3 mile walk to Ironbridge at this time of the year the hedge groves are full and nesting birds flutter about as you pass by,the lanes with the tree branches that overhang as if trying to meet one another on opposite sides of the lane… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on May 19, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Hold out your hand and ask for HELP

After two terrible weeks of cramps in the legs and thighs and a bout of gout it is nice to be able to sit here almost pain free and watch birds to and frowing in the apple tree at the bottom of our garden,not a big garden as gardens go but the only one around with trees and bushes in it sound investment buying apple pear and other bushes and trees some 15 years ago the lilac is coming to an end and the refreshing smell wafting through our windows will soon be a past but pleasant… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on May 19, 2011 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Hottest April for 350 years here in the UK

Here I sit for the first time in days trying to fathom out how to get control of my diabetes will changing it's name from Raffles make any difference or id diabetes still diabetes no matter what you call it,my disappointing six monthly check up proved one thing never take this condition lightly,it is going from lows to highs that cause me all the trouble,the holidays have not helped me much with rich food on the menu for friends and family over the two week period I am ashamed to say I strayed… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on May 2, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

Go on throw me to the Lions

My setback is finally dawning on me taking the Beast Raffles on his word to toe the line and give me good blood sugar testing results was nothing more than a facade of lies thinking one days results is the beginning of a new era in my diabetes is just as it is one days results,the specialist who I saw was astonished that I had fallen so far and did not call for help but that is me all over know it all ignore the problem hoping it will go away then finding myself hanging on to dear life having… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 30, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

Big set back

Six months ago I was over the Moon jumping for joy doing cartwheels in the living room because my blood sugars were down to 7.1 and I had lost nearly 3 stone since the new regime of insulin and Victoza had begun, today i visited the diabetic specialist and had the biggest shock in a long time as far as my diabetes was concerned,blood sugars up to 8.3 put on 6 lbs in weight and all the previous good work gone down the pan.

The specialist was shocked and his prognosis was not good at all… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 27, 2011 at 8:00pm — 9 Comments

Hitch in my Victoza results

On Wednesday I had my weight checked and several blood tests done prior to my appointment with the diabetec specialist on the 27th,first shock I have put on 5 lbs over the past 6 months and I thought I was doing to well 17 stome 3 last Novemberish

and my blood sugars in over the past 5 weeks have been high 13.6 at one time mind… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 23, 2011 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

The Quest of man with a mission

Set myself a task by the end of this decade to land a man on the Moon,if only I had one tenth of the determination as the great man himself,my task is much smaller but to me it is as great as that feat that was achieved in 1969,my task is relatively simple anyone could do it, where have I heard those words before oh I know cynics who open there mouth before they know what is coming out,met a lot of them on my journey in life,all I want to do is get into my YvesSaintLaurent shirt size XXL a… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 11, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Voices in the Wilderness

Living in the UK we are lucky as the state pays for our medication when I say the state I mean you and me living here we contribute during our working life and medication and treatment is currently free at the point of need,I see from lots of friends on Tu private insurance is needed to pay fot treatment and this must result in some diabetics not getting the best available treatment so on top of having a life threatening problem the headache for finding money for treatment cannot be in any way… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 11, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

It's dark here in this hole,can someone light a candle for me

The past month has been one upward struggle blood sugars have been high very high and on a couple of occasions 4 or below this see saw approach is not the way to go,and is not desirable for long term control and health but how I keep asking myself can you control what your body does when you cannot control what goes into your mouth at times,cynics all around me tell me and they should know never having diabetes that you can do anything if you put your mind to it,on the best of days my mind is… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 11, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Sea of Dandelions

Imagine sitting on the lawn in Spring with your two grand children 5 and 4 both pulling up as many dandelions as they could and blowing the seeds from the dandelion the sky above my head filled with the seeds of a new generation gently hovering back down to the ground the smiles on the children's faces trying to see who can blow the most and seeing where they land most of them in my hair as it has turned out to be a great game cover grand dad with the seeds, there I was as happy as a sand lark… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 7, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments

Once more into the Breach Lads

Bed cramps I take Quinine to help with the nightly crams I get in feet and legs you can see the muscles tightening and the feeling is not a nice one on one occasion they got so bad I ended up in hospital and spending 5 hours on a gurney/trolley is that the right word well it will have to do for this piece is no fun freezing cold in sheer agony, in the end I got sent home with painkillers well after 5 hours the cramps had settled down so most nights I rest my legs on the bed massaging them or my… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 6, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Every little Sun beam

Mornings like this make you glad to be alive,clear blue sky not a cloud in sight only vapor trails of people flying here there and everywhere our World looks small from all the way up there but are we not happy to set foot on the ground after a long flight for most of us it is as close as we can get to Heaven without booking a one way ticket there,the sunshine lifts your very being and for a short while we can forget our ills and woes and imagine we are back to being fit and well again,my… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 6, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Take a sip of water from the well of life

Since becoming diabetic I have know highs and lots of lows it is not a condition you can point too and say there it is as long as you follow a few simple rules you can live as normal a life as is possible and for many that is so,eat well exercise look after your body and the Beast can be caged even if on a long long chain, then there are those of us that try as hard as we can cannot even get the cage door open I fit into this category weak willed ant able to look the beast in the face so have… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on April 5, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Who said these four walls a prison do they make

These four Walls a prison do they make,sums up how I feel some days after 63 years soon to be 64 there has to be more in life than this,how often have you heard that said,diabetes is a strange cell mate you cannot grasp it in your hands dispose of it down the lavatory leave it on the bus or make friends with it,it can on some days make your life a misery and other days stay in the background waiting for you to be silly have that cream cake forget your dinner or make you so complacent you ignore… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on March 29, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Jumping HARES in the meadow Spring has arrived

Spring has arrived and the feeling that if I really buckle down and put my mind to it I can do better with my diabetic control resulting in my blood sugars stabilizing and giving me better quality of life than I have had to date,reading other blogs on Tu gives me hope that like some of you the Beast is at least chained up,blood sugar… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on March 28, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Just the RAMBLINGS of a Black Country Lad

A wonderful morning like this almost makes you feel human there is a spring in your step a smile on your face and that warm feeling deep inside your very soul,then you wake up and swallow 13 pills inject yourself 3 times and realize this is not what mother nature intended for you,we are fragile things in the scheme of the great awareness,but as the poet once said breath in breath out what more do you want out of life,dandelions (Taraxacum Officinale) there botanical name if I have got the… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on March 25, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Is it time to get up said Mother Nature to the daffodils all sleeping under the ground

The sound of chirping birds outside your window the sun finally having it's way with the gloomy dark sky the sound of children on there way to school,dogs barking flock of Canadian geese flying overhead on there way to the lakes near by make you want to jump up and scream it is good to be alive,when you come down to Earth the… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on March 24, 2011 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Viking blood rushes through my veins real cheddar not danish blue

Beware of Sharpe objects furniture sticking out getting in and out of the bath cooking well almost anything that can put you in the line of danger sound advice for anyone but especially for diabetics that bump that knock cutting ones self cleaning drinking glasses all make life more difficult than it needs to be,the bruise that takes weeks to disappear the knocked toe nail that turns black and you have to wait months for it to grow out the nail in your feet that causes severe pain and turns… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on March 23, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Mash potatoes bangers and gravy

Have to find another place to inject my insulin have a couple of places where there is a lump mind you the number of times a day I have to inject it is a wonder I do not leak like a sieve when I inject myself,my first injection I remember as if it were yesterday I was recovering from a heart attack and the doctor recommend I go onto insulin along came the nurse a real cracker is that being sexiest she explained the procedure and injected me see that didn't hurt me being a man gritted my teeth… Continue

Added by twiddlemthumbs on March 17, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

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